Corporate Partnership with Coliberate
Support Staffordshire are proud to announce their latest Corporate Partnership with Coliberate. Coliberate is an inclusivity and liberation consultancy that provides coaching, consulting, speaking and training to individuals, groups and organisations seeking to improve their impact for positive social and/or environmental change. Their founder, a 2024 Northern Gamechanger Christopher Owen has a PhD in intersectional […]
Giving Time, Gaining Purpose: A True Gift of Volunteering
Often when we think about volunteering, we think of the all the valuable things contributed to our communities by the selfless people, who give their time so generously. However, what we don’t always consider is what people can also get out of volunteering. In this article we focus on two incredible women, who volunteer at […]
Volunteering: A Bridge Out of Isolation
For many people who struggle with their mental health, it can be a daunting task to even leave the house. Crippling anxiety about leaving your safe place can be paralysing. This can lead to you losing your connections to others and the outside world, leading to terrible isolation. This was the situation 50-year-old David Eyre, […]
Helping Hands, Healing Hearts – The true impact of Volunteering
As part of our focus on volunteering, we are shining a spotlight on an organisation which has some amazing volunteers to help the project thrive. Father Hudson’s Young at Heart Project run social groups across Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle to help combat social isolation and loneliness among older people. They also offer face-to-face befriending support for […]
Volunteers’ Week Is Here!
Volunteers’ Week is back this week (Mon 2 – Sun 8 June) and it’s time to celebrate all things volunteering! This week we’ll be celebrating 41 years of Volunteers’ Week in the UK by honouring the incredible contributions of volunteers who make our communities stronger every day. Without these amazing volunteers, our communities would […]