Play in the Park 2022

We are Castlecroft Rangers, a community football club based in Wolverhampton. Since being founded in 2011, we have helped people of all ages and backgrounds access community football in a welcoming and friendly environment. As part of our ongoing to commitment to the local community, we host an annual charity event for local charities, most notably Compton Care (Formally Compton Hospice). This year we have added an U12’s Girls Team to our growing club and are looking at the possibility of more young teams joining us in the future. Over the years we have had incredible support from The James Beattie Charitable Trust. This has helped us to grow and offer football to more and more people. Covid nearly crippled the club, but thanks to the generosity of The James Beattie Charitable Trust, we were able to survive and are now going from strength to strength.

Kind regards

Max Woodhouse

Castlecroft Rangers

Local community volunteer group, Hands On Wednesfield (HOW), would like to thank the James Beattie Trust,  for their very generous donation towards the Christmas Toy Project.

This is the second time the Trust has helped out and because of their generosity, HOW were able to purchase and distribute toys to children from families across Wolverhampton, who were facing financial hardship at Christmas.

HOW joined forces with the Christmas Lunch Project, who had identified those in need and had organised a food parcel for 900 families.

The James Beattie Trust donation, along with others, allowed us to fund presents for 253 children in the Wolverhampton area (almost double the previous years’ total)

A small army of volunteers came to help with gift wrapping and then distribution to the homes of these families, helping to make their Christmas just that little bit more special.

We can’t thank you enough for this donation, which was even more needed in these difficult times.

Simon Archer

“Here at the end of a successful community tree planting event, are Penn Climate Action key members, Carol Hyatt, Steve Downes, Professor Ian Trueman and Ralph Aldous. Two years earlier, fellow member Lesley Cook had said “Wouldn’t it be good if we could have an orchard?” and with the unanimous approval of our local community and the support of the James Beattie Trust, we have started to plant Warstones Community Orchard. We imagine school children picking apples on their way to school, from apple trees they helped to plant! And just maybe…their children’s children picking apples too!

We are all looking forward to organising our next Community tree planting event to plant the next lot of apple trees in the Autumn.”

Our heartfelt thanks for your kind donation, and to our volunteer researcher Jill who first heard about your Trust and applied for a grant.

We are a small, friendly charity that works hard to keep people connected and living well in later life, particularly those who are in poor health, caregivers and the bereaved.  We prioritise the most isolated clients who are struggling without supportive people around them.

The last couple of years have been hard for many of us, but particularly so for older people in our community.  Sadly, we continue to see an increasing demand for our telephone and pen pal befriending services as well as for our support programmes for caregivers and the bereaved.

Your donation will help with our vital work to bring social connection, friendship and emotional support to clients in the Wolverhampton area who are lonely and have no one else to turn to.

Thank you.

Thomas Memery

Director

Lois Winstanley

Grant Fundraiser and Communications Manager

Omega | Staying connected in later life

National Association for End of Life Care | Registered Charity No.1120322 | Registered Company No. 6196052 | Omega, London House, Town Walls, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 1TX

Telephone: 01743 245088 | Website: www.omega.uk.net

Wolves in the Woods, Boundary Way Project: April to July 2021

With grateful thanks to James Beattie Charitable Trust the very popular and successful Wolves in the Woods outdoor stay and play sessions were delivered during Spring and early summer 2021 in Boundary Way Community Garden, Warstones.

Keeping in mind the restrictions and impact of Covid-19, we continued to follow guidance and procedures to limit the spread of the virus and ensure our audiences felt safe in the sessions.

Our overarching aims were:

• to support development of under 7s and their parents and caregivers through play
• help reduce feelings of isolation and loneliness of caregivers of young children by creating a space to share stories
• to support physical and mental wellbeing of young children and their caregivers in this area of the city through outdoor play opportunities

This project aimed to enable Wolves Play Café to engage with at least 60 under 7s and their caregivers in Warstones/Merryhill area of Wolverhampton, which is in the top 10% most deprived areas in the UK, through Wolves in the Woods forest play sessions led by an Early Years Specialist. The sessions were free to access with a range of forest play, STEM related play opportunities, all within Covid-19 guidelines.

Wolves Play Café staff delivered fortnightly sessions as soon as Covid-19 restrictions allowed from April 13^th to July 7^th 2021. Our participants, children and adults, had opportunities to socialise with others and help to build peer support networks between caregivers in the community. Little ones gained new skills, had opportunities to learn from first-hand experiences and caregivers shared and took part in simple play ideas to support their children’s learning, fun and development in and outside of sessions.

Happy Stories and impact measurement

During the sessions we use accessible feedback methods such as pictorial surveys and reviews to gain views, opinions and ideas from both children and adults.

We asked participants what they enjoyed most about the sessions:

“Playing in the mud kitchen, singing and listening to stories, discovering things outdoors (bear/ball hunt, magnifying glass), having a cup of tea and doing mud paintings”.

“The children enjoy it and always learn something new and meet new friends :-)”

“I also like the fact that wolves in the woods has given us the opportunity to be involved more with our community, especially for us the Boundary way allotments”.

Thank you James Beattie Charitable Trust

We at Asthma Relief Charity are so grateful for your continued support of our work in Wolverhampton.  Thanks to your generous donationswe have been able to place several nebulisers in New Cross Hospital and in the Wolverhampton area.

Over the last 5years we have seen a significant increase in demand for our nebuliser care and services and we are now experiencing a further dramatic increase due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Here are just a couple of the many thank you messages that we have received:-

“I am witing to thank you for the very kind donation of Pari nebuliser compressors which we have received recently for the use of our Asthma patients. We very much appreciate this donation as I am certain do our Asthma patients. Once again, thank you for your generosity”.

(From Respiratory Department at New Cross Hospital)

“Can I say a big thank you for the donations we receive of nebulisers.

Your donations have resulted in us supporting patients to remain at home and receive the treatment they require at home and not be admitted to hospital.

Without the donations we have received from Asthma Relief we would not be able to support so many patients”

(From: A Community Respiratory Nurse)

We are only able to provide this vitally important service to those who suffer from asthma and other respiratory illnesses thanks to the generosity of organisations such as the James Beattie Charitable Trust.  Once again, on behalf of everyone at Asthma Relief Charity and our service users, thank you so much.

Kind regards

Dave Penman

Founder & Honorary Manager

Asthma Relief Charity (Registered Charity No. 1063965)

The Shaftesbury Centre

Percy Street

Swindon, Wiltshire

SN2 2AZ

Tel: 01793 524004

Fax: 01793 529005

Click here for our  Website

E mail;  info@asthmarelief.org.uk

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 over 30 years ago and never stopped. 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.   Put simply – we bring fun to those who need it most.

For vulnerable and disabled children, the last 18 months has been especially hard with very little outside help available to families. The support of the James Beattie Trust will mean that isolated children in Wolverhampton are able to come together to explore live performance, overcome fears and try new adventures.

“Laughing is good for our mental health. A real boost that helps you cope with what life with a disabled child can throw at you.”

Starr in the Community CIC, Dane Mill, Broadhurst Lane, Congleton, Cheshire CW12 1LA
Tel: 01260 288 690
Email: info@circus-starr.org.uk
Twitter: @CircusStarr
Facebook: /circusstarr

website

The Trustees have been kind enough to support our work with a very generous donation earlier this year and the photos show the pleasure and excitement the children get from the outdoor activities.  It enhances team building skills, self-esteem and confidence and provides the young people with life-long memories.

Kind regards

Isabel  Whittaker