Fundraising news
The Big Give - we did it!
The Big Give - we did it! Thank you so much!
In just one week in December, our Big Give Campaign ‘Safe, Heard and Hopeful’ raised an incredible £20,000 for our Volunteer Mentoring Programme!
A special thank you from our CEO, Ruth Keily:
"We are deeply moved by the support from our local community. This comes at a time when the need for our work has never been greater, and we’re truly grateful to everyone who donated. Your generosity means more young people struggling in school, at home or with mental wellbeing will immediately benefit from 1-1 mentoring, positive activities and family support.
On behalf of our trustees, staff and volunteers, a huge thank you to every individual, business, and group who donated or helped spread the word about our campaign. Special thanks to our longstanding supporter for being our Big Give Pledger, and to our Champion, ShareGift for making this possible."
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The Big Give - Safe, Heard and Hopeful
Help us unlock £10,000 for our Volunteer Mentoring Programme
📣 We're excited to announce our Big Give Christmas campaign, Safe, Heard and Hopeful, to help secure the future of our Volunteer Mentoring Programme.
From Tuesday 3 - 10 December, every donation you make will be doubled, thanks to The Big Give’s match-funding initiative. That means twice the impact for children and young people in Bath & North East Somerset.
Help us unlock our £10,000 match fund and reach our £20,000 goal — a milestone that would be truly transformative for our charity.
Mark your calendar, and join us in making a real difference this Christmas! 🎄💫
The Big BaNES 100k - local charities launch new challenge for youth mental health
Walk, run, cycle, swim, skate, kayak or do it your way! This is the call from local youth charities, Mentoring Plus and Off The Record, and creators of The Bath 5k Map, who have teamed up to launch The Big BaNES 100k - a new nature-based fundraising challenge, to support young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.
The Big BaNES 100k launches on Friday 17 May and local residents can combine any number of activities to reach the 100k milestone. The challenge will run until Friday 27 September, and organisers are encouraging fundraisers to get out into the beautiful BaNES countryside and bring friends, family, colleagues and community groups with them.
Our Volunteer Mentoring Programme receives generous support from Somerset Freemasons
Last week, the Somerset Freemasons generously awarded Mentoring Plus with a grant of £66,000 to support our Volunteer Mentoring Programme, enabling us to train 48 adult Volunteer Mentors over the next two years, and match them with young people in our community who need positive role models.
The Big Give Christmas Appeal
The Big Give Christmas Challenge, the UK’s biggest match-funding campaign, is back again. You can DOUBLE your donation to Mentoring Plus. We are delighted to have already received matched giving pledges for £7,500 BUT to unlock this amount, we need to raise another £7,500 IN JUST 7 DAYS!
If we reach our fundraising target we will be able to support the salary for our Volunteer Mentoring Senior Practitioner next year. This skilled team member leads the project and directly supports up to 15 young people and their mentors at any one time. It’s a pivotal role, managing referrals, assessments, mentor training and matching and safeguarding.
Please help our work! You can donate online at The Big Give from Tuesday 28th November until Tuesday 5th December.
Charity Christmas Trees
We will be holding our charity Christmas Tree sale this December. You can pre-order your tree from our shop, for collection in December, or come and visit us at our Youth Hub just off the London Rd in Bath. All the trees are Nordman Firs which are renowned for not losing their needles and from a sustainable tree farm in the UK.
Whether you are looking to buy for your office, pub, shop or home buy your tree from us and know that you are supporting young people in your community who are facing really tough challenges in their lives this Christmas.