Here are some of our Young Carers sporting their brand new hoodies complete with ‘Sidney’ logo. The Young Carers Project in Newbury took delivery of 100 hoodies in various sizes which will now be distributed to all Young Carers who are registered within West Berkshire. With this number it means that we can keep a […]
Following the successful application to Greenham Common Trust – Find me a Grant scheme, we have been able to fund 30 places to this year’s Young Carers Festival in Southampton. Additionally, we have also received funding for 100 hoodies which have been supplied by Ruby Slippers (Newbury). We have distributed one to each Young Carer […]
Our ‘Call My Bluff’ Wine Event on Saturday 17th May was a fantastic success and our great thanks go to Miles Better Wines Ltd who unscrewed all the tops to make this a night to remember. Lynne our treasurer has banked a whopping £674.00 of funds raised from this event and together with a grant from Greenham Trust, […]
We thought that you would all like to see a photo of the lovely Sue Mellor who has knitted over 70 Sidney the Owl mascots for us since we started our Charity last year. Sue (pictured here) with a selection of her latest creations has helped us raise over £300 from kind donations for these […]
We are busy planning our next fundraising event and it promises to be a great night out! Not only will we be selecting some fine wines for guests to sample, we have also hand picked our 3 ‘bluffers’ whose job it is to convince the audience of the true descriptions of the particular wines of the […]
+++LATEST NEWS+++LATEST NEWS+++LATEST NEWS+++ Friends of Young Carers (West Berkshire) are celebrating this week having received a call from the Charities Commission to tell us we are now a fully REGISTERED CHARITY (Charity No. 1156680). see below Registered Charity Number 1156680 FRIENDS OF YOUNG CARERS (WEST BERKSHIRE) http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk We are pleased to tell you that FRIENDS […]
Well not the members and staff of Greenacre Leisure it seems! A huge thank you to everyone who bought our cakes, owls and eggs and CONGRATULATIONS to Angela Claridge who won our raffle for the Easter Treats. We raised a fantastic £140 which will go towards courses for West Berkshire Young Carers including Archery, Football and Drama Workshops. […]
From Easter Owls of course!! If you come to Greenacre Leisure Centre on Tuesday 1st April between 9am and 1pm you will be able to bag your own Sidney the Owl Limited Edition (Easter Owl) and some delicious Easter bakes for all the family. Our aim is to raise £100 which will enable us to […]
Valentines Day 2014 Another sell-out of our Sidney the Owl Valentines Day Collection on Friday 14th at Greenacre Leisure Centre. Thank you to all who knitted a Valentines Owl and helped us to raise an brilliant £70. With this amount we can send one Young Carer on an Art course, Football Training or Life Skill […]
A huge thank you to John Lewis PLC and their Community Matters Scheme. This scheme supports a wide range of local charities. Tokens deposited in store for a choice of three local charities are converted into a share of £3,000 every three months. Friends of Young Carers (West Berkshire) were hugely appreciative of a cheque in January for £820. Some of this money has helped […]
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