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Such an important cause! Homelessness can affect an individual's mental health and wellbeing so let's support the team to help raise awareness and tackle homelessness in 2024. You are inspirational. #Sleepout2024

Shoutout to Wirral Ark, a charity that supports hundreds of people each year who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Organisations like Wirral Ark are, sadly, always vital to any area without adequate housing support. They keep our community safe when government safety nets (or a lack thereof) fail to. On their website, this is how the Wirral Ark describes themselves: “Wirral Ark aims to fearlessly unite people in the fight against homelessness. We help individuals experiencing homelessness achieve their personal ambitions through respect, courage, compassion and a personalised plan of action.” Like us, Wirral Ark are based in Merseyside, so anyone who has either helped WODIN or benefitted from WODIN’s services should also get familiar with their work: https://buff.ly/3QAS0qa #WODINShoutout We plan to regularly shout out other non-profit or charitable organisations that are doing good in the world, especially those based in Liverpool and Merseyside. Charitable organisations are not islands: we all have our niche and area of focus, but the work we do is in service of the larger, shared goal of making our communities into safe and equitable places to live. We want to spread the love to all the other organisations who are contributing to this goal along with us. #WODIN #Merseyside #MerseysideStories #MerseysideCharity #MerseysideCharities #Wirral

Did you know the Community Organised Resource Exchange connects businesses that have surplus, with the community sector? Don Hancey owns a commercial kitchen in Osborne Park, and he recently provided his kitchen to Homelessness We Care who used the space to cook their weekly meal service for their homelessness community. The exchange was a win-win for both parties, as The Kitchen was sharing an unused resource, and Homelessness We Care were able to benefit from that resource, for the purpose of preparing a meal for rough sleepers. Do you know a business that has surplus resources, time, or logistics to donate, that could be of benefit to a charity or NFP? Visit corexchange.org.au and create an account today. #communitysector #sharingeconomy #sharingresources #circulareconomyaustralia #sustainablecommunities #communitysector

Rough sleeping is the most visible and dangerous form of homelessness. Evidence shows that people sleeping on the street are almost 17 times more likely to be victims of violence. Our mission is to put an end to rough sleeping and support those experiencing homelessness into housing and independence. The threat to our funding is still uncertain, if we were to lose funding this would result in the closure of The Falcon Centre, our 30 bed hostel in Loughborough which prevents rough sleeping and provides the community with housing, community and recovery support through the drop in programme. If you can show us support in these uncertain times and help us sustain our specialised face to face services through, sharing, donating, or fundraising, please reach out.. To make a donation follow --> https://lnkd.in/eckmJMrr To support or create a fundraiser follow --> https://lnkd.in/eyTn-2EG #Homelessness #Giving #GivingTuesday #Donate #fundraiser #Community #Recovery #Support #HomelessnessCrisis #RoughSleeping #Streethomeless

Shoutout to the Paper Cup Project, a Liverpool-based charity that supports the homeless by providing food, drinks, clothing, support, and advice. Organisations like the Paper Cup Project are, sadly, always vital to any area without adequate housing support. They keep our community safe when government safety nets (or a lack thereof) fail to. On their website, this is how the Paper Cup Project describes themselves: “Papercup Project was founded in 2015 by Michelle Langan, as a response to the growing homelessness crisis. In 2019, Papercup Project was award official charity status." Paper Cup Project are based local to us, in Liverpool, so anyone who has either helped WODIN or benefitted from WODIN’s services should also get familiar with their work: https://lnkd.in/eai3zQUq #WODINShoutout We plan to regularly shout out other non-profit or charitable organisations that are doing good in the world, especially those based in Liverpool and Merseyside. Charitable organisations are not islands: we all have our niche and area of focus, but the work we do is in service of the larger, shared goal of making our communities into safe and equitable places to live. We want to spread the love to all the other organisations who are contributing to this goal along with us. #WODIN #Liverpool #LiverpoolStories #LiverpoolCharity #LiverpoolCharities

To all my fundraising bid-writing cousins and small charities, I'm sure you have already heard... The National Lottery Community Fund Awards for All England are now offering funding from £300 to £20,000. That's up from £10,000. You can apply for funding to deliver a new or existing activity or to support your organisation to change and adapt to new and future challenges. You can fund projects that will do at least one of these things: 🤲 Bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities 🔼 Improve the places and spaces that matter to communities 🆘 Help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage 👨👩👧👧 Support people, communities and organisations facing more demands and challenges because of the cost-of-living crisis. To find out more: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eGUxGRB2

Merge Café is a place where anyone can come for kai and help with housing. Within the café, we have peer support volunteers, many of whom have come through our support services and want to give back. There's a coat rack where anyone can drop off or take a coat, or hat. So if there was ever a place to meet Teresa Moore, CEO of Catalytic Foundation, our beloved café seems like the obvious choice. Meetings like these are truly inspiring. They're a gentle reminder to pause and reflect on the busy work we do (often in isolation) and think, maybe there's another organisation, another business who might like what we do (or already be doing similar work), who may want to partner up. That is what the Catalytic Foundation is all about. It's about connecting businesses with not-for-profits to maximise social impact. Hard work and good manners may get the job done, but partnerships make everything stronger.

Community is at the heart of our charity 💙 And we know it matters to you too ↴   From your employee community to your client's communities... You'll know that business is better when we support these networks ↴   ➔ Looking to join forces with a cause for good that shares your values? ➔ Choosing your 2024 Charity of the Year? ➔ Developing your CSR for next year?   📣 There's an easy way to do that 📣   Email Ben to discover how we can work together 🤝   ben.willis@helpforheroes.org.uk 

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