We are thrilled to have been given a generous grant!  Heart Care has been working hard during this health crisis to support vulnerable patients suffering from heart and lung diseases by providing over the phone support and information on social media and our website.

Many patients are elderly and alone and the lockdown has affected their physical and mental health.  However, the team have been able to provide support, health advice and signpost to

any other services that might be of help to them.

Betty, 84 and has been taking part in our

home exercise programme. Having recently come out of hospital with heart problems she had no further follow up appointments pencilled in, feeling abandoned fortunately one of Heart Care’s nurses made contact. Since then the team has scheduled regular calls with Betty saying:

“The calls and chats have been a great help. It felt like a lifeline!”

Our grateful thanks to Beattie’s Trust for helping fund the Friends of Bilston Town Hall gardens improvements, 2020.

To tend the gardens during the Covid 19 lockdown was a rewarding occupation in itself as we are unable to feature films in the Town

Hall Ballroom during the present crisis. Both levels of the gardens have matured pleasantly and are greatly appreciated by the townsfolk.

We are trying to entwine local and national celebratory dates within the gardens (such as “Black Country Day” flag flown on 14^th July),

National Remembrance Day will be significantly manifested this year.

Thank you for helping transform a neglected area into the town garden of which we are extremely proud.

Best regards,

Astrid Hupperdine,

Friends Of Bilston Town Hall.

We were delighted to receive your letter advising that the Trustees of The James Beattie Charitable Trust agreed to make a donation  to The Haven Wolverhampton.  This is wonderful news – on behalf of everyone at The Haven, thank you very much.

As a long-time supporter of our work you will understand the impact domestic abuse can have on the women and children we support. As such, we can’t thank you enough for your support which will enable more women and children to leave abuse in their past, overcome trauma, and move forward to a brighter future.

“The Haven support has provided a safe space for me to talk about how I feel, my fears, concerns for my son’s wellbeing. The Haven provide a support person to attend court hearings with me which is crucial support to help me keep strong which also helps me to stay resilient for my child.” – Anon

The Haven Wolverhampton supports women and dependent children who are vulnerable to domestic violence, homelessness and abuse. Through our five communal refuges in Wolverhampton (which provide accommodation to 62 women and up to 100 children at any one time), and support to those living in the community – in their own homes alone, or with the perpetrator – our focus is on holistic service provision under one roof, so women and children get all the help they need through their journey away from abuse. We can’t thank the Trustees of The James Beattie Charitable Trust enough for their very kind support, which will enable more women and children to leave abuse in their past, overcome trauma, and move forward to a brighter future.

Yours sincerely

Sarah Abbiss
Grants Officer

The Haven Wolverhampton

sarah.abbiss@havenrefuge.org.uk  | 01902 904 677

https://www.havenrefuge.org.uk/

A Hidden Gem!

Situated alongside the canal at Newbridge is the M S Therapy Centre.  Set up in 1986 to help people who

suffer from Multiple Sclerosis.  A warm welcome awaits visitors in a lovely setting backing on to the canal. Members and their families/carers can sit around the large table and chat while waiting for their appointments.  On sunnier days the terrace is available to watch the world go by (or the odd narrowboat or two).

Our charity has been providing therapies and support to our members and their families/carers in the local area and throughout the West Midlands, Shropshire and Staffordshire for 33 years in September this year.  The centre has a small staff team and a number of volunteers who give their time each week. Members self-refer to us who have Multiple Sclerosis, other neurological conditions, along with members who have cancer, strokes, sports injuries and more.

The centre offers oxygen under pressure in a chamber and more recently members who cannot go in to the chamber for what- ever reason can sit outside of the chamber breathing oxygen through a mask.

We offer physiotherapy, reflexology and other holistic therapies such as massage, reiki and psychotherapy.

Our objective is to be able to continue to offer our services to our members who currently use our lovely facilities but also to try and help more families out in the community who may need our support.  To enable us to do this we have to raise over £150,000 per annum.  Our members pay a contribution towards the cost of their therapy and we are very grateful to receive donations from  organisations such as the James Beattie Trust whose recent donation of £2125.00 will go towards helping the centre become COVID safe for our members enabling them to have their own masks when they return following the lock down .

Wolverhampton & District M S Therapy Centre Ltd. Registered Charity No. 701791

Meadow View Wharf, (off Tettenhall Road), Wolverhampton, WV6 0JT Tel: 01902 744888.

Email: admin@mscentre.co.uk.  Website: www.mscentre.co.uk

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On behalf of Wolves Play Café I would like to say a huge thank you to the James Beattie Charitable Trust  for your generous donation of £557.20 for the Play at Home Activity Packs Project.

The funds have enabled us to carefully develop and resource 20 Play At Home Packs which will be distributed by working with Low Hill Nursery School. They will support families with young children in the area by providing quality resources, books and activities to support playing and development of little ones at home at this challenging time. The funding also has provided the opportunity for the organisation to be able to reproduce the packs in the future to further support families and enable investment in Wolves Play Café’s accessible play opportunities across the city.

We have shared the project via social media and will be posting a short blog about the project including photos and testimonials on our website as well.

Thank you again for your contribution to supporting young children and caregivers in our city.

Kind regards,

Lisa Stallard

Co-Founder and Chair

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Let Us Play would like to thank the James Beattie Trust for their grant enabling us to continue supporting the amazing

children we have the pleasure of working with. Lockdown has been especially hard for our members as the change in routine is very hard

to understand. Our families have said receiving our activity and craft packs ‘feels like Christmas’, and we know being able to see the Let Us Play team on youtube, making the craft is very comforting for our members as normality at the moment is very rare.

Let us Play have also sent make your own teddy bears with scrubs to the children with a letter for parents to try and help the children understand what’s going on and hopefully feel happier.

If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact me.

With the very best regards.

Claire McKen

Let Us Play

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Jean Deakin CAP Wolverhampton Centre Manager and Graham Phillips Senior Pastor LifeSpring Church with Stuart Anderson MP

Thank you for your generous donation to our CAP centre based at LifeSpring Church in Wolverhampton. LifeSpring partnered with Christians Against Poverty 10 years ago to provide debt advice and support to some of the most vulnerable people in our city.

Since opening in 2010 we have visited individuals and families to offer them help to become debt free through our debt repayment plan or insolvency advice.

We take a holistic approach and whilst never paying anyone’s debts for them, your donation will help with associated issues such as lack of food, loneliness, essential household items and clothing.

Some of the recent comments from clients:

“My words are not enough to describe the joy you brought me.”

“Thank you for listening to me, consoling me and inspiring me when I felt vulnerable and alone. You restored my faith in life and I am truly grateful.”

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