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Persimmon Homes - Building Futures

Spotlight is in the running to win a share of a £1 million Persimmon Homes Building Futures fund aimed at supporting under-18s across the UK – but first they need online votes to win.

To support the Spotlight please visit www.persimmonhomes.com/building-futures/.

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Tesco Blue Token Scheme Newbury

To help our ‘This is me’ creative project, We are part of the Tesco blue token scheme in Newbury for
next three months from 1st Oct – 31st Dec.

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Christmas Stockings For The Elderly

Spotlight UK are seeking anyone who would be willing to make up and donate a Christmas stocking for the residents of local care homes.

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Food And Treats For Christmas Hampers

Wanted… Food and treats for Christmas hampers. Things like Tea bags, Jelly, Custard, Coffee or Christmas crackers, etc. 
Donations by December 3rd.

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Christmas Toy Appeal 2021

Spotlight are seeking companies or individuals who are willing to help by donating new toys, which Spotlight distributes to local disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people.

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Past Events

It's a Knockout

Date – Sunday 12th September
Are you looking for a great team building event for your team, or do you fancy challenging members of your team to a great fun event and at the same time raise money for children from Hampshire and Berkshire.

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Virgin Money London Marathon

Join our #TeamSpotlight Virtual London Marathon Team
Date – Sunday 3rd October
Distance – 26.2 miles
With 24 hours to complete the distance, you can walk, run, or stop and start as you need. This is your marathon, you can do it your way.
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Persimmon Homes – Building Futures

VOTING IS NOW LIVE. PLEASE SEARCH SPOTLIGHT UK IN FINALISTS. WE ARE THE ONLY LOCAL CHARITY UP FOR VOTE. PLEASE HELP US MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
If we are successful our aim is to set up a phone line support for teenagers affected by mental health issues, and their family members including siblings. We will offer Family support to the whole family as well as more 1-2-1 mentoring. We will also provide more respite support for those experiencing mental health and provide an early response.
VOTING OPEN TO BOOST SPOTLIGHT’S CHANCE OF WINNING SHARE OF HOUSEBUILDER’S £1 MILLION CHARITY GIVEAWAY
Spotlight is in the running to win a share of a £1 million Persimmon Homes Building Futures fund aimed at supporting under-18s across the UK – but first they need online votes to win.
Persimmon Homes Thames Valley is backing Spotlight to be a prize winner at a special event later this year, where cash awards of £100,000, £50,000 or £20,000 will be made to those with the most online votes.
Spotlight said: “We’re so proud to be chosen as a regional finalist and it’s given everyone a massive boost. The last 18 months or so have been extremely challenging for charities across the UK, including ourselves, so we’d really appreciate if people would get behind us and start voting.
“If we could win any of the top three cash awards then it would make a massive difference to the communities we support on a daily basis.”
Voting could not be simpler. Just visit www.persimmonhomes.com/building-futures/ and select Spotlight – it would mean the world to us if we could have your support.”
Building Futures is delivered through the Persimmon Charitable Foundation in partnership with Team GB, the British Olympic Association.
Through Building Futures, a total of 128 grants of £1,000 have been awarded to groups supporting sport, education & arts and health across Persimmon’s 31 regional businesses and its head office.
As well as the £100,000 first prize, there will be a £50,000 second prize and a £20,000 third prize in each category, while a further 87 shortlisted projects will each receive £5,000.
Online voting opened on Monday 11 October and runs until midnight on November 19. You can vote once per day.
To support the Spotlight please visit www.persimmonhomes.com/building-futures/.

Tesco Blue Token Scheme

To help our ‘This is me’ creative project, We are part of the Tesco blue token scheme in Newbury for
next three months from 1st Oct – 31st Dec.

The shops included are:

Newbury Tesco Metro   RG14 1DJ
Thatcham Tesco Express    RG18 3EU
Newbury Tesco Superstore RG14 2BP

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1 in 8 children have a diagnosable mental health disorder – that’s
roughly 3 children in every classroom and 1 in 6 young people aged
16-24 has symptoms of a common mental disorder such as depression or
an anxiety disorder however Less than 1 in 3 children and young people
with a diagnosable mental health condition get access to NHS care and
treatment.  Many more have been added to very long waiting lists to be
seen and assessed and this is slowed by lack of funding and over
subscription for services for support.

This leaves many young people struggling alone and many turn to ways
of self harm including eating disorders and cutting themselves.  They
feel abandoned and that they have nowhere to turn and no one to talk
to.

Spotlight UK want to work with young people aged 8-24 years and
provide them with a safe platform to feel they can be heard, they can
be themselves and express their emotions and feelings in a safe way
instead of bottling up their emotions.

We want to use Creative Arts to encourage young people to talk about
themes important to them through the power of dance, song writing,
poetry, script writing, story writing, photography, film making,
singing, drama, letter writing

We will then give opportunities to showcase this work through
showcases, safe social media platforms to support other young people
and that will be run and supervised by members of our team to allow
safety and to ensure no bullying goes on, pictures in supermarket
windows.

We hope that by giving young people a chance to speak out and showcase
their feelings in a positive way we can avoid them turning to self
harm and hopefully the young people can encourage each other to be
more positive about themselves.

Christmas Stockings For The Elderly

 

Food And Treats For Christmas Hampers

Christmas Toy Appeal 2021

It’s a Knockout

Are you looking for a great team building event for your team, or do you fancy challenging members of your team to a great fun event and at the same time raise money for children from Hampshire and Berkshire. Then this is for you. A great networking event.

Challenge teams of businesses, sports teams and friends and family from across Hampshire and Berkshire.

Join our #TeamSpotlight Virtual London Marathon Team

Date – Sunday 3rd October

Distance – 26.2 miles

With 24 hours to complete the distance, you can walk, run, or stop and start as you need. This is your marathon, you can do it your way.

Cost – Free entry with minimum sponsorship £100 per person. 

Don’t worry we will help you to raise this amount and have lots of great ideas to get you started.

Sign up to run for Spotlight UK today! Email admin@spotlightuk.org to secure your place.

The 2021 Virgin Money London Marathon is taking place on Sunday 3 October, with a record 50,000 participants running on the streets of the capital, from Blackheath to The Mall. 

On the same day, an additional 50,000 people will have the chance to take on the world’s greatest marathon on the course of their choice over 24 hours wherever they are on the planet – building on the success of the first-ever virtual London Marathon last year.

Together, these participants will make history by creating the world’s first 100,000-person marathon – would you like to be one of them?

We have a limited number of charity places available in the virtual 2021 Virgin Money London Marathon, so if you’d like to take part in this unique challenge, while raising much-needed funds for Spotlight, please get in touch with us today by emailing admin@spotlight.org.

How we’ll support you

  • A free running top
  • Regular support emails 
  • Digital fundraising pack and sponsorship forms
  • Private #TeamSpotlight Facebook group

We hope you’ll join #TeamSpotlight and help us to raise much needed funds for Spotlight UK.

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