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Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Christchurch Carnival selects two charity partners for 2025 event
Christchurch Carnival CIC has selected two charities for this year's fundraising efforts. The carnival, which will take place over three days from Friday, August 15 to Sunday, August 17 on Christchurch Quay, will raise awareness and funds for Christchurch Community Partnership (CCP) and Julia's House. Both charities focus on supporting entire families. Viv Charrett, chair of Christchurch Carnival Committee, said: "As a free family festival, we felt choosing to partner with CCP and Julia's House enables us to support the entire family from the youngest members of our society, their siblings and parents to the oldest." READ MORE: Plan to updgrade Grade-II listed Burley Manor Hotel Julia's House and CCP named charity beneficiaries for Christchurch Carnival 2025 (Image: Supplied) CCP works to end social isolation for adults in Christchurch. Over the past year, it received more than 200 referrals from local organisations. Sandra Prudom, CEO of CCP, said: "To be chosen as a charity partner by Christchurch Carnival is a real game-changer for us." Julia's House provides care for some of Dorset's most seriously ill children. It receives only eight per cent of its funding from the government. Martin Edwards, CEO of Julia's House, said: "We are seeing more children with complex needs now. "More than 80 per cent of our children require two care staff members to be with them at any time." The carnival raises funds through donations and raffle ticket sales.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Record £64,800 raised from recycling Christmas trees
MORE than £64,000 was raised for three charities by recycling Christmas trees. Diverse Abilities, Lewis-Manning Hospice Care and Julia's House benefited from the initiative that saw about 29 tonnes of trees collected from homes and businesses. The majority of these trees were turned into 96 cubic metres of woodland mulch by Parley-based Eco Sustainable Solutions. This is equivalent to approximately 1,920 wheelbarrow loads. The money raised from the tree disposal, which is up more than £7,000 from last year, goes directly to the three charities. READ MORE: Apple House Limited acquired by National Care Group Eco's Bryony Hammond (centre) with (left to right) Katie Thompson and Laura Maidment (Julia's House); Fiona Harwood (Lewis-Manning) and Francesca Potton (Diverse Abilities) (Image: Andrew Diprose) Bryony Hammond, Eco's marketing executive, said: "We're pleased and proud to play our part in raising a record amount for three very deserving local charities." Francesca Potton, community fundraiser at Diverse Abilities, added: "Treecycling continues to be one of our main fundraising initiatives every year, allowing us to fundraise sustainably and raise money to support children and adults with disabilities in the Dorset area." Laura Maidment, Julia's House public fundraising manager, said: "We are extremely grateful to Eco for helping us to successfully run our fourth Julia's House Christmas tree collection service. "We have only been able to make this initiative successful because of the kindness and generosity of several local companies, community groups and volunteers, who give their time, equipment and transport to help Julia's House staff and volunteers." Vicki Gray, head of fundraising at Lewis-Manning Hospice Care, said: "We are incredibly proud of the collective impact we've made together with another successful year of Christmas tree collections and recycling. "The funds raised through this eco-friendly campaign will directly benefit patients by funding 1,200 virtual exercise and well-being sessions, led by the charity's occupational therapists. "These sessions play a crucial role in helping patients maintain an active lifestyle, stay connected with others and improve their mental and physical health."
Yahoo
26-01-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Christmas tree collection raises £27k for children's hospice
Christmas tree collections raised more than £27,000 for a Wiltshire children's hospice. Volunteers, local businesses and supporters took away 1,935 festive firs from homes around Wiltshire and Dorset. Hundreds of people who agreed to have the charity take away their trees made donations to help provide its lifeline of care for local families. The Julia's House fundraising team was supported by volunteers from local businesses, including Jane James and Associates and Lexus Swindon, who kindly sponsored the promotion of this year's Christmas tree collection in Wiltshire. The trees collected from the Devizes, Pewsey and Marlborough areas were then taken to The Old Potato Yard in Devizes and The Farm at Avebury, and recycled as chippings for use on local farmland. In its fourth collection year, the charity picked up 605 Christmas trees in Wiltshire and a further 1330 trees in Dorset, raising £27,305 in total from donations. That's the equivalent of more than 27 weeks of respite care for a seriously ill child, enabling the rest of their family to have a much-needed break from caring around the clock. The children's hospice recently announced it was facing a £1 million budget deficit this year and feared services may need to be cut due to the rising costs of care. Your Community, Your News Subscribe to Swindon Advertiser now for either 50% off for a year or 3 months for £3. Stay connected with all local happenings. #CommunityNews #SpecialOffer — Swindon Advertiser (@swindonadver) January 20, 2025 Last year, it cost the charity around £5 million to provide its critical and compassionate care for families of children living with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. Just eight per cent of the charity's costs are covered by ongoing government support – the rest is kindly donated by supporters. Community fundraiser Claudia Hazelton said, 'We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who booked to have their tree collected by Julia's House, and also to our hard working and committed volunteers from local businesses and organisations who provided vans, chippers and helping hands to get the job done – it was a real team effort and very rewarding. 'We're thrilled to have raised these vital funds to support our care for local families, and we hope to make our charity tree collection even bigger and better next year.' Julia's House is Wiltshire's local children's hospice charity. The charity relies almost entirely on donations from the local community to fund its critical respite breaks and compassionate care for the county's most seriously ill children and their families – in the Julia's House hospice in Devizes and in families' homes. For more information on fundraising, volunteering and working for the charity, visit Help support trusted local news Sign up for a digital subscription now: As a digital subscriber, you will get: Unlimited access to the Swindon Advertiser website Advert-light access Reader rewards Full access to our app
