‘ONE-WOMAN DYNAMO’ VICKY HELPS BUSINESSES RAISE £2.6K FOR CHARITY
DISADVANTAGED families in North Staffordshire will receive a cash boost after businesses offered to raffle and auction their services in aid of Alice Charity.
More than a dozen donated more than £10,000 in prizes after they were approached by business owner Vicky Stanaway, whose own experiences of fostering made her aware of families who desperately need support.
She said: “I chose Alice Charity because nobody chooses to be in poverty, and many of us can’t imagine what it’s like to choose between feeding our family or doing a load of washing.
“This is a reality for people in North Staffordshire, and Alice Charity are there to support families, listen, and help them put one foot in front of the other to step forward to a better life.”
Vicky, owner of Burslem website design company Tuktuk Marketing, started her raffle in November 2020, having sourced prizes through a ‘trade-up’ challenge which began with nothing more than an Alice
Charity pin badge. She said: “It began with, ‘what would someone give me for a pin badge which I could exchange a new item for?’
“The idea was to keep going until December 18, when hopefully I would have an item I could sell or auction to donate the proceeds to Alice Charity from. “I was overwhelmed by people’s generosity and my raffle ended last month.”
The fundraising auction ended this week, bringing Vicky’s fundraising total to £2,630 which was presented to Alice Charity last Friday.
Alice Charity chief executive Steph Talbot said: “What Vicky has been able to achieve is amazing, as she really is a one-woman dynamo.
“It’s thanks to fundraising like this that Alice Charity was able to support more than 3,000 families last year in Stoke-on-trent and Newcastle who were in crisis.
“The money will go into our Lean In project, which provides emotional support to local families through wellbeing calls and home visits.”