Vote for Keynsham's Mencap today!
Please support Mencap in Keynsham by taking 5 minutes out of your day to help them on their way to winning vital funding. Your small vote will make a big difference and that’s what really counts.
Whilst growing up on the Isle of Wight one of my best friends had a brother who benefited greatly in life by attending a place called Haylands Farm. Haylands Farm provided ( and continues to provide ) training, education and work experience for people with a learning disability. We have such a facility just outside of Bath in neighbouring Keynsham and they need our help in doing the same.
In my radio career and throughout life, supporting charity has been very important for me. Having actually worked for a major Cancer charity for a year and half, I can genuinely say I have seen the tangible benefits that a charity can do for its end users. It’s about providing a service that has measurable benefits and not just ‘money grabbing’ to fill the coffers for self serving directors. Having consulted and worked in the third sector, I am aware of such practices.
With the Army we would regularly support our branch of PHAB in nearby Devizes and help out on their fun days and residential trips. To actually witness the fun and escapism that the participants experienced is incredibly joyous and a real buzz. To do your bit and help all it takes is a bit of your online time. Not much to ask is it?
Natwest are currently running a voting project called ‘Community Force’. Essentially the 3 projects in any given area with the most votes win. This is where you can make a difference to some ones life. With schemes such as this, we have seen over the years that some projects will be far more beneficial than others and that although with good intentions, some can be a little self indulgent and some receive huge hand outs from the government and other tax paying funds anyway. Others simply don’t.
Awarded funds will genuinely affect some ones life in a hugely beneficial manner and for the Mencap unit in neighbouring Keynsham who are not supported by National Mencap, this amount of funding would make a real difference. If you can take 5 minutes and go through the process at the Natwest website then you are taking a positive and rewarding step to making a difference.
http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/2381
http://www.keynshammencap.co.uk/index.htm
It’ll give you that little fuzzy feeling for the rest of the day so do the right thing and tick their box. Many thanks. If the Mencap project doesn’t really float your boat ( we are all different after all ) two other excellent options for Bath are: