Burnham Resilience CIO
Burnham Resilience
Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), was originally set up as a Facebook group under the name Burnham Resilience Group (BRG) at the start of the coronavirus pandemic to provide help and support to the community.
The group, which officially became a charity in July last year, has supported the community in many ways including shopping, providing telephone support and food parcels, and collecting and delivering prescriptions.
Focused on tackling issues including loneliness, grief and mental health, the charity also initiated a number of projects, including mental health support for schools by providing five schools with one year’s unlimited access to the Lily-Jo Project’s mental health resources.
Paula Prince, trustee and vice chair of Burnham Resilience said: “The whole idea was to build resilience, and I think we helped do that.”