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BUMMIT 2012 to Sofia is proud to support:
Chilypep:
Chilypep is a nationally registered charity based in Sheffield where the majority of their work has taken place. They have worked in some of the most disadvantaged areas of Sheffield and with some of the most hardest to reach groups of children and young people, supporting them to make a positive contribution to their communities and neighbourhoods. We are hoping to fund residential trips for STAMP (a young people’s action group on mental health and well-being) and VOYCE (Sheffield’s Young Carers participation group.
Ecclesall Live at Home Scheme:
Ecclesall Live at Home Scheme is a local project established to provide a range of services for older people in need, aimed at breaking social isolation and empowering the individual. The schemes services include: a one-to-one befriending service, a telephone contact and prompt service, signposting and three separate weekly activities. We are hoping to fund their general costs for a year including the running of their disabled access minibus.
The Joseph Foote Trust:
The Joseph Foote Trust’s aim is to raise funds to continue with research to raise Brain Tumour survival rates from 15% up to 80%. They fund and promote research into the nature, causes, diagnosis and treatment of brain tumours. They provide financial and other support to sufferers of brain tumours and their families. They also promote greater public awareness and education relating to brain tumours. We are hoping to fund workshops in Sheffield for those affected by brain tumours.
Asperger’s Children and Carers Together (ACCT):
Asperger’s Children and Carers Together (ACCT) is a parent-led support group for children and families affected by Asperger’s syndrome. They run activity groups for children and teenagers with Asperger’s, as well as day trips and other outings. Siblings are welcome too. They also host weekly drop-in sessions and monthly meetings for parents and carers. We are hoping to fund their general running costs including their drop in service for a year.
Project Buzz:
Project Buzz is based in Springfield Primary School, in the heart of Sheffield City. They provide play, social and educational activities to families and are open to anyone who wishes to apply. At Project Buzz they believe everyone should feel heard and valued and able to make a difference. They are passionate about keeping participation at the heart of our work. We are hoping to fund the purchase of various items for their youth club.
PACT (Parents’ Association of Children with Tumours and Leukaemia):
PACT (Parents’ Association of Children with Tumours and Leukaemia) is an invaluable source of both practical and emotional support for children and their families throughout their contact with the oncology unit at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. Over the last 30 years PACT has continued to raise money to help support the families, and increasingly to support the ward and clinic at the hospital, as well as contributing in an ever-increasing way to the research.
Children Today:
Children Today is the charity that raises funds to provide specialised equipment for children and young people with disabilities throughout the UK. Their aim is to ensure that every disabled child and young person fulfils their potential and leads an active childhood. They work on a case by case basis and we will be able to fund specialist equipment individuals living in Sheffield and South Yorkshire.
DIAL Barnsley:
DIAL Barnsley is a generic, user led, disability advice organisation operating in Barnsley. They strive to promote a positive image of disabled people and carers and their work is underpinned by the recognition that people are not all the same but all have a right to equality of opportunity. We are hoping to fund the telephone costs involved with giving free, impartial advice and information to disabled people, carers and their professionals.
Learn for Life Enterprise:
Learn for Life Enterprise is a community hub based on London Road in the culturally and ethnically diverse area of Sharrow. They cater for and look after people from all over Sheffield providing training, support, stability and advice in a safe, friendly and welcoming environment. They look after vulnerable and hard-to-reach members of the community and we are hoping to fund English language courses for asylum seekers and refugees.
The Sick Children's Trust:
The Sick Children's Trust’s mission is to provide high quality 'Home from Home' accommodation for families whose children are receiving hospital treatment for serious illness. It exists to support and promote the child's recovery and further to support the fabric and wellbeing of the family as a whole. We are hoping the fund the running of a family bedroom for the year at Treetop House in Sheffield.
In Baby Bummit to Glasgow 2011 we supported:
JAM Scotland:
Joint Aid Management (JAM) is a non-profit organisation, with a fundraising office in Glasgow, who experise in relief and sustainable development in Africa. Their programmes, which are based on a Complete Community Development Assistance (CCDA) model, include nutritional interventions, school feeding, assistance to orphans and vulnerable children, the provision of water and sanitation, skills development, community training on agricultural development, income generation and HIV/AIDS projects. JAM strongly believes that without education, there can be no development. Quality of schooling and most importantly, adequate nutrition allows a child to focus, retain, and apply what is being learned.
StopGap:
StopGap has been running, as part of a pilot scheme, for 2 years and only became a charity in its own right on 4th October this year. It is a night shelter scheme for potential rough sleepers in Sheffield city centre. They provide non-priority status, emergency, short-term accomodation for a whole range of people, often including refugees and asylum seekers. According its coordinator, StopGap's main service is to give people some hope and dignity when they may be at their lowest ebb.
Sheffield Women's Aid:
Sheffield Women's Aid's main aim is to provide safe and secure accomodation for women, children and young people who have suffered from abuse at home by someone who they have had a close personal relationship with. Furthermore they help the abused recover from the effects and regain the confidence and skills needed to move their life in the right direction. They currently have two small refuges in North Sheffield which have been deemed inadequate by the council. Consequently, they are looking to move to a new centre, containing 16 1,2 and 3 bedroom flats, in December 2011.