The Season of Good News!
Sharon Clack meeting Aston from JLS |
Art
Exhibition
We held another fantastic art workshop in the May half term
which included children and young people of all ages from many different
projects at Jigsaw4u; including Home School Links, Young Runaways and Disabled
Children’s Participation. They created some amazing art using paint, clay,
pencils, collages – and it was all based around the theme of ‘Putting the
Pieces Back Together’. Many of the pieces were inspired by our modern art
presentation from Jacqui, one of the brilliant volunteers we had on the day. We
had some scissor drawings, Picasso like paintings and even Jackson Pollock
inspired art going on. Luckily we had great weather so everyone could play
outside and enjoy a pizza picnic! We wouldn't have been able to run the day without the dedication of the staff, and the help of our fantastic volunteers - Jacqui, Kathy and Jane.
The exhibition in Merton will be held in the Morden Civic
Centre and the opening will be on Wednesday 3rd July 5.30-7pm. It
will be opened by Bev Selway the Virtual Behaviour Service, Strategic Manager who has
always been a champion for Jigsaw4u and especially the Home school Links
service.
New Jobs
We have a few exciting additions to the team at Jigsaw4u; after
our funding bids in March we received new funding for various different
projects – Emma Webb our former Domestic Abuse Family Support Worker is now the
new Volunteer Coordinator for the Domestic Violence project we are delivering
in partnership with Sutton Women’s Aid. In her previous role we now have
Michelle Mullarkey who is also our current Disabled Children’s Participation
Officer. Laila Morgan will be taking the helm at our new Merton Advocacy
Project and we have two new positions on our Home School Links team. These will
not begin until September so we will have more news on our new members of staff
when they start!
Peter Webb took on the mammoth task of defeating Hadrian’s
Wall over the weekend. Before he set off he told us that he had increased his
target to £3000 which he had very nearly met before he’d even started, which is
an incredible achievement. Now after finishing the race, in just over 16 hours no less,
he has already exceeded his target and had this to say on finishing the race -
On the day I had great support from my wife, Alex at various stages, as well as my Mum and her partner and of course
my 2 boys. This was a great motivator over the miles but as I always said at
the beginning, this was a personal challenge as well.
At the same time inadvertently, it has helped me look at my
own feelings, thoughts and goals for my family.'
As Peter mentioned he has reached his target but hopefully in the coming days we can help him to raise even more money in recognition of his fantastic accomplishment, here's the link to his Just Giving page http://www.justgiving.com/WebbHitsTheWall
Flourish Foundation
Flourish Foundation launched last night, a foundation
raising money and awareness of small charities who use the arts to support
children. We are lucky enough to be the
first charity supported by them and last night raised £1320 in sales of the
Flourish Foundation necklace, 100% of profits coming to us. You can purchase the 14c rose gold necklace
online from their website.
Thank you to Missy & Zoe at Flourish for their support of Jigsaw4u.
Everyone here at Jigsaw4u is looking forward to working alongside Flourish over the coming months.
'After 16 hours and 6 mins I crossed the finished line after
69 miles (plus an extra ½ they seemed to add on) at 23:06 in Newcastle. The
body made it but with the help of a lot of Ibuprofen and mental challenges to
keep it going.
This lived up to all that I thought it would. The training
alone meant that I pushed my body to it’s limit.
Peter Webb and his two proud sons |
I purposely had my IPOD in my bag but did the race without
any music, I had to keep running when I was in pain for miles 50-55 (Mile 54 was in memory of my father), you will be glad to hear that mentally I
ran mile 67-68 for all at Jigsaw4U. It was only through breaking the race into
these challenges that I was able to get to the finish.
Hadrian's Hill |
I am so pleased to have raised over £3000 for the charity. I
have found by working for a charity that covers a lot of topics and areas of
support I could have personally benefited from when younger has given me a
great sense of achievement. The fact that through the support and great work of
your team that others in my earlier position will become stronger is very
rewarding.
As Peter mentioned he has reached his target but hopefully in the coming days we can help him to raise even more money in recognition of his fantastic accomplishment, here's the link to his Just Giving page http://www.justgiving.com/WebbHitsTheWall
Flourish Foundation
Missy and Zoe from Flourish Foundation |
Claire and Ann attended the launch of the Flourish
Foundation on June 27th at 45 Park Lane-aka the baby Dorchester. Missy knows of us after volunteering during her
counselling training and so chose Jigsaw4u as the first charity to benefit from the proceeds of their events. According to Ann and Claire there was much ado about what outfit one might wear to the baby Dorchester, here at Jigsaw4u HQ we are excited to see pictures of the final ensembles!
As to be expected at such an event they enjoyed champagne (responsibly!) and canapes.
As to be expected at such an event they enjoyed champagne (responsibly!) and canapes.
Claire made an impromptu and moving speech to the event goers, which included a few celebs from Made in Chelsea! Most importantly they met lots of lovely people who are really interested in supporting Jigsaw4u.
Everyone here at Jigsaw4u is looking forward to working alongside Flourish over the coming months.
Claire and Kathy opening Tesco Express Sutton |
A new Tesco Express has opened on Lower Road in Sutton and Jigsaw4u were invited to be guests of honour!
Tesco kindly donated £500 to Jigsaw4u and we got to open their brand spanking new store. Here's Claire and Kathy representing Jigsaw4u, in the rain no less.
- A £25 gift voucher donated by Body Shop
- Battersea Parish Church kindly donated £1500
- Mr and Mrs Reid donated £20
- Coffee morning £195
- Croydon Logistics donated £178.94
- Godstone Farm collection box £137.44
- The Geary Family did a fundraising walk which State Securities bank matched so in total they raised £408
The stage at The Voice |
Ann Marie tells us about the day –
Ann Marie, family and Lisa Maxwell |
The contestants all put in amazing performances and also sang live with their team judges, Jessie J, Danny O’Donaghue, Will.I.Am and the legendary Tom Jones.
Karl and Mary Costello |
We also bumped into a few celebrities along the way who were happy to pose for photos and hear about the amazing young people who access our service.’
So it's been a busy old couple of months here at 40 Mill Green Road. We hope you've enjoyed the round up of all our news and come back for more in a couple of month's time.
Lots of love,
Jigsaw4u Team. x
Ann Marie and Ricky Gervais |
So it's been a busy old couple of months here at 40 Mill Green Road. We hope you've enjoyed the round up of all our news and come back for more in a couple of month's time.
Lots of love,
Jigsaw4u Team. x