019 Shekinah news Spring 15

Issue 019 - April 2015
shekinah news
Contents
Page 2
Drop In Centre
Page 3
Employability
Page 4
Shekinah Pathways
Page 5 Growing for life
Project at Hamoaze
Page 6
Re:Balance
Page 7 - 8 Training posters
Page 9
Growing for Life
Page 10 Leonard Stocks
Centre / Charity Shop
Page 11 Endevour House /
Slimming world comes to
Shekinah
Page 12 Reflections of a rough
sleep worker / Would you like
to be an ambassador?
Page 13 Testimony / Mayor of
Torbay event
Page 14 Can you help . . .
Editor - Helen Pearce
Photos - Tom Coghill
Photographic Editor - Holly Martin
A message from
Chief Executive
Shekinah
John Hamblin
At a recent event I attended, I was asked the
question, “Do you ever feel depressed with what you
have to deal with”? The simple answer is yes I do and
I challenge anyone who works in our line of work who
would say they are not affected by some of what we
see. That said, any depression and sadness never lasts
long and is always outweighed by the inspirational
people I meet on a regular basis.
I have always said that it’s a real privilege to be given
the chance to hear people’s stories of how they have
overcome huge problems in their lives. For many of us,
these problems would appear insurmountable and
often it’s the sheer determination and courage of
individuals that brings about positive solutions.
All too often, organisations take lots of credit for
“changing people’s lives”, when in fact it’s the
individual themselves that’s achieved this. Shekinah
through all of its projects, provides the opportunity for
people to develop and grow and on a daily basis
what we see are ordinary people achieving
extraordinary things.
It’s always easy to say “But if it was me I would just get
on with it, life is tough for lots of people.” I agree, but I
am sure for all of us when we have been through
difficult times, most of us have had someone to lean
on. And it’s this leaning post that Shekinah provides in
a very effective way. So whilst the projects we run are
hugely important, don’t ever forget the real work we
do is giving people time and the hand of friendship.
It would be really easy to explain our work in very
complicated language which is shrouded in mystery.
Whilst not always very comfortable to hear, we are
simply offering love, care and friendship to people
who in many cases have lived unloved and uncared
for lives. Your ongoing support enables us to continue
this and whilst our work is not always glitzy and easy,
for those people in receipt of it, it can be
lifesaving.
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Drop In Centre
Wendy Chapman - Manager
Since I last wrote to you there are extra services which have been put in place to help our clients.
We have a Path worker called Jane who comes in each week offering housing support and to
help with eviction problems. This is in addition to the normal support service which Path offer here
daily. We also have a Harbour presence based in our building to offer help to clients with drug
and alcohol problems. We are acting as a hub for these clients in that they can use the Drop-in
Centre service and we have a point of reference here for any of our clients who need Harbour’s
help and advice.
Although we don’t always see the end result of the service we offer to clients it is encouraging
that sometimes things can change for them dramatically and they let us know! While for example
we are a point of contact that other organisations such as the Zone, probation and the local
council use if someone needs help i.e a meal or
clothes after a spell in prison. It can also be that we
are there in an emergency situation early on in a
person’s rehabilitation. We did see a young man
over a period of weeks who came to tell us that he
had secured kitchen work in a local restaurant (and
he looked very smart in his whites!) We also have a
volunteer, referred by our base at Stonehouse Street
who has been securing interviews for paid work and
hopefully, for him, will soon leave us for pastures
new. One of our more recent clients, Adam
(pictured), needed help and advice with housing
and used our phone to help secure
accommodation- he is now able to apply for work
and has developed a more positive attitude- watch this space. Finally, a wedding will take place
shortly between two of our ex- clients. We are very happy about this as we know how far they
have both come.
We have ever more students who attend the Drop-in as part of their course work and this will
increase again in September with social work students. Our volunteers have been a blessing, we
have some who have been helping for some years and also more recent volunteers who seem to
want to stay! Here are a couple of quotes from our students“I liked how organised everyone seemed to be and also how friendly everyone was. It was a
great atmosphere and I definitely enjoyed my time”
“Very friendly and welcoming atmosphere within the centre- with lovely food!”
Our Chef has recently acquired a stage 2 hygiene certificate , only £10 on-line, as advised by one
of our volunteers. We were also one of the first to implement the new European law with regards
to catering establishments! On the day the law came into force, with regards to potential
allergens in food, we had the information on full display for our clients.
The churches continue to bless us with prayers, donations and our Outreach which we hold every
couple of months on a Thursday evening. This month we are very lucky to have a male voice choir
and in February had a very successful evening led by St Mary’s at Callington.
So, onward we go, into the future, always grateful for all the support given and prayers
offered up on our behalf.
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Employability
Soo Brizell-Hogg - Head of Employability
Exciting news for Shekinah’s employability team: we have put together a bespoke employment
programme for the Youth Offending Service. We are hoping to inspire the young clients and show
them there is a pathway into employment even though their pasts might currently be holding them
back from their future. Through this opportunity they will meet with employers including Ginsters,
GPStrategies, Shekinah’s Social Enterprise and more to motivate and inspire their plans for the future.
Torbay Rework has started the first quarter in 2015 with 5 candidates moving into paid work and 15
candidates progressing closer and closer into paid work through training and volunteering. There is an
increasing selection of volunteering and placement opportunities in educational, community and
support based sectors as a result of our well-developed partnership relations with local organisations.
Shekinah is delighted to further develop its partnership with Torbay NHS Trust in supporting their
Employability hub as a key stakeholder. With an emphasis on supporting members from Torbay’s
disadvantaged communities to apply for placements at the hospital, Shekinah is delighted to have
supported a number of clients into placement and nearly 100% achieving employment as a result!
One Torbay client we have supported is Steve (name has been changed) here is his story:
Steve, a skilled and talented chef with a passion for not only creating food but also encouraging the
social ambiance of eating together, making and sharing time and passing on cultural food
knowledge was unemployed and homeless.
Fortunately he was allocated a room at the Leonard Stocks Centre, Torquay and quickly engaged
with Shekinah’s Re:work project – a socially responsible employment project. The project doesn’t work
around targets and outcomes; its emphasis is on getting to know and understand each individual, to
assess skills and readiness for work and to match each person with the right job vacancy and the right
employer. Shekinah Re:work’s unique strength is in the complete holistic package of support offered
during pre and post-employment.
Getting to know our candidate meant getting to understand his values and motivational drivers;
finding initial placements to assess his practical skills, knowledge, work ethic and social interaction
skills.
It soon became clear that Steve was a ready and ideal candidate for Re:work’s partnership with the
NHS Employment Project and he started a four week unpaid placement in the catering department.
At the same time, his accommodation move-on from the hostel with all the budgeting, benefits and
financial considerations were actioned.
Steve has been working at the hospital for several months and has given a presentation at a diversity
workshop at the hospital. In his words:
‘My life is great, better than it has ever been. I am working, I am in a good relationship and have a
place to live….things are looking good!’
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Shekinah
Pathways
Dave’s story illustrates how Shekinah services
work extremely well in partnership with other
organisations in order to move people forward.
Dave was a serial offender having first been
brought before the courts at age 19 and at the
time of this latest sentence amassing over 80
convictions with 135 separate offences ranging
from Burglary and shoplifting to countless
public order offences including convictions for
criminal damage as well as countless driving
related offences. He was convicted of an
assault charge in 1984 but has not been a
Laura Fraser-Crewes - Head of Training violent offender or indeed an individual who
has been assessed as presenting a risk of harm;
although his behaviour is often chaotic and
self-destructive. When Dave first met the Shekinah Pathways team, what became immediately
apparent was an entrenched and established pattern of offending behaviours which has had an
enormous impact on local communities as well as prolonging a lifestyle that had brought about periods
of homelessness, instability and the breakdown of a number of important personal relationships.
Dave was homeless at the point of conviction and connected to street drinkers as well as other
associated criminogenic environments. However, within three days of his first assessment he had been
placed in the George Hostel effectively ending a long period of transience where he had moved
between Poole, Dorset and Plymouth. This unsettled and unstable lifestyle had been compounded by
long periods without any form of income; having had his Benefits suspended for various reasons. Financial advocacy was able to get his entitlement reinstated in a very short period of time and he has
received ESA payments which should be in place for some time providing he continues to evidence
stability and a willingness to engage with appropriate services.
At Dave’s very first meeting, the Shekinah Pathways Team linked him in with Harbour Drug and Alcohol
Services and several calls made to their offices enabling his application to be prioritised and an
assessment undertaken within a matter of days. He was also referred to Hamoaze House as well as
being supported by attending AA meetings which he is currently doing approximately 5 times a week.
His work at Hamoaze on relapse prevention as well as undertaking classes and workshops which
includes things like yoga have provided a holistic approach which he has found very beneficial. The
support he has been given has allowed him to achieve a period of abstinence which he has now
sustained for over three months.
It is also worth noting that having completed a number of weeks at The George Hostel, Dave has been
found an accommodation placement at Plymouth House which is far more conducive to his recovery
and provides an environment which is more supportive of his specific needs and aspirations.
The team also referred Dave to MySpace at TR2, Theatre Royal, Plymouth after discovering that drama
is a particular passion for him. Over the Christmas period he produced and performed a play which he
not only took the lead role in but had also written as well.
The Shekinah Pathways team was also able to access a fishing rod and other items which have given
Dave the opportunity to explore another passion. It is perhaps remarkable that he finds time to engage
in the wide range of activities; this provides a structured and supported lifestyle which is totally removed
from his previous experience where he was offending as a matter of course and giving little thought or
indeed consideration to the impact this had on himself and others.
Dave has also been linked in with The Freedom Centre GP practice who are prescribing for his health
needs including various ailments which could be linked to his history of alcohol abuse and perhaps the
effects of withdrawing from this debilitating substance. Shekinah have also placed Dave with its
in-house counselling service who are providing for his emotional wellbeing and ensuring that
he remains psychologically stable and happy as he begins his new life. The support he has
been offered can be extended after he has completed his Probation Order and the
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projected outcome although still very early into his engagement with Shekinah is one of
optimism where the remarkable progress he has already made can be built on and sustained.
Growing for Life Project at Hamoaze
Laura Fraser-Crewes - Head of Training
Growing for Life in Plymouth will be a therapeutic horticultural
project and is an exciting new collaboration between 2 significant
local charities; Shekinah and Hamoaze House.
Shekinah, has been running Growing for Life in Torbay since 2009
and it has proved extremely beneficial to socially excluded
individuals, particularly those with multiple and complex needs:
offenders, those with problematic drug and alcohol both use,
people with mental and physical health problems and individuals
without a permanent address. This programme started as a simple prison gardening project in
the disused exercise yards of the resettlement wing at Dartmoor Prison, and due to its positive
outcomes, Growing for Life then moved to 'the outside' on 8 acres of land leased from
Occombe Farm in Paignton. Since 2009, Growing for Life has worked with approximately 144
people per year. Those participating in the project have had the opportunity to learn about
sustainable organic growing, conservation and the environment, gain nationally recognised
qualifications thus promoting purpose, structure and motivation in their lives.
Building on the success of the
project in Torbay, Hamoaze and
Shekinah are committed to
opening another Growing for
Life in Plymouth. Shekinah and
Hamoaze currently offer a
variety of practical work based
and therapeutic programmes
to disadvantaged people with
Hamoaze working across
generations with families. Both organisations are based in the Stonehouse/Devonport area of
Plymouth, and a horticultural project would add a new dimension to this offer; maximising
positive outcomes to local people. As well as organic growing, the team will be building an
outside kitchen including a clay oven, rustic dining area and participants will make lunch and
evening meals daily from produce grown on-site. Healthy eating, the impact of good nutrition
on mental and physical health, being active and having a daily focus will be at the core of
this project and it is planned that those living locally will be encouraged to invest in this.
Growing for Life will be working with the broader community in helping local residents grow
vegetables and herbs in window boxes, preparing hanging baskets and attend sessions where
they will learn how to develop their cooking skills. Volunteers from both Shekinah, Hamoaze
and the University of Plymouth have already started work on the site and we are looking
forward to seeing things develop over the summer months.
Donations and volunteers are warmly welcome.
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Re:Balance
Re:balance
A blend of Pilates, Stretching, & Core Stability
Physical activity with
relaxation
Re:balance has become
Shekinah’s most popular
programmes. Laura, the tutor,
down to the amazing benefits of
physical activity with relaxation.
one of
weekly
puts this
blending
Without giving it any fancy labels,
Re:balance is a fun mixture of stretching,
body-weight resistance, standing strength,
flexibility, balance and core stability. It
uses gentle movement to music and
ensures that during the hour every muscle
in the body is stretched and used to its full
capacity. Participants are often surprised
that these simple movements can not only
make them sweat but also literally take
their breath away! People have also cited
that attending the group helps them relax
and get a better night’s sleep.
Every Wednesday
From 3.30pm
at
Shekinah
Bath Street, Plymouth
50p per Session
For more information phone Laura or Nabs on
01752 220330
Retrain your body to give benefits in every area of your life. Energise,
sculpt your body and still your mind. Blending stretching, standingstrength, body weight resistance, core stability & mindfulness for all fitness
levels and abilities.
Feed your mind and body.
Re:balance is suitable for anyone wishing to improve their health and fitness. As long as there are no
significant medical conditions, then almost everyone can participate as there are different levels to
each movement. Laura has worked with people who are significantly overweight and those with
mobility issues and lower back pain. We are a society who has become accustomed to not using our
bodies to their full capacity; we accept pain and reduced mobility in older age. Laura believes that no
matter how old we are, following these movements can significantly increase mobility and flexibility and
therefore improve quality of life and ultimately happiness!
Re:balance runs weekly on Wednesdays at Shekinah, Bath Street in Plymouth from 3.30pm until 4.30pm.
50p per session.
If you would like more details, or would like Laura to run a specific group for your organisation then
please contact her on 01752 220330.
'I can't believe how much better I sleep after a session.’
'I can feel myself getting stronger each week.'
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Anxiety & Depression
Workshop
Every 7 Weeks
10am until 2.30pm
at
Shekinah Training
24 Stonehouse Street, Plymouth
For more information phone Laura or Nabs on 01752 220330
Find out how to take practical action and put strategies in place to
manage anxiety and depression. Understand the roots of behaviours
and look at positive future choices.
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Mindfulness
Workshop
Every 7 Weeks
10am until 12pm
at
Shekinah Training
24 Stonehouse Street, Plymouth
For more information phone Laura or Nabs on 01752 220330
Scientific research proves that Mindfulness can vastly improve mental health
and wellbeing. Mindfulness is the art of being in the present – not sweating over
the past or worrying about the future. This practical workshop outlines the theory
and benefits of Mindfulness; encouraging people to adopt this practice to help
in all areas of their lives. The tutors will skilfully lead participants in Mindfulness
exercises and show how to build Mindfulness into everyday life in order to
benefit individuals.
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Growing For Life
Sarah Craknell - Project co-ordinator
Well what a New Year it’s been for Growing for Life! After 5
years as our Project leader Terry Crockett decided that the
time was right for him to move on to pastures new. We wish
him all the best in his new job.
The project itself is beginning a new and very exciting phase in
its development. Back in September we asked the people
who come here what they would most like to be able to do.
Interestingly, whilst growing was still popular, it was cooking
and crafts that people were especially eager to learn. As a
result of this we’ve decided that we will grow less, not try to sell
to firms like Riverford and instead we will cook and eat the crops we grow. We’ve introduced a hot
meal at lunch time every day which everyone in turn helps to prepare. As the Log Cabin continues
to be hired by our friends from Duchy College for 2 days each week we are making much greater
use of our clay oven for cooking, we have all designed and helped to build a social area around a
fire pit where we can cook stews and other one pot meals, and we have plans to develop a
barbeque area over the summer.
All this cooking has meant that
we have had to rethink our
growing plans. We have a new,
much smaller greenhouse and
our first poly tunnel is now our
potting shed and currently is also
doubling for our craft area. The
second poly tunnel will still have
tender crops in, but rather than
straight rows our volunteers have
designed a winding path and
beds so that we hope to have our very our Mediterranean Biome – just
like The Eden Project!
We’ve become more flexible about attendance for volunteers where
we can too. Although we still encourage people to stick to a regular
day we are now inviting people to come up whenever they need to,
even if that is not their regular day. This means that we can be a
genuine alternative for people if they wake up having a bad day and
need to be in a safe environment. We’re also now working with
Westward Pathfinder who place people into unpaid work on behalf on
the Job Centre. We have developed an understanding with them that
we are able to take those they identify as being too vulnerable to
manage in a ‘normal’ work environment. Because of this, and the
beginning of some sunny weather, numbers at the site are averaging
between 7 and 10 people a day.
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Leonard Stocks Centre
Sarah Pengelly - Manager
Several meetings have taken place recently to plan the future of the service at Leonard
Stocks Centre and we are now in a much more secure position.
Various contracts and agreements have been arranged and completed between the Local
Authority, Housing benefit, LHT and The friends of Factory Row. This has been extremely
positive in securing an outreach role as well as a receptionist.
Thankfully we have secured the building for the next 12 months and plan to use this time to
really streamline our service in order to give the best possible care to our client base.
It will be a big time of change as Chapter 1 will no longer be working with us but have
agreed a handover process with Shekinah.
We are still required to work hard to secure our future (cuts in Torbay are looking like £4 million
next year) and this means that we will need to prove ourselves as a crucial service to the
area. We need to be a professional, brilliant, responsive and able team!
“It has been a challenging few months but well worth the outcome” - Sarah Penelly
Charity Shop
Linda Williams - Manager
It has been a very busy time all round in both shops with massive increase in donations when
other charities are crying out for stock. Lots of lovely people wanting to volunteer with us - it's
fantastic to see. Both myself and Wendy have met some amazing, talented people who
are now helping in whatever way they can to help us bring a whole new chapter to this side
of the Charity.
Hyde Park House on Mutley Plain is well under way, a shop with real character filled with
personality and very exciting plans for the future, opening very soon. And a very special
thank you to Sophie my predecessor, who started this journey. We want the shops to be a
part of the community, to help whenever we can, or find the help anybody needs, to deliver
the most friendly customer service and provide them with affordable and quality items.
I want to say a special thank you to all our lovely volunteers who
have put up with my mess and organised chaos, hopefully my usual
routine will return as soon as Hyde Park House has fully opened. Then, the Union Street shop, watch out! It’s our turn next! I have the
decoration bug now and we have some amazing plans for our
garden and products that we will sell in the very near future in both
shops or made to order from recycled items.
There are very exciting times ahead and without everyones support,
we could not complete and develop these new ideas.
Massive congratulations to Wendy on her engagement to
Graham, she said yes!
Fun times around, watch this space......
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Endeavour House
Sarah Pengelly-Manager
Endeavour House is a new and exciting project for Shekinah. Endeavour House is a community project
where Shekinah hosts and runs a range of groups and activities in Torquay.
The builders are still working on the renovations upstairs however the building is really starting to take
shape. We are hoping that they shall complete by the end of March which will then allow us to use
another two meeting rooms.
We have hosted a few significant meetings at Endeavour House already. We have hosted two
Community Partnership Meetings, the Justice Minister Chris Grayling MP, Mayor and Partners attended a
meeting about impact of Legal Highs locally, Read Easy had a public meeting to recruit volunteers and
many more local partner meetings have taken place.
Torbay's first Restorative Justice Conference has taken place at Endeavour House - this is lead by the
Local Authority Make Amends project and brings together the victims of crime and the offender to
openly discuss the impact that crime has on people.
Shekinah in partnership with other local providers have started a Job Club every Tuesday morning and
other activities such as training programmes and craft groups are soon to begin. We will be having an official launch soon which we are looking forward to.
Slimming world comes to Shekinah
Maureen Goldsworthy - Slimming World Consultant
Shekinah was happy to welcome Slimming World Consultants, Maureen
Goldsworthy and Claire Johns to the Drop-in Centre recently as they
delivered all manner of goodies to some of the most needy in Plymouth. Members of Slimming World from Crown Hill, Plympton and Plymstock
decided to give themselves the best possible chance of starting 2015 slim
and fit by donating items most loved but least needed. Maureen, a Consultant for 21 years and Claire for the last 9 years said,
“Whilst wondering how we could give ourselves the right start to the New Year we came up with the
plan of finding a most worthy cause to support, and Shekinah was the favourite choice.”
Helen Pearce from Shekinah thanked the ladies and gentlemen from Slimming World and said,
“We are so grateful for this donation for our clients, many of which are homeless or in recovery
from a variety of complex issues. We simply couldn’t offer the array of services to the most
vulnerable in our City without the support of the local community”
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Reflections of a Rough Sleeper Worker
Sam
It is with a very heavy heart that I announce that as of the 10th of April, I will
no longer be working for PATH! I will be taking the role of a 999 emergency
call handler, so a big change but with many similarities.
I have worked for PATH for 6 ½ years. For the first year I worked housing
people coming out of prison, and for the past 5 ½ years I have been working
on the street team.
I’ve been at Shekinah daily in this time, and seen the relationship go from
strength to strength. As a team, PATH and Shekinah staff alike, we have
shared happy times and sad times and we are always supportive of each
other.
There have been some significant changes in my time here. George House replaced the Gates
and the Ship, which I still remember like it was last week! Then our team changed to daily outreach,
as Shekinah began opening earlier. I welcomed this change as I feel it gives people a safe warm
place to go to, especially in winter months. The Salvation Army began taking women, and Plymouth
City Council moved buildings, TWICE! I have worked with many organisations along the way, but
none have a heart as big as the Shekinah staff. They welcome you in with open arms at a time
when people are at their most isolated. They care about you, which many have told me is the ray
of light that keeps them going.
I have enjoyed working with people to get them back on their feet. There have been highs and
lows and many testing times, but it’s been a pleasure and I have met some very beautiful people
who will remain in my heart forever. Some have sadly passed on, but I fondly remember all of them.
I care about everyone, and believe in everyone, even if some of you don’t believe in yourselves.
Currently homeless, or people I housed in my first year, I see the best in all of you, and tried to make
it my mission to get you to see it too. So many of you are talented and bright, have confidence in
yourselves and you will beat your demons. The help is there, trust it.
Would you like to be a Shekinah Ambassador?
Helen Pearce - Public Relations
It is our aim to have a Shekinah Ambassador in every supporting church, business or organisation;
someone who can bridge the gap between the ourselves and our supporters. Ambassadors will keep
others informed of our aims, current status and the needs of our projects. This person would direct
prayers, carry out occasional fundraising projects and bring collected monetary donations, food,
clothing and other items into Shekinah. We are looking for individuals who we can build stronger
relationships with, who understand and have a heart for, the complex work we carry out within the
community.
Our next Ambassador’s Day is on Tuesday 28th April at Shekinah, Bath Street, Plymouth
between 10am – 2pm (lunch included). If you are interested in attending or would like further
information, please contact Helen Pearce, Tel: 01752-276921 / 203480.
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Testimony
Susan Clark
My name is Susan Clarke and I have come out of a long history of
alcoholism and drugs. I was an addict for 25years, living in London and
I have a beautiful daughter. Through my addiction I lost my daughter’s
trust and because of my actions she went and lived with her dad. I
came to Plymouth two years ago and contacted Harbour who referred
me to the Ocean Quay project. They put me up in one of their dry
houses and I did a community detox along with the support of Harbour,
Ocean Quay and friends. It was a very hard journey but I have
achieved the hardest part and am now nearly two years clean and
sober. I have rebuilt my relationship with my daughter and have started
volunteering in the Shekinah Charity Shop where I have met lots of
people and I am now an Ambassador for the Charity. I have achieved
so much, my journey isn't over yet and I feel I still have a long way to go
and a lot to give back to the Mission, which I am very excited about.
‘Susan is a lovely lady who is always willing to learn, everybody loves her, volunteers and
customers alike, I miss her when she’s not around.’
Linda Williams, Manager
Mayor of Torbay event
Soo Brizell-Hogg - Head of Employability
Kristy Winters (far right) and I (centre right) attended the Mayor of Torbay event on Thursday 12th
March. A big thank you to Sarah Pengelly and Julie Bose for submitting the award. We have received
£500 for Re:work which can be used for reasonable expenses for our clients in their pursuit of
employment.
For more information on re:work pleased visit their website at www.reworkshekinah.co.uk
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CAN YOU HELP...
For further details please contact:
Email [email protected]
Telephone 01752 203480
Charity Number 1097409
www.shekinahmission.co.uk
We can accept any of the following...
Any Stamps, old Envelopes**, First Day Covers,
Postcards** (including Pre-1940s Birthday Cards
and World War 1 silk cards**) - used or unused.
Please leave a 5 to 8mm border around stamps.
**If foreign stamps (of any date) or UK stamps
postmarked BEFORE 1970 are on envelopes or
postcards - DO NOT REMOVE THEM! They may be worth
more as a collectible item complete.
Take
a look in the
loft. You would be
amazed how much
that old junk could
raise for a good
cause!
Coins and Bank Notes - any and all, old and new,
from ANYWHERE in the world, obsolete or otherwise.
Precious Metals - including broken jewellery, old
trophies, gold, silver etc.
Medals and Badges - any, and not limited to military
items, other medals and badges accepted.
Costume Jewellery - is accepted.
Keys and Locks - any age or types.
Metal Cutlery - any Metal Toys, Ornaments & Cutlery any age, type or condition.
Watches - Quartz or wind-up, working or not.
Old Maps, Marine Charts, Town & County Planning Books
and Atlases - Ordnance Survey Maps (any country) and
Road Maps pre-1940 only, Atlases pre-1900 only, Marine
Charts and Town & County Planning Books of any age.
To arrange collections (over 5kg), please telephone 0845 257 0813, Mon/Wed/Thur/Fri, 9am to 5pm.
Small lots / donations can be mailed, direct (ensure correct postage is paid) to:
*Stamps N All, Dept SHEK, PO Box 245, Plymouth, PL5 2WX
*NOTE: Please include sender’s name & address (details for internal use only & will NOT be passed to third parties).
Stamps N All is a recycling specialist - assisting charities, groups and clubs with their fund raising.
If you feel that your organisation might benefit from the Stamps N All zero cost** fund raising solution,
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SHEKINAH
Charity Number 1097409
Company Registered in England: 4687832
Contacts
Fundraising &
Volunteering
Helen Pearce
Bath Street
PL1 3LT
01752 203 480
Re-Store Charity Shop
142 Union Street
Plymouth
PL1 3HL
01752 203486
Drop-in Centre
Bath Street
Plymouth
PL1 3LT
01752 203480
Leonard Stocks Centre
Factory Row Torquay
TQ2 5QQ
01803 217890
Employability Team
(Torbay & Plymouth)
24 Stonehouse Street
Plymouth
PL1 3PE
01752 223185
Re-solve Training
(Torbay & Plymouth)
24 Stonehouse Street
Plymouth
PL1 3PE
01752 220330
Re-Store Charity Shop
Hyde Park House
Mutley Plain
Plymouth
PL4 6LF
Growing for Life
Preston Down Road
Paignton
TQ3 1RN
07833 051819
07702 388915
Would you like a guest speaker?
We are very keen to promote the work of Shekinah and
inform our many supporters of the on-going development
of our projects. Whether it is the Drop-in Centre, the
Training and Employability Academy, Shekinah Pathways
- (Probation/Shekinah Teams),Growing for Life Horticulture
Project, Social Enterprise Scheme, Charity Shops, or any
other aspect of our work – find out more! Ring: Helen
Pearce on 01752-223185 and book a speaker now!