The Latest Charity & Voluntary Sector News for the NG9 Area.

Picture Credit: Councillor Richard MacRae

Hi Everyone,

I do hope you enjoyed last week’s C&V special , where we looked at the many charities the Queen supported over her 70 year reign. Normal service resumes this week, with all the latest going on’s locally in the Charity and Voluntary Sector world.

All the Best

James 🙏

It has been a busy time as usual, the last few weeks for the infant and baby loss charity Forever Stars, with a Car Boot Sale at The Boat and Horses Pub in Beeston Rylands, an Eighties Night at Chilwell Manor Golf Club, a sponsored hike and a number of entrants in today’s Robin Hood Half Marathon, all bringing much needed funding to the Charity and it’s vital support services. You can sponsor some of the runners here : https://www.gofundme.com/f/abbie-romeana-sadie-run-a-half-marathon?member=18989285&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

Good luck to all runners today, and I hope you raise lots of money for all the various charities being supported.

Middle Street Resource Centre celebrates 50 Years

• British Sign Language taster session (note: sign language is not edible. that is not what finger food means)
• Stained Glass
• Art
• Relaxation
• Latin Dance
• Creative Writing
• Talks on the Mindset program, the Centre and counselling
• Craftwork
• Music
• Hearing Voices
• Nottingham Trent University Heritage project on the history of Middle Street
• Poetry
• Beeston Mens Group
• Coffee and cake!

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Well done to Stapleford Fire Station who beat Broxtowe South Police: Beeston, Chilwell, Stapleford and surrounding areas today at the match on Pasture Road Recreation Ground.

The game ended in a draw so it went to penalties which the Fire Brigade won.

Thank you to James Gregory Jambo who made an excellent Referee.

Thank you to Pegasus Y.F.C Stapleford for facilitating the game today.

Thank you to Stapleford Town Football Club who very kindly donated the Trophy and made a kind donation to the fundraising as well.

It was great to be able to support Broxtowe Women’s Project Ltd with the White Ribbon Campaign and I have asked about a football match to raise awareness of this, will update once that is organised.

Thank you to The Helpful Bureau who also came along today.

Thank you to the Mayor of Stapleford, Councillor Jan Goold and the Mayor of Broxtowe, Councillor David Grindell for coming to support the event.

Thank you to Coucillors Norman Bradley, Pip Hallam-Davies and Bob Brown for coming along to show support as well.

Thank you to Claire Brice who kindly donated ice creams to the winning team.

Thank you to those who made donations which will be added up and split between the Fire Brigade to help those injured in the line of duty and to support the foodbanks at the Church at Montrose Court and The Haven Church and Community Centre.

We raised £175.37 total, thank you to those who made a donation. STAPLEFORD COMMUNITY GROUP will round this up to £200 so we can donate £100 to each cause.

We have already been asked by both teams to make this an annual event so will most definitely be back next year.

Thank you to everyone who came along to support the event today, it really is appreciated and thank you to those who kindly helped to promote the event on social media to help get the word out.

Written by Councillor Richard MacRae

Helping The Ukraine

Free Bikes for Ukrainian Refugees

Nottingham Bikeworks are delighted to be able to support, in partnership with Nottingham Ukrainian Club, individuals and families who are settling in Nottingham. Transport Nottingham have kindly funded an initial run of bikes but we need your help to do even more.

You can get involved in several ways:
. Donate your bikes to us at Ayr Street. We are in particular need of small ladies bikes and good quality children’s bikes
. Use our workshop for your repairs or buy your next bike from us. All our income goes to support projects like this.
. Make a donation via our website www.nottinghambikeworks.org.uk
. If you are a qualified bike mechanic, volunteer some time to refurbish the bikes.

City Hub Ukraine now have a Facebook group, please join and share : https://www.facebook.com/groups/539305517842087/?ref=share

For information on how to donate and ways you can volunteer to help.

Any questions about donations or volunteering please contact Anne Vickers through the Facebook Page.

You can still drop off at the Aid for Ukraine shop on Beeston High Street. Any donations of food/toiletries/medicine/first aid also gratefully received! Please help support if you can🥰🙏🇺🇦

If you can donate then please do, we are still open in Beeston every day
Thanks

And finally, our list of current donations required please 🥰

Baby items:
Nappies
Baby wipes
Formula
Bottles
Comforters
Baby food (no glass jars)
Baby clothes

Toiletries (adult and kids):
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Shower gel
Shampoo
Conditioner
Deodorant ( no glass)(men and women)
Razors
Shaving gel
Handwash
Sanitary products
Adult incontinence products
Hand cream
Face cream
Hairbrushes
Hairbands

Medical
Ibuprofen (adults/kids)
Paracetamol (adults/kids)
Plasters
Dressings
Bandages
Antiseptic cream
Hand sanitizer
First aid kits
Vitamins

Food
Tinned food with pull loop lid
Rice/pasta
Pot noodles/mugshots/cuppa soup type meals
Biscuits/cereal bars/energy bars
Sweets
No Glass Jars please

Clothing
Baby clothing up to 2yrs
New packs of underwear (children/adult)
New packs of socks (pref thermal)

Other items
Powerful torches
Batteries
Sleeping Bags
Power banks

NEW small cuddly toys/New colouring books and colouring pens/pencils

Thanks so much for your support ❤️🇺🇦❤️
#Teamwork #standwithukriane

Donations can also be made at The Helpful Bureau in Stapleford Monday to Fridays.

If you would like to contribute financially you can by donating to the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine appeal here : https://donation.dec.org.uk/ukraine-humanitarian-appeal

The UK Government will match public donations to this appeal pound-for-pound up to £25 million

Please let us know if you have a Collection Point or are delivering or doing an event to help the Ukraine and we will feature you in upcoming columns.

Voluntary Opportunities

OXJAM BEESTON NEEDS YOU
• Do you want to be part of the fun in Beeston Community’s best annual music event?
o YES? - Then we want volunteers like YOU to make sure OXJAM BEESTON 2022 goes ahead smoothly!
• Do you want free entry to all the venues and music?
o YES? - Well the more volunteers we have, the more opportunities you get to help out AND hear great music !
• Do you want to feel like you’ve made a difference in the world?
o YES? Oxjam Beeston has raised over £120,000 over the last 10 years, making a real difference to people’s lives

What we need from you -
• No special skills other than your time and energy on Saturday October 15th 2022
• BUT if you’re familiar with handling sound systems or PA then we want to hear from you even more!!

Things you may end up doing
• selling or exchanging tickets for wristbands from ‘pop-up kiosks’ near the venues
• working in the venues with the owners and the artists to make sure things go smoothly.
• getting on the microphone to announce the acts, remind everyone to give generously.
• acting as problem solvers or getting resources to the right place at the right time

What you’ll get from us
• training and support in your roles in advance and on the day
• regular ‘check ins’ from the organisers’ hub
• our enduring gratitude for helping the biggest and best Beeston event go with a bang
If you want to work with friends and family, we can organise that, but you may even form new friendships as we all muck in together.
Get yourself registered now using the link below…. if you’ve read this far down the post you know you really want to 😉

https://oxjambeeston.org/volunteer/?fbclid=IwAR3sm1eCNt2z1QrsEVemJHM72Z9jLDskZtz3FCQw6OuXWf5H9XvfyGG98Ek

Help Wanted at Beeston Community Projects

We’re so grateful to all of our volunteers BUT we are currently struggling with the increase in demand and we need more help! If you can spare an hour or two a week, please please please fill in this form and get in touch > https://forms.gle/K5xyLaTk6Wqvs1nc6

Or call : 07434 664174

email: [email protected]

We have roles for drivers and non-drivers, people-facing and behind the scenes, so if you can spare some time we can definitely find something for you to do! 🤞

Dates For Your Diary

If you are a Charity, CIC or Voluntary Sector organisation, please let us know about your future events and we will feature them in our C&V Diary.

Please e mail us at the address below.

If you would like us to feature your Charity, CIC, or Social Enterprise in a future edition of NG9’s Charity & Voluntary Sector News, please e mail [email protected] and mark for the attention of James Towler our Charity & Voluntary Sector Correspondent.