Windfalls for good causes as society’s fund pays out
VERNON Building Society’s £10,000 Jubilee Fund was awarded to successful local charity and community groups at a presentation evening held on November 24.
The groups were awarded funding from the Society’s Jubilee Fund to enable them to continue their work in the local area, with Stockport Express readers voting to determine each group’s share of the £10,000 fund.
The awards given out at the presentation evening were: ●●BEACON Counselling, 587 votes, £2,377.48 ●●ALLOTMENTS Love Life, 481 votes, £1,948.16 ●●BRINNINGTON Activity Group, 232 votes, £939.65 ●●THE Wellspring Stockport, 228 votes, £923.45 ●●INSPIRED Stockport CIC Ltd, 170 votes, £688.54 ●●CHELWOOD Foodbankplus, 150 votes, £607.53 ●●15TH Cheadle Hulme Brownies, 71 votes, £287.57 ●●STOCKPORT SEND Families, 62 votes, £251.11 ●●KINDER Mountain Rescue Team, 59 votes, £238.96 ●●THE Furniture Station, 56 votes, £226.81 ●●JUMP Space, 54 votes, £218.71 ●●SMART Works Greater Manchester, 54 votes, £218.71 ●●BEECHWOOD Cancer Care, 44 votes, £178.21 ●●STOCKPORT CP Society, 44 votes, £178.21 ●●YOUR Local Pantry, 35 votes, £150.00 ●●EBONY and Ivory Community Organisation, 35 votes, £150.00 ●●WESTBROOK, 34 votes, £150.00 ●●PURE Insight 1628, 29 votes, £150.00 ●●MARY Sunley Canal Boat Trust, 26 votes, £150.00 ●●STOCKPORT School Outreach, 18 votes, £150.00
Staff from Vernon Building Society also voted to award an additional £500 of funding to Beechwood Cancer Care – a Stockport-based organisation which provides incredible support free of charge to patients and their families affected by cancer and other life limiting illnesses.
The Vernon’s chief executive, Mike Hanson, said: “Our Jubilee Fund continues to highlight the amazing work going on in Stockport. It’s great that these groups are receiving the recognition that they deserve as well as funding.
“We will continue to keep in touch to hear more about their progress and how the fund has benefited them.”
The Vernon’s Jubilee Fund has donated over £50,000 of funding to more than 70 local charity and community groups since 2012.
The Society is also be selling a calendar featuring stunning photographs of the local area through their branches to raise money for the Jubilee Fund.
For more information about the Jubilee Fund visit thevernon.co.uk.