Come and support Welcome on Saturday 24th August 2013 between 11am-4pm in our fundraising fun day. We shall activities such as bouncy castle, hook a duck, face painting, nail art and henna with a BBQ, sweets, cakes and other light refreshments and a raffle with great prizes.
Also you will able to obtain information about our services and how the money raised can help us develop and expand our services.
See you there!
Come and support Welcome on Saturday 24th August 2013 between 11am-4pm in our fundraising fun day. We shall have activities such as bouncy castle, hook a duck, face painting, nail art and henna with a BBQ, sweets, cakes and other light refreshments and a raffle with great prizes.
Also you will able to obtain information about our services and how the money raised can help us develop and expand our services.
See you there!
A number of staff gathered at Coombe Abbey Park in Coventry to participate in a walk and BBQ which successfully managed to raise a £150 for Hep C Trust.
This was raised in memory of a member of our user service group Colin, who passed away in 2012.
Colin’s family also attended the event and overall was a wonderful and enjoyable day.
The inaugural Institute of Directors (IoD) Annual Prize: West Midlands Director of the Year Awards Highly Commended Welcome Trustee Ann Rivera, Organisational Development Director for the Trident Social Investment Group
Ann’s first class OD strategy recognised by numerous sector awards encompasses IT, Customer Service, Health and Safety and HR, as well as learning and development.Director of the IOD West Midlands and Chair of the Judges, John Phillips, said: ‘The quality of entrants for our awards improves every year and this year’s entries were all of an extremely high standard. The shortlisted entries clearly demonstrated how those individuals have all the attributes that leaders in their field should have.
Ann Rivera, who is also the Organisational Development Director of Trident Social Investment Group said: ‘I am absolutely delighted to win this prestigious award and feel so proud to be Highly Commended in the West Midlands Director of the Year Awards. I would like to thank my colleagues and staff; without their support and commitment to Trident’s Social Investment agenda, I would not have been able to deliver such an ambitious change management programme. This award symbolises to me that achievement is impossible without dedication.’
Shop team and volunteers ran a book stall in the square and sold 27 bags of books to the local community. The shop display was changed to reflect St Georges Day images.
Work is already underway on refurbishing the old community center to make way for the New Welcome Cafe!
Major refurbishment work has been given the go ahead to the old Community Center next to AllSaints Church on Ownall Road, Shard End.
The centre will offer a range of different services to people in the area including a new community space and cafe.
Colin (Formally known as Bubble until we discovered she was in fact a he and a cockerel!) and squeak have been quite busy in the garden. These eggs will now go into the Welcome drop in center kitchen, to assist in provision of meals.
The garden project is back up and running on:
Fridays 10am – 1pm
Saturdays 10am – 1pm.
If you are interested in chicken care, growing fruit vegetables and flowers then pop along and ask for Mark Wilson from the Service User Group who has kindly agreed to lead this project for us
Sound Foundation Voices brought a touch of Christmas cheer to Touchwood shopping centre in Solihull on Sunday 9th December, singing carols and other seasonal songs outside Santa’s grotto to raise money for Welcome.
Chief Executive Joanne Mackinnon was also on hand to speak to Christmas shoppers interested in finding out more about the work Welcome does. “We had a great response,” she said. “It’s always good to have an opportunity to reach out in to the community with events like this and the money raised helps us to fund little things that make a big difference to our clients, such as decorating a room or buying a smart outfit for a job interview.”
We are fundraising in the Touchwood shopping centre in Solihull on Sunday 9th December and we’ll be getting into the festive spirit with some carol singing between 1pm and 3pm. The singing will be led by Sound Foundation Voices, a community singing group which counts one of our Board directors among its members. There will be plenty of opportunity for audience participation, so if you fancy belting out a few old favorites, or listening to some seasonal songs to get you into the mood for Christmas, do come along.
On Saturday 18th October a number of staff stood with our charity collecting tins in Knowle Town centre, Solihull. Once again we were blessed by good weather and the people of Solihull were very supportive. We raised just over £150 which we intend to use for a young persons gardening project.We also managed to talk to a number of people and raise awareness of the issues and services available for substance misuse in the Borough.