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CANDIS CLUB COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL AWARDS

COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS

As a Candis Club member, you now have the chance to help your community with a Candis Club Community Award.

The Candis Club Community Award scheme now has £8,000 available every month to give to community groups and local charities across the UK, with individual awards being made up to a maximum of £5,000.

You can nominate your favourite local group for an award using the application form. Simply pop your application in the post and we will reply usually within six weeks of receipt.

For ideas about what you could ask for, why not take a look at our most recent awards? We look forward to hearing from you very soon!

CANDIS BREAKFAST CLUB HILL MEAD PRIMARY SCHOOL RECEIVED: £2,000

PAID FOR: Breakfast Club
NOMINATED BY: Carmel McConnell

“One of the simplest ways to make an immediate and dramatic difference to what children can achieve is to give them a good nutritious breakfast,” says Magic Breakfast founder Carmel McConnell. She chose Hill Mead Primary School in Brixton to receive this first Breakfast Club award for many reasons. A dedicated teaching staff, a clear commitment to healthy eating at lunch and an abundance of clubs and educational schemes that benefit the whole community.
“This award means we can extend our breakfast club to 50 more pupils for a year,” says Cheryl Stonebridge, Deputy Head (above).

The finishing touch HAWTHORNE PARK TRUST, CLEVELEYS RECEIVED: £4,150

PAID FOR: Ollerton Festival seats
NOMINATED BY: Jenifer Phillips

“Being able to sit in a park and take time out is something a lot of people take for granted, but for us it’s a delightful novelty,” says Candis member Jenifer Phillips. “Over the past four years Hawthorne Park Trust has worked hard to transform a barren field
into a beauty spot to be enjoyed by all. We fundraised tirelessly and recruited the help of over 60 volunteers to create the park, which includes a play area and a wildlife area. The only thing that was missing was some seating but we had run low on funds and didn’t think we could raise enough in time, but thanks to Candis, we now have three benches. Due to the large amount of new residential development in this area open space has become a rarity; the park has filled this gap and the whole community now has a place to meet and hold special events such as sports and gala days.”

Access for all GIRLGUIDING WILTSHIRE NORTH, WILTSHIRE RECIEVED: £5,000

PAID FOR: Disabled toilet and shower unit
NOMINATED BY: Jane McNeill

“Having increased disabled facilities has made a huge difference to Girlguiding Wiltshire North,” says Candis member Jane McNeill. “We recently acquired a new building after
many years of fundraising, but it didn’t have a disabled loo
or shower. As a result, some of our members and adult volunteers were unable to enjoy it. We currently have three disabled leaders including one, who runs both a Brownie and Girl Guide group, so the lack of facilities wasn’t just affecting those who are registered disabled. Now every single one of our 3,800 Rainbows, Brownies and Guides will benefit from these extra amenities, as will many more community groups who would have previously been prevented from using the centre because of access issues, such as the Out and About learn group, which is made up of children who are home tutored and have recently started using the centre weekly.”

Are you interested in finding out more?
If you would like information on how to apply for a Community or Schools’ Award, please visit www.candis.co.uk/communityawards or call 0151 632 7640

Thanks to you, the following Community Awards happened in 2007:

* Prattens Westfield Amateur Sports Club, Somerset – £5,000 for modernising the club’s facilities
* 1st Angmering Scout Group, West Sussex – £3,000 for completing the refurbishment of their clubhouse
* Clackmannan Primary School Parent and Staff Association, Alloa – £1,000 for playground improvements and benches
* Harrogate Young People’s Rendezvous, Yorkshire – £1,000 for drum kits and five guitars
* The Welcome Centre, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex – £4,500 for blinds and kitchen equipment
* United Reformed Church Hall, Westleigh, Devon – £1,200 for new kitchen equipment
* Acumen Development Trust, Northumbria – £3,200 for gardening equipment and plants
* Muirtown Primary School, Inverness – £5,000 for community woodland information boards
* Synwell Playing Field, Gloucestershire – £5,000 for a new pathway to the playing fields
* Brigg Wheelers, Wrawby, Lincolnshire – £1,900 to help the skate park keep running
* Stay and Play Family Drop-In Centre, Coalville, Leicestershire – £1,100 for tables, chairs, flooring and décor of cafe
* St David’s Church, St Helens, Merseyside – £4,500 for kitchen refurbishment
* Southbrook Community Centre, Daventry, Northamptonshire – £3,000 for development of a wildlife and sensory garden
* St Bridget’s Community Centre Appeal, West Kirby, Wirral – £3,100 for the renovation of some leaded windows
* Blackburn Community Sports Club, Lancashire – £5,000 for a changing block
* Sundon Park Community Centre Trust, Luton, Bedfordshire – £3,000 for new paving stones in the garden project
* Letchworth Free Church, Coalville, Leicestershire – £2,500 for curtains and china as part of a refurbishment project

Click here to nominate an organisation for a Candis Club Community Award.