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Become A Friend Of The Haven And Make A Real Difference To Someone's Life
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For the last six years activities have been set up at The Haven to help our clients have the kind of opportunities we all cherish and often take for granted e.g. decent homes, family life and careers. So many Haven clients have started college courses, voluntary work, and even paid employment, during this time. These activities were funded, on a start-up basis by the Government’s Cabinet Office for three years. Subsequently, we tried for many months to gain agreement, from local PCT and County Council commissioners, to continue to fund these activities on an on-going basis. However, the recession, and cut backs, meant that they did not feel able to do so at this time. We need £50,000 each year to keep these activities going and, three years on, we remain determined to raise the funds in many different ways. Top left, our funding thermometer shows that, once again, we raised all the funding needed for the financial year. Bottom left, the thermometer shows a good start but that we are not yet half way there for 2013/14. By pledging as little as £5 a month, by Standing Order, you could help us in a very big way to continue to achieve our annual target. Please try to help if you can and send Standing Order slips, below, to the address at the top of the page. Additionally there is an opportunity to give a one-off donation by cheque or internet banking or in an instant, by PayPal, see link above.
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Colchester Gazette 22 August 2012 (pdf 138Kb) Head shave helps unit Staff and clients at a project for north Essex residents with personality disorders raised funds with a fete. Alongside the usual stalls, cream teas, art work sale and raffle, staff and clients at the Haven Project took part in a sponsored head shave which raised more than £1,000. |
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Colchester Gazette 30 November 2010 (pdf 169Kb) 'Fundraising helps save Haven Project from axe A project which helps north Essex residents with personality disorders to get qualifications and find work has been saved. At the project's annual general meeting, chief executive Heather Castillo announced nearly a year of fundraising has smashed the £60,000 target. |
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Colchester Gazette 18 May 2010 (pdf 400Kb) 'Haven closes in on its £60,000 target' Hectic fundraising efforts by staff and clients mean a Colchester mental health project is close to raising the £60,000 it needs to retain one of its units. |
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East Anglian Daily Times 3 March 2010 (pdf 237Kb) 'Vital funding needed' Support project is halfway to £60,000 target. A community project in Colchester supporting people with personality disorders needs to raise a further £30,000 to save an under-threat programme. |
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A letter from Lesley Allen, co-editor of Personality Disorder: North Essex News. It includes details of the media campaign with showings on BBC TV Look East, local press coverage, and a testimonial from Haven client Charmaine Slade highlighting cost benefits. |
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Colchester Gazette 26 January 2010 (pdf 506Kb) 'Vital Project's Funding Plea' The Haven Project offers round-the-clock support and therapy to 140 adults with personality disorders in North Essex but the social inclusion unit is set to run out of funding within three months. |