Fundraising | St Edmunds Society

How can I support St Eds?

We are transforming lives in Norwich by providing support, training and life opportunities to disadvantaged young people. We have an inspiring vision, but we need your support more than ever. Check out the list below to find out how you can support us in our endeavours.

DONATE – Friends of St Eds

You can become a ‘Friend of St Eds’, by contributing a monthly donation to help us purchase vital resources for our students, develop our curriculum and provide opportunities for expansion.

Donate Here

Alternatively, you can make a cheque payable to ST EDMUNDS SOCIETY and post it to 114-118 Oak Street, Norwich, NR3 3BP.

The Government allows us to claim back tax on donations by Gift Aid. This means for every £1 donated, we get £1.25 when you add Gift Aid, at no extra cost to you. If you are a UK taxpayer, and you are donating your own money (not from a business), please ask us about Gift Aid.

DONATE ITEMS

Alternatively, you can help us by donating resources, such as equipment, tools, materials, or PPE for our courses (Construction, Mechanics, Catering, Hair and Beauty, Health and Social Care). Please contact us to arrange.

ONLINE SHOPPING – FREE DONATIONS

Raising money for St Eds just got easier – and it’s free! You can donations for St Eds every time you shop online, by registering with Easy Fundraising. With over 3000 online retailers involved, we will get a donation for every time you make a purchase online. Register today by clicking on the logo, or download the Easy Fundraising app.

VOLUNTEER

Perhaps you would be able to donate some of your time? We always have volunteer opportunities available. This is a great way to boost your CV and become more employable, at the same time as giving back to your local community.

We are looking for volunteer tutor assistants, to work alongside our team, supporting young people in making positive attributes to their lives and helping them to boost their confident to move on to new and exciting opportunities.

Please contact us to find out more.

Posted by St Eds on 15th April 2021

Charitable Support, Fundraising, Lifestyle

“Mystery entrepreneur donates £10k to charity that helped when he was homeless”

Our training centre in Oak Street specialises in alternative education, meaningful qualifications and a path to employment for those who were less than well served by the traditional education system.

The charity was founded in 1965 and began as an accommodation project to support homeless young men under 24, but in 2012 the emphasis shifted towards alleviating a primary cause of youth homelessness; a lack of educational attainment and qualifications.

Not directly funded by the government, we rely on the generosity of the public and coronavirus has seen a big rise in the number of young people being referred.

Now a successful local entrepreneur, who prefers to remain anonymous, has stepped in to donate £10,000. The donor passed through our doors a decade ago, and he recently got in contact out of the blue.

Lorraine Bliss MBE, CEO of St Eds said:

“He had found himself in need of St Eds’ aid as a young man with seemingly nowhere to go and no opportunities to further himself. We provided him with accommodation and support, but also the opportunity to reappraise his life and be proud to make something of the talents he had.

After St Eds helped him get the start he needed, he went on to launch a successful media business, and today is the head of a thriving national company. Although he was able to completely transform his life through hard work and application, he had not forgotten what St Eds did for him and countless others. His donation will be invaluable at a time when St Eds’ work is needed more than ever.”

Thank you so much, this donation will be invaluable at a time when our work is needed more than ever to support young people.

Read the full article below: https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/education/st-edmunds-society-norwich-mystery-donor-gives-10-000-1-6928990

Posted by St Eds on 23rd November 2020

Charitable Support, Fundraising

Making a donation to St Edmunds Society

St Edmunds Society are a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO Number: 1157532).

We are transforming lives in Norwich by providing support, training and life opportunities to disadvantaged and marginalised young people. We are inspiring and re-engaging young people excluded from mainstream education. We have an inspiring vision, but we need your support more than ever during this difficult time.

You can support St Eds in our endeavours. Voluntary donations make a real difference in supporting additional equipment such as tools, computers and materials.

You can do so by visiting www.totalgiving.co.uk/charity/st-edmunds-society or make cheques payable to St Edmunds Society.

Posted by St Eds on 25th August 2020

Charitable Support, Fundraising

Welfare Support for the Community – AVIVA Crowdfunding

Our project aims to support children and families to overcome family breakdown and individual challenges, to re-engage in education and training, by providing outreach welfare support to families and young people across Norfolk. We can help students with behavioural, emotional and mental health issues, getting to the root of the problems and giving these young people a brighter future.

https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/welfare-support-for-the-community

What are we trying to achieve?

We want to help more young people to understand and improve hard to manage behaviours, support students to address social, mental, emotional and physical needs and build and maintain an atmosphere in which students feel secure, encouraged in their learning, and know that they are valued within a healthy and safe environment.

This will enable these young people to begin to achieve both their potential and aspiration by improving confidence in their own ability, with consequential benefits in personal participation and attendance.

Who do we work with?

We work with schools across Norfolk offering vocational opportunities for students who may struggle in mainstream school or face exclusions due to disruptive behaviour. This work is preventative, to help young people find their feet before going down the wrong path, or homelessness.

In a schools we are working with, we have seen massive improvements in attendance of students , from less than 70% attendance last academic year, to more than 90% now.

How will the money help?

We are now encouraged to offer access to our Outreach Support to parents and carers struggling with a young person’s needs. We have identified that there are many families who could benefit from support but do not have the finances available to pay for this themselves.

This money would allow us to widen the provision we offer out to families across Norfolk, working with parents and young people, to help those struggling with emotional difficulties, with low self-esteem and/or confidence, displaying risk-taking behaviours, in family breakdown or refusing or struggling to engage with professional support.

“I would just like to say thankyou for all your help with everything. You have literally gone above and beyond to help me and no words will ever be enough to say how grateful and thankful I am for all the for all that you have done for me.

It’s so nice to actually have somebody supporting me and my daughter for once, somebody that has listened and gone out there way to guide us through the correct paths.“

https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/welfare-support-for-the-community

#AvivaCommunityFund #StrongerCommunities

Posted by St Eds on 16th March 2020

Fundraising