Charities get boost from firm’s campaign

TWO city charities have been boosted by £1,000 donations from a firm’s campaign.

Tall Ships Youth Trust in Portsmouth and The Elizabeth Foundation For Deaf Children in Cosham were both recipients of a gift from specialist insurer Ecclesiastical.

More than 9,000 Hampshire residents nominated a cause close to their hearts, with 129 charitable causes receiving votes.

A representative from Tall Ships Youth Trust, the UK’s oldest and largest sailing charity, said: ‘The award will provide five disadvantaged young people with a £200 bursary towards a Tall Ships Youth Trust residential voyage in 2021.

‘A voyage with us will provide them with a unique, physically and mentally challenging sea-going environment that allows them to develop independent living, work-based and community skills and demonstrate their true capabilities.’

The full list of the 120 charity winners is available at movementforgood.com/12days