Brilliant Big Give news!

Absolutely brilliant Big Give News!

Thanks to you, our amazing supporters, we have raised £20,000 for our Volunteer Mentoring Programme 🎉🎉🎉 in just one week!

We are absolutely over the moon to have reached our goal. Thank you so much!

If you supported us, please take a minute to read this special thank you from our CEO, Ruth Keily:

"On behalf of our trustees, staff, volunteers, and the young people we support, we’d like to say a huge and heartfelt thank you to everyone who donated to Side by Side over the past week.

Your gift, whether big or small, helped us reach our £20,000 goal. Thank you!
Special thanks to our brilliant local Pledger and Champion, Reed Educational Trust, who provided the match funds to make this possible.

For a small, independent charity like ours, navigating an increasingly challenging funding landscape and experiencing soaring demand for our Volunteer Mentoring Programme, the funds raised through The Big Give will make such a difference in the year ahead.

Thanks to your support, we can give more young people a year of support from our volunteer mentors and practitioners, two kind and trusted adults who will stand by their side for a full year.

We’re now looking forward to next year and building on the inspiring support you’ve shown us through this campaign.

Thank you so much!"