Manna soup kitchen: This is not good news, this is absolutely amazing news!!!! This will keep the soup kitchen open for months. Thank you so so very much!!!

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Castlecroft Rangers (contribution to general costs): That’s wonderful, thank you so much!

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Amber Bee (materials for wellbeing projects in primary schools): Your funding will mean that a further 18 children will have access to the project, that’s important to us. Thank you again.

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Circus Starr: That’s such wonderful news! Please pass on our heartfelt thanks for your continued support, we will use the funds to provide the changing places toilet for the circus event.

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St. George’s charity (contribution to general costs for homeless centre): Many thanks for your donation, every single penny counts and please pass on our sincere thanks from clients, trustees, volunteers and staff of St. George’s House Charity. We work with some of the city’s most vulnerable, forgotten and excluded men and our work is absolutely vital to give them some hope and belief.  With a little Understanding people can transform their lives. Your support is crucial to us in our work.

Engage Trust (‘worth it’ programme): Thanks so much for choosing to make a donation to our work. Your donation will help to make a difference to the lives of those we work with and I know from our feedback and results that the difference is long term.

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Rakegate primary school (outdoor equipment):

Thank you so much, we really appreciate the support.

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Theodora children’s charity: We are incredibly grateful to The James Beattie Charitable Trust for your very kind donation to help us to continue to provide Giggle Doctor visits to thousands of children a year in Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

React (equipment for children with disabilities): Thank you to you and all at the Trust for supporting React’s work in Wolverhampton so generously once again.

Wildside activity centre (Little Explorers’ Sessions): Please pass on our sincere thanks to the Trustees for their generosity as their support enables us to carry on offering our much needed services to the people and communities of Wolverhampton.

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Acorn children’s hospice: We are so grateful for your wonderful gift, which will be used to help us provide support to siblings of life-limited children in Wolverhampton.

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The Telling (drama projects in secondary schools): Thank you so much for this wonderful news towards our work in schools in Wolverhampton in 2024/25.  We are hugely grateful for the Trustees’ support.

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St. Chad’s Pattingham (contribution to family worker): That is wonderful news.  Please thank the Trustees for their consideration and support.

The following items show just a few examples of the Trust’s continuing support to good causes in the Wolverhampton area.

1^st Albrighton Scout Group

New windows. ‘Thanks. Fantastic news.’

Midlands Air Ambulance

Contribution to running costs. ‘We are delighted that the James Beattie Charitable Trust has chosen to help those who need immediate, lifesaving medical assistance throughout Wolverhampton.’

3^rd Bilston Guides & Rangers

The county 50^th anniversary celebration.‘That is amazing, thank you so much! Please pass on my heartfelt thanks to the trustees, I can’t tell you how much this means to us as a unit and to our girls.’

Sponsored breaks

Contribution to running costs. ‘Thank you so much for the donation, it really does help a lot.’

Bilston Town FC

Kit and equipment for a new U21 team. ‘Thank you so much for agreeing to support us, we are extremely grateful.’

All Saints Action Network

Contribution to a one day summer festival. ‘What wonderful news for us. We are thrilled to receive your donation.’

Green Park School

Contribution towards a new vehicle for the school. ‘Thank you all so much for this generous donation and I wish you all the best with your valuable work.’

The Susan Vickers Foundation

Donation towards ‘Change Makers’ programme. ‘Your partnership made this event possible, and we’re immensely grateful. By supporting us, you’re not only fostering a sense of community but also creating lasting change for those touched by adoption and fostering. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to you and your contribution to making this event so special.’

Trysull Church

Contribution to accessible toilet. ‘Thank you for your grant that you have awarded towards our Accessible Toilet Facility for which we are most grateful.’

Hope in the Park

Contribution to a free family fun day. ‘Thank you so much for this grant.’

Christmas 2024 Hamper Appeal

Christmas 2024 Hampers for Wolverhampton children. ‘Oh my gosh that is absolutely amazing news, thank you so so so much!!!’

Massive thank you to everyone at James Beattie Charitable trust for their donation.

This will be used to help provide

disabled children in Wolverhampton with therapy equipment.

This equipment will be used for them to continue therapy at home giving them the benefit they need, building up their strength, motor skills and helping them learn to walk.

You should be very proud of what you do.

Mark Dickinson

07507894386

Background;

Mark Dickinson, an amateur DIY enthusiast and veteran of the Royal Anglian Regiment, has been making the equipment as a more cost-efficient way of making early intervention therapy equipment more accessible for disabled children.

Mark set up the KatNat not-for-profit organisation because of his granddaughter Nathelene who has cerebral palsy. The private therapy ultimately ended up costing around £13,000, where Nathelene mainly used a tool called the Pikler Triangle.

Mark talked about the cost of the equipment that inspired him to make his own, he said: “My daughter told me that the piece of equipment she used was around £160 – it cost me around £30 to make myself.

“I decided after that that I would carry on making the equipment for those who need them. I hate seeing families who need this stuff going without, If they don’t have the equipment at home then they don’t get the same opportunity to grow really.”

We have recently received your kind donation of £750 – which is a fantastic help towards the work we are doing at the group.

1st Bilston Scout Group is one of the oldest in the World and has been in existence (on the same site in Bilston, Wolverhampton, West Midlands) since 1908, so a 115 year tradition of offering scouting to the young people of the area.

We have always owned our own property, but in early 2021 after almost 10 years of work we managed to purchase the land we occupy from the local council. We have already completed two phases of project work – land purchase, fencing, landscaping and memorial groundworks. In part due to the ever increasing costs of running the building and the group, we have been struggling for funds to complete the third phase of the program. Your kind donation will help with this.

This phase is the refurbishment of the hut (which we have somewhat neglected over the 10 years pending us securing our place on the site) with decorating inside and out, a new kitchen and equipment and the purchase of some replacement key equipment including tables and chairs.

With us being a full and active group our core and reserve funds maintain the running of the building and the group but to continue to thrive we need to invest in our building and equipment and your donation will make a massive difference to the group and the wider users of the building.

Thank you.

Stuart Evans
Group Scout Leader
1st Bilston Scout Group

Thanks again to the James Beattie Trust, for very kindly donating £750 to the Manna Soup Kitchen in Heath Town.

On Tuesday evening, I popped into the New Testament Church of God Community Centre, Woden Road to meet the volunteers and to get a photo of the team.

The soup kitchen operates every other Tuesday and usually accommodates between 40 and 70 people including children.

They serve a three course nutritious meal and often have some foodbank items to hand out after the meal.

They receive some donations from local people and organisations like Fare Share, but the money donated by the James Beattie Trust gives them a better choice of ingredients to use for each meal.

The volunteers come from across the city with the youngest in the team, being just five years old.

Once again, many thanks

Best wishes

Simon Archer

Publisher

West Midlands Magazines Ltd

e: simon@westmidlandsmagazines.com

1. www.westmidlandsmagazines.com

m: 07534603662

The hamper appeal required some items and just like Father Christmas 🎅🏼, The James Beattie Charitable Trust stepped in and helped the appeal 🎉🎉🎉 we cannot thank you enough Vicki, and the trust for helping so many families in Wolverhampton have a nicer Christmas! This is just a part of the donations we managed to get with the amazing financial contribution.

Background

The hamper appeal started 11 years ago now when my then 4 year old daughter saw an advert on the television for children that do not get anything at Christmas and asked if she could give a couple of things from her Santa list to them as she was upset, this then pushed me to write a small post only Facebook page and we ended up sending about 20 toys to The Haven in Wolverhampton, it has literally evolved over the years and had gone from strength to strength. Last year for example we supported 171 families to include 260 children, this year we are helping 211 families and over 450 children!

We rely solely on donations and I operate from my living room! We used to use the offices at my work to store the items and to build the hampers…but unfortunately our offices were sold and so we now work from home. We have only managed to do the appeal this year due to very kind people offering out their garages and spare bedrooms for storage and BT open reach for lending us their offices to build them.

This year we are supporting:

The Haven Refuge

Jericho House Refuge

Mencap

Olivia’s Closet

Big Venture centre

7 local Wolverhampton schools (10 or more families each to support)

Nominated families within the local Community

Penn Hospital

We then deliver the hampers out.

This is the link to the group’s Facebook group:

Caroline Lockley

We are Circus Starr, a community interest company that is passionate about sharing the magical art of circus with those who are disabled, vulnerable, and disadvantaged. We started making a positive impact on young lives 35 years’ ago and never stopped. Put simply – we bring fun to those who need it most.

A circus displays various beautiful art forms, as well as providing comical entertainment. We know how life changing the arts can be, and that’s why we strive to make it available for everybody no matter what obstacles they may face.

After 35 years of sharing our world class show, we hope this will be a time to bring communities back together and want to thank James Beattie Trust for their continued belief in what we do.

“….it didn’t go without hiccups for us, however, being in an environment where people understand makes the whole experience worthwhile!”

Judith Halle

Grants and Trusts Manager
For and on behalf of Circus Starr

T:  01260 288690

M: 07794094822

E:  judith.halle@circus-starr.org.uk

W: www.circus-starr.org.uk

Starr in the Community CIC, registered in England & Wales, registered company no. 07477542

Registered office: Dane Mill, Broadhurst Lane, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 1LA