Now, I’m a huge fan of Community Foundations. Since first receiving a grant in 1988, I have valued their simple beauty in being able to provide brokerage of donors and potential grant beneficiaries within a geographic area.
My First Seeing is Believing Visits – All Roads Lead to Hope
I was very pleased that one of my first appointments as the newly declared High Sheriff of Dorset was accompanying Dorset Community Foundation (DCF), one of my chosen charities, at their ‘Seeing is Believing Visit’ to funded projects in Bournemouth.
Do you live to work, or work to live?
This is something I battled with from my desk, in Canary Wharf at Credit Suisse, for the entirety of the time I worked there.
The Struggle to Keep Warm……
We have worked with Caroline who is a manager for Citizens Advice over the years to disperse donations raised through our Surviving Winter Appeal.
Help Good Causes with Your Waste
The next time you lift the lid on your recycling bin STOP! The item in your hand could be needed by a charity, playgroup, faith group or children’s centre.
Surviving Winter Appeal – Social Action at its Best
Our Surviving Winter Appeal, launched five years ago as an opportunity for local people to recycle unwanted winter fuel allowance, proves how galvanising local support can be!
A Time to Give?
The recent vote in the House of Lords delaying tax credit cuts gave me a glimmer of hope that more members of our society are aware of the growing inequality in our country.
It's hard to think of the millions of people struggling to keep even one room warm as the cold weather sets in. Surviving Winter is a simple yet effective campaign which helps many people in fuel poverty - 23,000 in 2013. It provides everything from hot water bottles to hot dinners and help with fuel bills.
Dame Helen Mirren
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It's hard to think of the millions of people struggling to keep even one room warm as the cold weather sets in. Surviving Winter is a simple yet effective campaign which helps many people in fuel poverty - 23,000 in 2013. It provides everything from hot water bottles to hot dinners and help with fuel bills.
Dame Helen Mirren
