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Tell Others About Us ...

By spreading the word to family, friends and colleagues, more people become aware of Helping Hands Helping Lives CIC. This community interest company relies on donations from individuals and businesses to finance its welfare, education and business planning support projects.

The message we want you to embrace is 'the power of many people giving a small donation' and how this can change a society.

Your monetary donations will help to buy food parcels, essential toiletries; educational and business planning resources including books, stationery, materials, equipment and some running costs e.g. rent and electricity for the Enterprise Start-up Workshop.

July 2023-July 2024

Project Fundraising Target is £25,000

£24,604 left to raise

PLEASE DONATE, by clicking on the blue button

pay directly into the business Co-operative Bank account:-

Name on account: Helping Hands Helping Lives CIC

Sort Code: 08-92-99

Account Number: 67305010-50

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OTHER WAYS YOU CAN DONATE ....

Your donations of new shoes and clothing will help individuals and families' self-esteem; that they feel they are as good as anyone else is important on their self-actualisation journey.

In the first instance, we are targeting holiday-goers to Jamaica ‘Please bring one item of clothing, footwear or toiletry(ies) with you. You can post the parcel when you arrive in Jamaica to:-

Mr John Hartley

Port Antonio Post Office

Portland

Jamaica

Please remember to leave your personal details (name and email address) so we can contact you.

Helping Hands Helping Lives CIC projects offer an holistic approach to helping selected unemployed Jamaicans, living in poverty take the necessary steps towards an improved economic existence.

Jamaica April 2023

We were in Jamaica in April 2023 where we had the opportunity to do some ground work and make an assessment as to the impact the social enterprise could make in the parish of Portland. Our findings flagged up that 'grey' area whereby a person is working but they still need help and support. We met a lovely warm hearted person in Port Antonio. She works very hard but her main difficulty is that she is technically homeless. At the moment she 'ketches' at a friend's house and her son sleeps in an abandoned car. Housing was a long term aim for Helping Hands Helping Lives CIC but crucially this needs to be considered NOW alongside the other aims of welfare, education and business planning support. It costs a minimum of £5,000 to build a board- house. TARGET: To fund the building of 1 boardhouse before the end of July 2024.

This young lady is self-employed and works hard. However, this means she falls within a grey area that although she works, she still needs help and support. Her main concern is that of getting accommodation as she is technically homeless. There is little in the way of government housing and at the moment she 'ketches' at a friend's house and her son sleeps in an abandoned car.

Although initially housing was a long term plan we envisaged starting 3 to 5 years from now, have decided to commence this project along side the other aims. When we reach our collective target of £30,000, £5,000 will be dedicated to building the first board house for individuals such as this young lady.

HOUSING TARGET £5,000 (£5,000 still left to raise)- the labour and material costs of ONE board house (made of a mixture of bricks and wooden boards) in Jamaica.

TOTAL FUNDRAISING TARGET IS £30,000 by July 2024

FUTURE FUNDRAISING EVENTS

Prize Draw - For GoFundMe donations made in August (from 1st to 31st 2023 - 1 name selected at random for a £20 Waitrose gift card)

Best Christmas Jumper Photograph Competition - starts 20th November to 10th December 2023

Yoga & Fitness Retreat - 2024 (more details to follow)

Help Us to Create Something Better!

Here at Helping Hands Helping Lives CIC, we see the value in everyone. We want to be a catalyst for positive change, and since our beginnings in January 2023, we’ve been driven by the idea of collective consciousness, same ideas, same need to see change through support, empowerment and progress. Dealing with the challenges of today requires problem-solvers who bring different perspectives and are willing to take risks. Helping Hands Helping Lives CIC, emerged out of a pursuit to inspire and support the community to help others. There are enough resources - it is the disparities of wealth and an impotence to do nothing that is the problem ...

We have a desire for actions to speak louder than words!

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