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• The Andy Shaw Foundation – A Charity Service Sub-Trust

  Rachel Shaw set up a sub-trust with The Charity Service in July 2011 to enable her to raise funds for The Christie and The HoneyRose Foundation through the foundation set up in her husband’s memory The Andy Shaw Foundation. Using the governance and charity status of The Charity Service has enabled Rachel to focus on the fundraising aspects of her charitable cause rather than the legal processes, accounting and reporting as required by a fully registered UK charity.

  Rachel added “We are delighted to see the foundation go from strength to strength with its own websitehttp://www.andyshawfoundation.org.uk. There have been lot of fundraising activities the most recent of which is the Manchester 10K BUPA run which takes place on May 26th with myself and  fellow runners taking part as TeamPink. You can make a donation through the Donate Now button on the Andy Shaw Foundation website or through the Team Pink  fundraising appeal page Http://www.mygift.org.uk/Teampink”

  Best of luck TeamPink from all at The Charity Service. Anyone wishing to setup a Sub-Trust or charitable foundation can contact the team on enquries@charityservice.org.uk for more information.

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• GISDA – Providing support and opportunities for young people

  GISDA is a charity established 27 years ago for vulnerable young people between the ages of 16 and 25. We are based in Gwynedd, North Wales and offer a Bilingual Service. We support young people at our hostels, houses and flats. We also provide a range of services including counselling, personal adviser, mediation and alternative education along with advice on Housing, education, work, budgeting, life skills and more. We are an organisation that strives to raise awareness of homelessness in our communities and we work diligently to reduce the problem of homelessness amongst young people.

  GISDA employs over 30 staff, each one contributing in some way to the support offered to young people between 16 and 25 throughout Gwynedd. Our main area of work is to reduce homelessness amongst young people. We are funded by the Supporting People Programme but we also have other smaller projects. We have a project called ‘Agor Drysau’ which aims to offer various opportunities to young people. They are supported to develop independent living skills. ‘Agor Drysau’ offers accreditations for new skills gained through various workshops, courses and opportunities designed to teach young people how to live independently. It focuses on developing their employability, developing the skills necessary through volunteering opportunities and social enterprise work. This learning should be stimulating, challenging and fun.

  As a charity in the Third Sector, there are many reasons for concern about the future. But, we know from experience that being negative, worrying, burying your head in the sand benefits no-one. We are hopeful, positive, and optimistic and are really looking forward to the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. We are also looking to broaden our services that we can provide a service to any vulnerable young person in Gwynedd and surrounding area under the age of 25.

  Our main expertise will continue to be homelessness issues but we believe that the number of young vulnerable people has increased so much during the recession period that we aim to provide support to any vulnerable young person without excluding those that aren’t homeless.

  Please visit our website at www.gisda.org for news, stories and additional information. Or visit our social networking websites: www.facebook.com/GisdaCyf
  http://uk.linkedin.com/in/gisdacyf Follow us on Twitter: @GisdaCyf

  Our phone lines are available 24 hours a day 7 days a week, feel free to give us a call at any time: 01286 671153 or contact us by e-mail : gisda@gisda.co.uk

  No Comments | Posted on May 10th

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