What is the big give?
The Big Give is a match funding platform dedicated to making it easy for the public and funders to give to impactful charities. The Christmas Challenge is the UK’s biggest match-funded campaign and we need your support so we can continue supporting vulnerable children, young people and families.
Reach for wellbeing
We will deliver two 8 week programmes that will cover the following areas:: Mental Health – Exercise – Social connections – Cooking – Confidence – Compare and despair – Solitude and loneliness – Sleep – A celebratory meal to conclude. After which the cohort will be encouraged to join a weekly Peer Support Group of like-minded individuals and benefit from group activities. Each programme will accommodate 12 participants per programme and will support 24 parents over the year. .
Gina Repton, Trustee and Irshad Baqui, Chief Executive welcomed the visitors and spoke about the work and the contribution of the charity over the last 50 years, and how it continues to support vulnerable children, young people and families in the city through its three services.
Kerreene Davidson and Laura Horsley then gave a presentation about the Anti-Bullying Campaign that was delivered by the Mentoring Service and led by the young people we support. They spoke about the success of the Campaign and the awareness it had managed to raise about the effects of bullying amongst the young people, the schools and other key stakeholders in the city.
Baggy and Catherine were impressed by what the Campaign had achieved and were keen to meet with our Youth Forum and to visit the schools where our Anti-Bullying sculpture will be on display over the next few months.
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