Help those in need: why Springbourne Family Centre needs your support (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Help those in need: why Springbourne Family Centre needs your support
4:00pm Saturday 15th September 2012 in News By Andy Martin
Help those in need: why Springbourne Family Centre needs your support
The Do It for Dorset Campaign is a joint initiative between Daily Echo and the Dorset Community Foundation – a registered charity dedicated to promoting charitable giving and grant making for charities and community groups across the county.
The Foundation works with secret millionaires, family businesses and companies, which want to give back to their community.
The Do It for Dorset Campaign aims to raise awareness and funds for charities signed up to Localgiving.com – where donors and volunteers can find out a bit more and support them.
Springbourne Family Centre has been set up by the Methodist Church and support families around one of Bournemouth’s most deprived areas.
They provide information, advice and support for families with children under the age of five. They are an accredited Child Contact Centre and work with other statutory agencies doing great work in the area.
The Family centre does valuable work around helping children and families impacted by domestic abuse.
Examples of how your donation can help: £10 – pays for nappies for a family in need.
£30 – pays for crèche workers for run a crèche session, £100.00 – pays for a support worker to work with a family impacted by domestic abuse.
To support the charity, please go to: http://localgiving.com/charity/springbournefamilycentre .
Main Contact: Donna Blanche, donna@sfc83.plus.com.
If you are a charity, sports club, village hall or a community group and would like to join the Do It for Dorset campaign, please contact our Manager – Tracy Melling on 01202 315952.
Comments(4)
RebeccaDeWinter
says...
11:38am Sun 16 Sep 12
No doubt they managed to find enough money for TVs & various subscriptions. I wonder how many of them can afford to smoke/drink/have false nails/have their hair done regularly.
Anyone can survive without starving on that income. It's just a matter of priorities. If you want luxuries like disposable nappies, alcohol, beauty treatments, expensive clothes, huge TVs etc, I suggest you get a job & earn the money like everyone else.
spooki
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12:51pm Sun 16 Sep 12
RebeccaDeWinter wrote:I agree! There are a lot of parents out there on benefits who manage to drink, smoke, get their nails done, buy scary gold jewellery, have tattoos, get fancy phones on contracts and so on. I'm a single parent and I can just afford to feed & clothe the two of us (I usually buy from sales rather than full price)! I choose to spend what I do have on my child first rather than stupid 'luxuries'
These 'families in need' get benefits Of at least £56 a week plus child benefit. They don't pay for rent or council tax. So why do they need financial help? If they really can't find the money to buy nappies, what they really need is pracitcal advice on how to spend wisely.
No doubt they managed to find enough money for TVs & various subscriptions. I wonder how many of them can afford to smoke/drink/have false nails/have their hair done regularly.
Anyone can survive without starving on that income. It's just a matter of priorities. If you want luxuries like disposable nappies, alcohol, beauty treatments, expensive clothes, huge TVs etc, I suggest you get a job & earn the money like everyone else.
pete woodley
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9:08pm Sun 16 Sep 12
oking,using taxis.flash mobiles,etc,yet still say they cant live on what they get.Many of them do not try or want to WORK.
Lord Spring says...
5:05pm Sat 15 Sep 12