Charity of the Year 2010 - Leonard Cheshire Disability
During 2009 our Charity of the Year was the Shuttlewood Clarke Foundation. We raised over £5,000 for which we would like to thank all staff and any members who helped us to reach that total.
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The Loughborough is pleased to announce that its Charity of the Year for 2010 will be Leonard Cheshire Disability, a charity that focuses on providing local services to support disabled people within their local communities. Leanne Nicolson, regional fundraising manger, says that the services provided are designed to offer specialist support to meet the individual needs of each disabled person. “This is achieved through a network of residential homes, community projects and resource centres where each person is encouraged to be as independent as possible,” she adds. Leanne continues. “We regularly comment on a wide range of issues that effect disabled people. By raising awareness of disability on a local level, this partnership will also help us to change the way people think about, and respond to, disability.” We look forward to working with Leonard Cheshire this year as they have homes in each of our branch areas and as in previous years, we will be encouraging our staff, and customers, to embrace and support the charity with their usual enthusiasm. Activities such as coffee mornings, old fashioned school sports day (with egg & spoon and three-legged race for adults), quiz night, treasure hunt, Come Dine With Me evenings and dress-up days have already been planned, along with a sponsored skydive and Hadrians Wall walking challenge by a couple of intrepid members of staff! Staff from The Loughborough's head office and Loughborough branch will be specifically raising money for Leonard Cheshire's King Street facility. This is home to 17 residents, all of whom are living with multiple, severe disabilities acquired through illness or an accident earlier in their life. All of the residents have physical disabilities and some have associated learning disabilities. The Derby branch will be raising funds for Newlands House in Netherseal, Derbyshire and the Long Eaton Branch will raise money for Holme Lodge in West Bridgford. For more information about Leonard Cheshire please visit www.lcdisability.org. |
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