As chair of the Whitmore Reans Welfare Centre, I write to thank you wholeheartedly for the generous and much needed donation made by the James Beattie Charitable Trust.

As you are aware, piecemeal donations cover the month-by-month running costs of the Centre-except for the rent, which is of course £3,600 a year. Thus the Trust’s most welcome donation will ensure that the Centre survives for at least another year, during which time we will naturally continue to seek other sources of funding.

I should be most grateful if you could pass on our thanks to all of the Trustees, all of whom are welcome to visit the Centre.

Rob Marris

Management Committee Chair.

Rotary Club President Paul Lockley and The Mayor of Wolverhampton presenting carity funds to Susan Husband (M.S.Therapy Centre) and Holly Parry (Central Youth Theatre)

Best Foot Forward is a community initiative devised and organised by the Rotary Club of Wolverhampton.

Its unique fundraising concept took three years to develop and, since 2013, has raised almost £120,000 for the benefit of needy causes in and around our city.  A special feature of the event is that it is also used by other groups to raise and retain funds for their own use.

One of the youngest participants- two year old Dylan Boyce proudly showing off his certificate.

The essential driver in making the event possible is the support of some 40 Patrons – community minded companies and organisations which donate the funds necessary to make it happen.

One of the first, and most significant, Patrons to pledge support for Best Foot Forward was The James Beattie Charitable Trust and their importance to the event is readily, and gratefully, acknowledged.

For more information about Best Foot Forward, take a few minutes to visit

www.wolverhamptonbestfootforward.com.

Criminon UK has been providing distance-learning courses to offenders and ex-offenders for over 15 years and support over 1300 offenders across 60% of the prisons in England and Wales. The funding from The James Beattie Charitable Trust will enable us to help more offenders in Wolverhampton to better their lives:

“Since completing the course with Criminon I have become more confident about my own abilities. I have taken on tasks that I would not have even considered in the past. I have applied for a new job and I have taken on single-handedly the task of running the guitar learner group. I have also noticed that my attitude towards others has changed. I now consider the feelings of others before acting, far more than I did in the past. I feel happier with whom I am and others have begun to give me greater respect.”

D.H.

HMP Oakwood (Restoring Self-Respect)

PO Box 200 East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 4GL

01342 316042  info@criminonuk.org.uk