CCP (County Community Projects), an independent registered charity, established in October 1989, exists to improve the lives of children, young people, families and vulnerable adults with multiple and complex needs across Gloucestershire. We promote and support healthy living, help maintain a safe and stable home environment, encourage and support learning and achievement, promote respect and positive social behaviour and encourage personal economic sustainability.
We specialise in engaging with people at the extremes, people who have nowhere left to turn. This includes people excluded from statutory services because they don’t fit the criteria, or who don’t score highly enough to qualify for help, or who are deemed as being too difficult to work with. We rely a great deal on the goodwill of volunteers to help us to help others. The following are just some of our current projects we need help with.
We have three outdoor activity sites that need the enthusiasm and gardening skills of as many volunteers as possible. The Breakthrough project is in Mead Road, Leckhampton; we have a large allotment at Hayden Road, Swindon Village; and at the Sue Ryder Hospice in Church Road, Leckhampton, we have the use of a small copse where we will be creating a woodland village. Volunteering at one of our outdoor projects will give you the opportunity to help and support young people by passing on your knowledge and expertise, not just of the task in hand, but life experiences too. We would love to hear from you! Contact Simon on 07890 947562.
It is a well-known fact that music can be of great therapeutic value. The CCP Musical Youth recording studio at our Education Centre in Grove Street aims to engage and motivate young people and make music more accessible to all. It is well used by disadvantaged youngsters, disabled youngsters, and community groups, and has already produced a number of talented musicians and singers.
On Friday 24th September we will be showcasing the talent of youngsters in Gloucestershire at the Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham Ladies College. There will be a drinks reception at 6pm, followed by an evening of entertainment from 7pm to 9pm. Headlining the evening, at which we will also be celebrating CCP’s 21st birthday, will be the original Musical Youth band, as well as music from some of the youngsters who use the recording studio, a raffle and an auction.
Tickets for the event can be bought for £15 (minimum). This would be a great way for you to support CCP and be entertained at the same time! All proceeds from the evening will go towards the continuing development of CCP Musical Youth so that more disadvantaged and disabled young people from Gloucestershire can benefit from this wonderful resource. Contact Heather on 01242 228999 ext 101 for tickets, to buy raffle tickets or to donate something for the raffle and auction.
For further information about these projects and other projects you might like to be involved in, please have a look at the CCP Newsletter (copies are available in the church), our website www.ccprojects.org.uk, or contact Semonetta, our Volunteers Manager, on 01242 228999 109.
Dr Heather Sheridan
Wednesday 21 July 2010
Saturday 3 July 2010
July's Charity - the Knole
I cannot prepare an article about this charity without having Adrian Stanley very much in my thoughts. He is an example of how someone’s life continues to influence others even after their death. Still remembered, still loved and admired.
The Langley House Trust is a Christian Charity and registered Social Landlord specialising in providing residential resettlement for ex-offenders, those at risk of offending and the marginalised homeless. I quote directly from their leaflet "How you can help us turn lives around" which is available, with other literature, in the porch this month.
"Since 1958 the Langley House Trust has been working tirelessly to draw alongside individuals nobody else wants to know. In the early days we worked exclusively with male prison leavers who had no family and lacked the skills to secure employment on release. Today we also work with women, have two dedicated Drug Rehabilitation Centres as well as our other projects, and have recently extended our work to include the marginalised homeless (men and women who may not have a background of offending).
As you can imagine, we do not attract he same sympathy as other charities, but our work really does change lives and we believe it is a practical expression of God’s redemptive activity. When we help an individual to make a fresh start, learn new skills to enable them to work towards employment and live responsibility in society, this also has a beneficial effect on relationships with their family and others around them.
We could tell you many wonderful stories of lives rebuilt and hearts changed! It is easy to turn away from this challenging, often demanding work and yet Jesus, our Saviour, offered a fresh start to the criminal crucified beside Him.
The Bible tells us He showed love and concern for those on the margins of society, including those who had committed offences and those who had nowhere to live. We often forget that ‘He made many such individuals His friends’. Whilst Jesus did not ever condone the offence (and neither do we), He did offer acceptance, forgiveness and the possibility of a new beginning. In essence, surely that is what Christianity is all about?"
Registered Social Landlord No. H4250 Registered Charity No. 290059
For more information about the Knole click here
For more information on the Langley House trust click here.
The Langley House Trust is a Christian Charity and registered Social Landlord specialising in providing residential resettlement for ex-offenders, those at risk of offending and the marginalised homeless. I quote directly from their leaflet "How you can help us turn lives around" which is available, with other literature, in the porch this month.
"Since 1958 the Langley House Trust has been working tirelessly to draw alongside individuals nobody else wants to know. In the early days we worked exclusively with male prison leavers who had no family and lacked the skills to secure employment on release. Today we also work with women, have two dedicated Drug Rehabilitation Centres as well as our other projects, and have recently extended our work to include the marginalised homeless (men and women who may not have a background of offending).
As you can imagine, we do not attract he same sympathy as other charities, but our work really does change lives and we believe it is a practical expression of God’s redemptive activity. When we help an individual to make a fresh start, learn new skills to enable them to work towards employment and live responsibility in society, this also has a beneficial effect on relationships with their family and others around them.
We could tell you many wonderful stories of lives rebuilt and hearts changed! It is easy to turn away from this challenging, often demanding work and yet Jesus, our Saviour, offered a fresh start to the criminal crucified beside Him.
The Bible tells us He showed love and concern for those on the margins of society, including those who had committed offences and those who had nowhere to live. We often forget that ‘He made many such individuals His friends’. Whilst Jesus did not ever condone the offence (and neither do we), He did offer acceptance, forgiveness and the possibility of a new beginning. In essence, surely that is what Christianity is all about?"
Registered Social Landlord No. H4250 Registered Charity No. 290059
For more information about the Knole click here
For more information on the Langley House trust click here.
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