Charity of the Year Update
The first Back To Life Clinic charity of the year initiative supported two amazing local Newark charities – Beaumond House Hospice Care and the Children’s Bereavement Centre. Here are a few highlights of the support BTLC has been able to provide:
Events and donations
One activity that has relied on the fantastic support of the many wonderful BTLC clients has been the £5 donation for every new patient that came from a recommendation. I am pleased to say that 36 new patients were recommended to come to the clinic. Through the year we’ve also participated in the Beaumond House Ball and their Be Bright Blue event – donating 50% of new patient treatment fees that day to Beaumond House. We’ve also supported the charities’ own events through donating top fundraiser prizes to help incentivise others to raise more! These activities helped us donate over £400.
The most enjoyable event during the year though, was the first annual Newark Dragon Boat race which supported both Beaumond House and Children’s Bereavement Centre. You needed a team of at least 12 to take part so BTLC joined several other local companies from the Newark Business Club to form ‘The Winning Team!’. Unfortunately, we didn’t win the race, but we did live up to our name by winning the highest team fundraising prize. Together our businesses raised over £2,700. Ian even helped raise extra money by providing massages during the day for dragon boaters and spectators!
Free desk assessments and treatments for staff
The year of support started with providing free corporate desk setup assessments for the team at Beaumond House. It was great to see the change in the team’s health and wellbeing after adjusting their desks and chairs to ensure they were better positioned. The staff were also taken through some exercises to help keep them pain free at work. At the same time several members of the nursing and fundraising teams who needed more support were given free treatments.
Chief Executive Debbie Abrams said “Ian has generously donated his time and talents to staff at Beaumond House Community Hospice these last few weeks. We are all much healthier thanks to his expertise. We are very grateful. Thank you Ian.”.
Throughout the year this gift-in-kind donation amounted to £3,500.
Our first ‘Charities of the Year’
I am really proud to say that this support for our two chosen charities totalled over £4,000 in direct donations and gifts-in-kind from BTLC plus the Dragon Boat team total of over £2,700. I would like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has helped support these activities throughout the year, we’ve certainly enjoyed helping such great charities.
What this support could help the charities to provide
For Newark’s Children’s Bereavement Centre:
- £6 would supply a grieving child with a comfort bear
- £10 would pay for a child to attend an activity/workshop
- £25 could pay for a support session for a child
- £200 would pay for 8 play therapy sessions for a child
For Beaumond House Hospice Care:
- £5 would pay for afternoon tea and cake for a patient, plus a memory box to put their treasured items in
£8.70 would pay for one hour of bereavement support
£15 would pay for a day-therapy patient to have a lovely cooked lunch, nutritious snacks, teas and coffee during their day - £36 would cover the cost of a Health Care Assistant to plan, coordinate and run the day-hospice activities
- £400 would pay for 24 hours of inpatient care
Our 2020-21 ‘Charities of the Year’
With the need for mental health support growing throughout the current pandemic, our chosen charities for 2020-21 are ShawMind (a local mental health charity) and Beaumond House Hospice Care once again.
You can help us to raise more for these amazing charities by recommending Back To Life Clinic to new potential patients. We will then donate £5 after their first appointment.
We look forward to more opportunities to help raise awareness of, and funds for, these two great charities throughout 2020-21.
THANK YOU