Plymouth Prince's Trust Team celebrates donation
Prince’s Trust Team 229, based at City College Plymouth, is celebrating after receiving a £300 donation from the GALAXY Hot Chocolate Fund.
Comprising 11 young people aged 16-25 years, Team 229 is part of a personal development programme aimed to improve confidence, employability and team work skills. The team is currently working on a community project for MENCAP, the leading voice of learning disability.
The project will see the team redecorate one of MENCAP’s adult based homes in Plymouth and create a more peaceful garden area. Team 229 and MENCAP’s residents will also be involved in the creation of a sensory room, with new lighting and bright, colourful paintings.
Laura Pickering, Prince’s Trust Team Leader at City College Plymouth, says: “This donation from the GALAXY Hot Chocolate Fund will go towards the sensory room project to help create a relaxed and pleasant environment for the residents. The donation is a huge boost to the team’s confidence, and a great reward for being involved with such a worthwhile cause.”
GALAXY Hot Chocolate is looking to help small, local community projects, groups and charities across the UK and Ireland by donating cash awards to support warm-hearted people and projects.
Michelle Frost, spokeswoman for GALAXY Hot Chocolate said: “From our research, we know that across the UK and Ireland smaller charities and community groups are struggling to make ends meet despite the efforts of a huge number of warm-hearted volunteers. Seventy per cent of charities and organisations report that 51-100% of funds come from fundraising, with a further 68% stating that finding funds has become ten times harder over the past five years*.
“The GALAXY Hot Chocolate Fund aims to give them a helping hand and hopefully inspire more people to get involved.”
Open for entries until February 26 2017, the Fund will distribute five £300 awards to deserving recipients every week. Applications to the Fund can be made on the GALAXY Hot Chocolate website www.galaxyhotchocolate.com.
This year, the Fund will also cast a spotlight on the unsung heroes working in the charity sector, through the ‘Outstanding Volunteer Award’. Every week that the Fund runs, a volunteer will be chosen by national volunteer organisation NCVO to receive a GALAXY Hot Chocolate Hero Hamper! So once you have registered your organisation for an award, why not nominate a volunteer who always goes the extra mile too?
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