We’d like to thank every single person who voted for us to be Sainsbury’s local charity of the year Telford & Wrekin 2016/17.
Between June 2016 and January 2017, Sainsbury’s customers have donated £1257.03 worth of food for the TCS Foodbank!
Thank you for your continued support and hats of to all of the staff at Sainsbury’s Telford store for their time and consideration.
In December 2015 we launched our ‘Season’s Eating’s’ appeal which involved a lot of very hard work from a very exceptional group of volunteers doing their bit for charity as part of their National Citizens Service.
Our aim as a Foodbank was to make sure that no family or individual went without a Christmas dinner. After numerous applications and referrals from various different Telford Crisis Network organisations and charities we were soon looking at nearly 100 food parcel requests, which were soon followed by another 40 referrals from the Salvation Army.
On the 19th December, the young volunteers from the national citizens service arrived at the Telford Community Store at 11am and managed to fill and pack every single parcel in just 1 hour!!!
On Monday the 21st December between 9am and 5pm we managed to distribute 120 Christmas food parcels across Telford & Wrekin and couldn’t have done it without the help of the Season’s Eating’s bunch.
Thank you so much to everyone involved!
Bring on 2016
Well not quite, Let us explain…
A gentleman turned up at the Telford Community Store and asked to see us, we soon discovered that this gentleman was in crisis due to a family breakdown and he had lost a lot of his possessions..
Luckily his employer has given him new workwear but he urgently required a pair of proper work boots so that he could stay on the site where he was working..
After a lot of offers that we received from our social media pleas, Lyreco turned up and handed him a new pair of boots just like that!
Telford is full of kind, wonderful, selfless people who time and time again support our cause.
Simply amazing!
Thank you Lyreco!
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Thank You’.
‘Maninplace is committed to providing safe and secure accommodation in the borough of Telford and Wrekin for anyone who presents as rough sleeping or homeless.
Our current units of accommodation are leased through private sector landlords, all of whom have worked closely with Maninplace to help change the lives of the people who seek assistance.
However, we want to ensure the long term future of our service and leave a legacy for future generations of Telford and Wrekin, one way we can do this is by purchasing a property. This will ensure there is always emergency accommodation ready for those who suddenly become homeless or present as rough sleeping.
This is where you can help by being part of:
“Brick Buy s Brick”
Our aim is to raise £80,000, this will be used as a deposit to purchase our first property. By owning the units of accommodation we let, much needed money will be freed up to offer a more improved support service to our customers, ensuring we give them the best start in rebuilding their lives.
How can you help?
We are asking you, our supporters, to be the foundation of our new house by purchasing the bricks of the building, making this a truly community based project.
How many bricks will you buy?
£1 will buy 1 brick and the mortar used to connect to the next brick.
£100 will buy half a crate of bricks. (200 bricks)
£200 will buy a full crate of bricks. (400 bricks)
With your help, Brick Buy a Brick, we will make a long lasting commitment to the homeless of Telford and Wrekin, ensuring a supportive service is always there when it’s needed most.
We hope you will support us so we can assist our customers to reach their full potential.’
This week has seen the opening of a new young persons supported housing project in Woodside. This is a new initiative between Bromford , Stay Telford and TCAT.
The new housing at Woodlands View and Meadow Croft Court, Woodside, provides 22 apartments for young people aged 16 to 32. The scheme will provide a wraparound, 24-hour service based on site, providing an holistic approach to supporting young people to meet their aspirations in life and helping them to identify their own personal journey. There will be a wide range of support and training available including housing, life skills, formal education, skills-based coaching and employment support. Bromford, STAY and Tcat will be working in partnership to help young people develop the full set of skills they need to live independent and successful lives within the community.
Here is what one of our new customers had to say: “I just wanted to say thank you for choosing me for the flat. This flat is the beginning of a new life for me. Thanks so much”.
If you’d like to know more about Woodlands View or Meadowcroft Court, you can contact Thrive on 01952 582617.
