This
year I have chosen two smaller and lesser known charities to benefit from our
competition. I have personal connections
to both of these and know that fund raising during the pandemic has been very
difficult.
We
will donate 15% of the prize fund to these great causes. In 2019, we raised £909 for Macmillan Cancer Support so I hope to beat
that this year and hopefully our small contribution will do some good.
Home Start
Hertfordshire
Home-Start works
with families in communities right across the UK. Starting in the home, our
approach is as individual as the people we’re helping. No judgement, it is
just compassionate, confidential help and expert support. Across all four nations of the United
Kingdom, 13,500 home-visiting volunteers support over 27,000 families and
56,000 children to transform their lives.
There are over 200 local, independent Home-Starts working in 71% of
local authority areas across the UK.
At the heart of each
Home-Start’s work is home visiting volunteer support. Families struggling with post-natal
depression, isolation, physical health problems, bereavement and many other
issues receive the support of a volunteer who will spend around two hours a
week in a family’s home supporting them in the ways they need. Home-Starts across the UK also support
families in groups, hold day trips and Christmas parties and help access
local services, as well as lots of other support.
https://www.home-startherts.org.uk/
https://youtu.be/BrMADaP-l_A
Sidmouth Hospiscare
We are a local
charity, funded by the local community, and our mission is to ensure that care
and support is provided to people in the Sid Valley with life limiting
illnesses, as well as their carers and families.
Since becoming a charity in 1985 we have been commissioning and funding a
specialist palliative nursing team providing care to patients in their own
homes, day centre care in Honiton, and in-patient care in the hospice in
Exeter. We also have an amazing team of specially-trained volunteers who
provide transport, sitting and befriending services, and bereavement support.
Our aim is to work with each patient and their family to understand their
individual needs and wishes and provide them with the care and support they
need to have the best possible quality of life and to enable the patient to
remain in their preferred place of care.
https://www.sidmouthhospiscare.org.uk/