On a gloriously sunny day in August local singing group Kiss The Ceiling Acappella Singers entertains passers by in Kings Heath and Birmingham City Centre with their repertoire of songs in four part harmony from around the world. They donate the money raised to Welcome to help supply meals through its Drop-in Centre.
In June, Welcome and its SIAS partners run road shows supported by the national organisation ADFAM, which supports the families of people with problematic drug or alcohol use. The aim of these events is to promote SIAS’ family and friends support service. Staff and users of the service are on hand to chat and give advice and information. The events are a great success, with ma
More than 100 people turn out for the launch of the new alcohol service at Solihull library in May. The Lord Mayor opens proceedings and speakers includ Stephen Mundi from the Department of Health, Paul Mctague area manager from Aquarius, and Alex Coppello Professor of Addiction Research School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham. Agencies in attendance include the police,
Welcome’s first street collection day is organised by Board member Henry Jerwood in April and takes place along Shirley High Street. Over £100 is raised and used to buy plants for Welcome’s working garden and the hanging baskets outside Middlewood House.
Welcome is involved in an interesting survey, on site at Middlewood House, as part of its partnership work with the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. On 19th September, a pilot scheme inviting real-time feedback from service users, their families and friends was launched. A kiosk and special hand-held electronic devices have been installed in the SIAS recep
Welcome, in partnership with SIAS (Solihull Intergrated Addiction Service), is awarded £178K to develop a Recovery Centre, where those leaving treatment can still access low level advice and information, group support, volunteer and employment opportunities. This exciting new project will be in development throughout 2011.
Welcome and colleagues from SIAS partner organisations take part in the first ‘Solihull Together’ sponsored walk. Organised by SUSTAIN, the walk allows local charities in Solihull to fundraise for themselves and others. The Welcome team decided to raise the money for Helping Hands, a smaller charity which often gives food parcels to Welcome clients.
With your support we can do even more
We are funded through a number of different sources, one of which is donations.
These are really important as they enable us to offer a range of flexible and highly valued additional support services which are not provided for under the terms of our commissioned work or grant funding.
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