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By zebras children and adults charity
The community space we have created during the Covid 19 pandemic last year from an used building is in desperate need of running water and a disabled toilet. Help us to raise the funds needed.
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The charities’ overall goal with the funding we are applying for is to extend our already established charity hub and add to the facilities that we can offer to our beneficiaries. The funding will allow for us to connect water and have a fresh water supply and a sink, along with a much-needed accessible toilet facility. At this present moment when our members and volunteers visit the hub to take part in the services we offer they are having to use a portable sink unit to wash their hands, and if they need to use the toilet they are having to visit the Lancaster centre (of which we do have access) however this is a few minutes’ walk round the corner which can be difficult for those with mobility issues, it also requires a volunteer to assist them to let them in the building. Now the hub is getting used more regularly it would make it safer and easier for members if there were these facilities on site. Most all of our members are disabled people and families.
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Why it's a great idea:
The benefits having a fresh water supply will mean that we will not have to use a portable system anymore which is not practical in the long term for people, especially those with mobility and low muscle tone issues. It will mean that we can have a toilet on site for our members and visitors, plus be able to wash hands when preparing any food and drinks of which we do at one of our supported employment projects. Having extra storage would mean that we could arrange the internal layout and accommodate more space to prepare the fruit and vegetable parcels that we deliver to over 47 families each week - around 200 people. We now have families with disabled children using the community space every Saturday for recreation, many children are incontinent and having somewhere to change their children would make a huge difference and be so much more convenient then having to walk to the building around the corner.
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How will the money be spent?Total £35,990
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Total £35,990
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VolunteerZebras Children and Adults Charity has been established as an organisation since 2015 and started as just a small group of parents meeting with their children on Saturdays at the Zebras Club - a recreational group for children with disabilities and their siblings. Since then, the organisation has grown from strength to strength gaining charitable status in 2017, developing vital services which are now deemed as a lifeline and crisis intervention to families, children and individuals. Last year during the pandemic the founders worked tirelessly to turn an unused space into the community hub they now call the Zebras hub, this is the charities first premises and is now the place where all the services take place. It’s a wonderful place however it lacks facilities such as running water and a disabled toilet. Any funds raised will help towards the building costs which are so in need to help improve the premises and help the charity develop and continue its amazing work that is supporting hundreds of people each week.
Project Owner: zebras children and adults charity The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
