FUNDRAISING EVENT NAMED THE ‘BAFDA’! PORTSMOUTH & SOUTH EAST ARE LEADING THE WAY.

All money raised by the division will go towards supporting projects for their areathe more they raise, the more projects can be funded.

The ‘Brighterway Annual Fundraising Divisional Award’

This trophy will be awarded to the division that raises the most funds for Brighterway in 2022/23 through fundraising and regular giving

The money raised will not just go into the Brighterway general funding pot All money raised by the division will go towards supporting projects for their division - the more they raise, the more projects can be funded.

The BAFDA year starts on Friday 1 April 2022

We will publish a league table every month, I’ll keep you updated

November brought some good news. Brighterway had been successful in its bid for a grant of £143,000 to fund a major project called, ‘Create Wellbeing – Eat Well’ We had popped a question to our patients, supporters and staff asking their views on what would be fun to do after the difficulties of Covid19 and numerous lockdowns They came back with answers centring on food, togetherness, nature and helping one another. The fun began and our project bid had three major strands to it:

Strand 1 - The Southern Health Incredible Edible Community

Ten years ago Dominic Lodge met a lady who was involved in ‘Incredible Edible’ She told him the story of the people of Todmorden, West Yorkshire, who grew vegetables around the town for all citizens to enjoy Their vision was to create kind, confident and connected communities through the power of food. Her parting comment to him was ‘if you eat, you’re in’ you can join the Incredible Edible Network.

Remembering these words it seemed a good way to fulfil the wishes of those who inspired the bid and so the Southern Health Incredible Edible Community was conceived. The setting up and creation of powerful human and nature connections through food It will involve patients, staff, visitors and local citizens coming together to grow fresh produce in large planters on 20 Trust sites - growing food and growing social networks benefitting physical and mental health

Strand 2 - Home Cooking from around the World recipe book

The bid had to contain a legacy aspect to remember all those who had given so much during the height of the Covid19 pandemic Some Trusts were bidding for benches and other furniture Others were looking to plant trees or to put up a memorial We thought of food. With 6,000 staff from all around the world and a diverse patient, carer and public, the idea of a recipe book celebrating who we are seemed a grand idea

Strand 3 - Health, Healing and Hope – walks, trails and caring for nature

There is, as we know, an undisputable link between nature and health. We have many beautiful open spaces around some of the properties we use and so some of the grant will be used to celebrate the biodiversity present

And so the grant will attend to

Boardwalk and ponds – final phase of re-establishing our meadowland at Tatchbury. The existing boardwalk will be refitted by volunteers to provide access for people using a wheelchair or requiring a stable path 5 redundant ponds removed and a new one created to add to the biodiversity of the meadow

Pennies from Heaven

We want to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone who has signed up to Pennies from Heaven so far, your small change is helping to make big changes! We hit a milestone of 514 staff members and are well on our way to winning a bronze award with ‘Pennies from heaven’ by signing up 10% of our staff. We would love to hit this target.

SIGN UP TODAY – click on the linkhttps://www penniesfromheaven co uk/donatemypennies/

Your Donations have enabled us to fund:

Easter Eggs, Specialist IT Systems, Pool and Table Tennis Tables and a Games Room

'Pennies from Heaven' enables staff to make donations to our Trust charity every month from their salary without lifting a finger. Setting it up takes less than a minute, but the results make a world of difference The scheme works by taking just the pennies from your monthly salary and donating them to Brighterway For example, if you earned £850 34 last month, the charity would collect the 34p The most you can ever give is 99p each month you are paid – equalling a maximum of just £11.88 in a year!

Become a Charity Champion, we have recently appointed 3 more charity champions giving us 10 in total click on the linkhttps://www brighterway org uk/were-lookingfor-charity-champions/ and sign up

Like to give more? Then sign up to CAF - Charity Aid Foundation CAF allows staff at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust to donate any amount to the Brighterway charity through their monthly pay. Click on the link and make your contributionwww brighterway org uk/regular-giving/

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To make a one-time donation, text RAINBOW followed by the amount you’d like to donate to 70480 (e g RAINBOW 5 to make a £5 donation). Texts will cost your chosen amount plus one standard rate message. You can give any whole amount from £1 to £20 www.linkedin.com/showcase/brighterway