Across all TCG campuses just ahead of the Christmas break, we will be collecting donations and raising money for two charities CashForKids and Cornerstones to help people in our community.
CashForKids
Cash for Kids is a grant-giving charity helping the children that need it most across the UK.
Their mission is to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in communities who are affected by poverty, illness, neglect, or have additional needs. They believe that all children should be able to express their individuality, achieve their potential and live life to the full.
CashForKids work with grass-roots organisations that aim to make a difference in young lives, directly supporting families who often have nowhere else to go.
On the last week of term across both Altrincham and Stretford campuses, our students will be hosting a chocolate tombola and winter sports activities from 11:30am-1:30pm to raise money for Cash4Kids charity.
Whether you fancy your luck on the tombola or just want to give a donation towards the charity, the teams will be on hand on the following dates:
Wednesday 14th December – Atrium, Stretford Campus.
Friday 16th December – Atrium, Altrincham Campus.
To get involved or for more information please email: charlotte.brocklehurst@tcg.ac.uk.
Poster made by student Frank McCoy.
Shoebox Collections for Cornerstones Homeless Charity
Cornerstone Day Centre is a Caritas project that helps people in Manchester have the support they need to prevent them from becoming homeless.
They help people who do become homeless get secure, safe accommodation with the support they need to make a new home so that no one has to sleep rough.
In parallel with delivering direct housing outcomes, they aim to enable people to improve their well-being through providing services that meet immediate basic needs, promote mental health and well-being, enable people to access health and other support services and take up education, training, volunteering opportunities and employment, as a means of sustaining positive housing outcomes.
Our supported internship and progression curriculum learners are collecting shoeboxes for Cornerstones to donate this winter. They have raised £60 so far, well done!
Shoeboxes can contain items such as hats, scarves, gloves, sweets, chocolate, and toiletries. They will also be collecting any old clothes which are in good condition, to help with job interviews, warm clothes for winter, sleeping bags and blankets. If you don’t have a shoebox you can still donate any useful items to the team.
The team are also collecting for ladies toiletries, sanitary products and handbags/back packs to create ‘Helpful Handbags for Ladies’.
Collection Point – Room S11 and S13: Altrincham campus. Please note the deadline for donations is the 14th December.
Win a hamper full of goodies!
Our students will be raffled a hamper full of goodies, and used the money to buy items for their shoeboxes to go towards the Cornerstones donations.
Congratulations to Donna Fitton who won the raffled hamper, she was ecstatic!
