Collect tokens for share of charity cash pot
THIS week we publish the first token in this year’s Vernon Jubilee Fund - so you can get collecting for your favourite cause.
The Express will be printing the tokens over the next five weeks, and the more a charity or organisation receives, the greater their share of the £10,000 funding pot will be.
If you haven’t decided who to support yet, here is a handy guide to the 20 groups that have been shortlisted for the Jubilee Fund 2016:
●●BEACON Counselling
Beacon counselling builds resilience in children, young people and adults experiencing mental and emotional distress. We do this by providing one to one counselling, group programmes and through targeted community projects across Stockport. We support over 1,500 people each year, 600 of which are young people.
The Jubilee Fund would support Beacon’s project Liberty. Liberty provides short and long-term therapeutic support for victims of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and those at risk of becoming victims.
To support us please send your tokens to: Beacon Counselling 203 Moss Lane Bramhall Stockport SK7 1BA
●●BEECHWOOD Cancer Care
Beechwood supports those with cancer and life limiting illness free of charge when they need us. We provide support not only to the patient but the entire family. We offer pre and post bereavement service for children whose parents or close family member have a serious illness. We would use the funds to redecorate our patients lounge, enhancing their experience.
To support us please send your tokens to: Beechwood Cancer Care Centre Chelford Grove Stockport SK3 8LS
●●YOUR Local Pantry
The “Your Local Pantry” scheme is made up of four, volunteer led, community food stores: Penny Lane Pantry, Brinnington Pantry, Mottram Street Pantry and Pantry at Number 5 in Bridgehall. The main focus of the pantries is to provide Stockport residents, who are struggling to make ends meet, with an affordable source of food and groceries.
We aim to install broadband at Pantry at Number 5, Bridgehall, providing Wi-Fi internet access to our volunteers and customers.
To support us please send your tokens to: C/O Anna Jones Stockport Homes 1 St Peters Square Stockport SK1 1NZ
●●THE Furniture Station
The Furniture Station supports local families & individuals experiencing hardship with the provision of good-quality, reused furniture items. With just four staff and 26 incredible volunteers, we support 900 homes each year with the delivery of around 3,000 basic furniture items to relieve poverty, prevent homelessness & support our neighbours in the establishment of their tenancy.
We seek support towards the daily costs of our activities so that local residents suffering crisis can still be supported by our work for 2016.To support us please send your tokens to: The Furniture Station Hazel Grove Baptist Church Station Street Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 4EX
●●JUMP Space
We plan to deliver a six week pilot project working with 10 young men aged 16-25 who are in danger of developing mental health issues. They will be identified by the NHS trust mental health team as having a history of issues stemming from either home or minor drug use or anti-social behaviour. The project will include a mix of physical activity and workshops, with the aim of developing strategies and self-confidence. We will run one day sessions for six weeks using Jump Space and other local providers to deliver the project.
To support us please send your tokens to: Unit 2 Hardman Street Chestergate Stockport SK3 0BJ
●●ALLOTMENTS Love Life
Allotments Love Life was started in 2015 as a community garden at Flowery Field Allotments in Stockport for the disabled, a sensory garden, a quiet place to recover from illness and a learning environment for children.
The funding we received last year enabled us to complete phase 1 of the Community Garden by installing raised beds, imprinted concrete paving and an accessible toilet. This year we would like to build on this progress by constructing a shed to provide shelter and refreshment facilities and to buy tools for the garden. To support us please send your tokens to: 88 Charlestown Road East Woodsmoor Stockport SK2 7DZ
●●INSPIRED Stockport CIC
As ever more help and advice, goods and essential services become only accessible online, some people are at risk of being excluded from the everyday connections that the rest of us take for granted.
Working throughout Stockport, we help people who are older, disabled or disadvantaged to come together to develop their digital skills, improve social isolation and strengthen their own communities.
Some of our learners have difficulties with hearing or sight or have restricted hand movement. We would use funding to provide appropriate or specialist equipment such as larger tablet computers, mice, keyboards and headphones. To support us please send your tokens to: 53 Deane Avenue Cheadle Stockport SK8 2DN
●●PURE Insight 1628
Pure Insight is a charity that sets out to support a vulnerable group of young people through a difficult transition period from leaving children’s homes and foster care to adult independence.
Funding will help to continue a valued project that engages young care leavers, some who may have young children of their own. Practically it offers safety, a hot meal, access to information and advice and help with skill development. More importantly it connects those who would otherwise be isolated, allowing them peer and local community support.
To support us please send your tokens to: Pure Insight Sanderling Building Bird Hall Lane Cheadle Heath SK3 0RF
●●STOCKPORT SEND Families
We are a parent run support group for families who have one or more children with special needs. We recognised there was a gap for families who have children with additional needs to spend quality time together. Our aim is to provide activities the whole family can access in order to create friendships and support circles in an environment where the families are not judged.
We now have the regular use of Adswood Young People’s Centre and are hoping to use the funding to develop a sensory room for families and young people to access. To support us please send your tokens to: 2 Hillside Grove Marple Bridge Stockport SK6 5EP
●●15TH Cheadle Hulme Brownies
We are run by two adult volunteers and three young leaders from the Cheadle Hulme area. At present we have 24 Brownies, aged between seven and 10. We as leaders give our time each week to help young people in our local community to have adventures, new experiences and exciting opportunities.
At present we have been raising money to improve our toilet facilities; we would like to install a disabled toilet and smaller toilets for the younger children that use our building.
To support us please send your tokens to: 15th Cheadle Hulme Brownies Unit 5 51 Station Rd Cheadle Hulme Cheadle SK8 7AA
●●CHELWOOD Foodbank Plus
We are an independent food bank that operates four food banks: Adswood, Brinnington, Edgeley and Stockport Central. We often provide clothing & and small household items as well as the food parcels we are known for and when funding is permitted we provide a host of courses such as cooking on a budget, money management and IT courses to help with the digital world that we live in today.
Any money received can be used to keep all four food banks stocked with the things we need.
To support us please send your tokens to: Chelwood Baptist Church Adswood Road SK8 5QA
●●MARY Sunley Canal Boat Trust
We operate a purposebuilt canal boat on the Macclesfield Canal. Our aim is to give elderley, disabled and disadvantaged people and their carers the chance of a quiet, relaxing and sociable time far from
the stress of the normal day by cruising on the canal.
We want to enhance our mooring so that it is easier for our passengers to get on and off the boat and to improve their reception and departure experience. This will also make it easier for our volunteers to prepare, operate and maintain the boat.
To support us please send your tokens to: 8 Pool End Road Macclesfield Cheshire SK10 2LB ●●STOCKPORT CP Society
The Stockport CP Society is a local, independent parent/carer-led charity and is not a branch of a larger organisation. The Society provides a wide range of activities and support for adults and children with physical and/or learning disabilities and autistic spectrum conditions. We particularly focus on individuals with the most complex needs. We currently support over 900 people across the area to live a more independent life.
The funding would be utilised by our Short Breaks Service which provides a range of weekend short breaks for disabled children.
To support us please send your tokens to: Stockport CP Society Meridian House Pepper Road Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 5BW ●●EBONY and Ivory Community Organisation
EaICO is a parent led user group. We support young people and families from African descent, but not exclusively. Our objectives; to raise awareness of our similarities rather than our differences. For example we use inter-generational workshops and awareness raising events to integrate, to reduce social isolation, language barriers, and to develop selfesteem and confidence.
The funding will allow us to support and empower refugees and marginalised communities in Stockport that depend on the system. Resources are needed to support 50 refugees either into employment, volunteering, or enterprise. The aim is to raise awareness of the untapped potential of this cohort group to develop skills for enterprise, and a pathway to independence.
To support us please send your tokens to: 23 High Street Stockport SK1 1EG ●●STOCKPORT School Outreach
We have recently set up a group that aims to utilise sports (basketball and football) to help young people develop and grow in confidence, leadership, teamwork and respect. This will be run by volunteer staff and parents. We accept referrals from key workers from school and local community agencies. This will also be led by volunteer staff and parents from school and will target young people who have been disengaged in school or disruptive in the local community. We will mentor them and teach them through sport.
To support us please send your tokens to: Stockport School Mileend Lane Stockport SK2 6BW ●●WESTBROOK
Westbrook is a not for profit social enterprise, we work with people in the Stockport area who are suffering from mental health illnesses offering a variety of activities for them, such as woodwork, printing, arts and crafts, sign making and much more. We also offer a skills exchange programme to senior members of the community. We aim to combat isolation and vulnerability with our friendly centre.
Westbrook would use the funding to buy new equipment and new materials to ensure that we can meet the needs of all our clients.
To support us please send your tokens to: Westbrook Jubilee Fund Vernon Building Society 19 St. Petersgate Stockport SK1 1HF ●●BRINNINGTON Activity Group
The group, run by five local volunteers, brings together elderly disabled residents for various fun activities every Tuesday afternoon. All activities are aimed at providing physical/mental stimulation for socially excluded residents in Brinnington.
We are always on the lookout for new equipment and have recently seen a Kurling set for the disabled which would be ideal for our members. If our bid was successful we could also invest in more arts and crafts material.
To support us please send your tokens to: 28 Keston Crescent Brinnington Stockport SK5 8NQ ●●KINDER Mountain Rescue Team
A 999 service to treat injured or missing persons in wilderness, rural and urban areas when other emergency services are unable to. We have attended recent flood situations in Cumbria, Salford, York, Poynton and Bramhall. Also attending searches for missing vulnerable persons in Offerton, Woodback Park and an injured walker in Lyme Park. This in addition to our usual work within the Peak District. Last year we attended 53 callouts and spent approximately 2,400 man hours on the callouts. All at no cost to the public! No-one receives any payment for their services.
To support us please send your tokens to: 14 Church St Hayfield High Peak SK22 2JE ●●SMART Works Greater Manchester
Smart Works Greater Manchester supports low income disadvantaged and vulnerable women who have an interview, by offering them the opportunity to visit Smart Works and receive a full outfit (theirs to keep and free of charge) and support around their interview, from a group of highly skilled women volunteers.
We are 1 year old and have supported just under 250 women to access Smart Works Greater Manchester, the funding will go towards the ongoing delivery of Smart Works, working with vulnerable and disadvantaged women from across the area.
To support us please send your tokens to: 65-81 St. Petersgate Stockport SK1 1DS ●●THE Wellspring
The Wellspring provides support and services to homeless and disadvantaged people in Stockport, 365 days a year.
Funding would be used to employ our new van driver, a young man who has previously been homeless for many months, made numerous suicide attempts and was trapped in a cycle of addiction. With intensive and ongoing support from The Wellspring this young man has turned his life around and is now clean from drugs and living in his own accommodation. This employment opportunity will be life changing for him.
To support us please send your tokens to: PO BOX 456 Stockport SK1 1YD