1st winner announced
oasis childcare to receive
£2,000 thanks to efforts of Tormead SCHOOL students
Oasis Childcare, a Cobham charity that works with vulnerable parents
and children and which last year had a Surrey County Council grant application
refused due to budget cuts, have pupils from Tormead School in Guildford to thank for a surprise £2,000 donation. Students from the school nominated Oasis
Childcare to receive financial support as part of a Surrey-based initiative – MTG Youth for Charity – which raises
awareness amongst young people of the good work that charities do.
Now in its second year, MTG Youth for Charity,
which is sponsored and managed by the Surrey offices of Mackrell Turner Garrett Solicitors, is
challenging young people from schools and youth organisations across Surrey to nominate their favourite charities to receive donations totalling
£20,000 over the next two years.
Students from Tormead School accepted the challenge and chose to nominate Oasis
Childcare after undertaking in-depth research of the organisation and analysing
how best it could be supported. The
nomination was awarded by judges because they were impressed by the wide range
of help the charity gives to families where the children's circumstance is
often symptomatic of years of unresolved issues for the parents and the family
unit as a whole.
Pupils Gabby Alexander-Harvey, Helena Bacon, Allie Marland and Jess
Allee from Tormead School were moved to nominate the charity after learning of its struggle for
funding which threatened its closure.
Caroline Edwards from Oasis Childcare
says: “We are so grateful for this gift from the MTG Youth for Charity Scheme,
and will put the money to good use in our constant battle to secure enough
funding to deliver the help when it is most needed. This money will go towards “Fun Friends” - a
twelve week children’s programme designed to assist 4 to 16 year olds learn important skills
and techniques to cope with and manage anxiety. It is an early intervention
programme which works by increasing emotional resilience and promoting positive
coping skills before more serious emotional difficulties occur later in life. We are so pleased that Oasis is one of the
charities that MTG Youth for Charity have chosen to support and it makes it
even more special that they were introduced to us by inspiring children from
our local community.”
Derek Austin from Mackrell Turner Garrett comments: “We are delighted to have been able to award
Oasis Childcare with a £2,000 donation, not only as a result of the excellent support
it offers to vulnerable parents and children, but also due to the breadth and
scope of interest the pupils of Tormead School demonstrated in wanting to help
others. It exemplifies what young people
and the wider community can do to make a real difference to the world around
them – a philosophy which is at the heart of MTG Youth for Charity.
“Oasis Childcare may be the first of this year’s winners but this
year’s competition isn’t over yet. We
are still keen to receive nominations from other Surrey schools and youth organisations for charities which could yet benefit
from the MTG Youth for Charity
initiative. Whether you’re a youth club
leader or a school teacher looking to educate young people about the benefits
of giving, or perhaps you run a charity in desperate need of financial support,
we’d like to hear from you.”
MTG Youth for Charity, which is now in its
second year, is the brainchild of Surrey businessman Ian Vincent, co-director of Vincent Homes , who has a history of supporting charities worldwide. The
bespoke Housebuilder last year successfully donated £20,000 to charities
nominated by Surrey schools as part of the initiative. He is putting up the same amount again this
year for nominations received before the end of 2014.
Ends
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information, media should contact Louise Barnett at PNPR:
Email: louise@pnprltd.com
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Notes to
Editors:
About MTG
Youth for Charity
MTG Youth for Charity is
the brainchild of Surrey businessman Ian Vincent, co-director of Vincent Homes , who has a history of supporting charities worldwide. The bespoke Housebuilder has, for the second
time, donated the £20,000 cash award for the Surrey schools and youth organisation initiative and will take an active
role in the selection of nominated charities.
MTG Youth for Charity is
designed to link closely with school curriculums, allowing participants to
demonstrate that their school produces responsible citizens who make a positive
contribution to society, links learning to life outside school and encourages
enterprising partnerships with local business and the community.
The Surrey offices of solicitors Mackrell Turner Garrett have been appointed for
the second year in a row by Vincent Homes as sponsors and managers of the whole initiative.
About
Mackrell Turner Garrett
Mackrell Turner Garrett is
a full service law firm with offices in Surrey and London , and is the founder of Mackrell International, an
international network of over 4,200 lawyers in 82 firms in 110 offices around
the world, all of which maintain strong links with their own local
communities.
The firm is one of the top
500 legal firms in the country and has been at the heart of the local community
since 1845 providing advice and support to individuals, businesses and other
institutions such as charities, schools and clubs.
Clients engage with
qualified solicitors on all types of matters from conveyancing to corporate
restructuring, and family law to franchising.
The team at Mackrell Turner Garrett is ideally placed to advise on all
aspects of business regulation, compliance and policy requirements including
corporate and social responsibility, discrimination and employee
relations. The firm’s focus is clearly
on the client’s needs and desired outcomes, but its approach is firmly rooted
in the value of providing a personal service that clients rightly expect.
The firm has specialist
expertise in land law and property development.
Over the last 25 years it has advised local developer Vincent Homes
Limited on many aspects of its work and is therefore particularly pleased to
have been appointed sponsors and managers of Youth for Charity.
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