Chester Charities launch Tap-to-Donate Scheme
A contactless donation scheme which aims to put an end to homelessness in Chester has been launched on World Homelessness Day.
Payment terminals will be set up in the city where people can tap to donate £3 with the money being distributed between three Chester charities; Chester Aid to the Homeless (CATH), Share and Soul Kitchen.
The ‘End Homelessness’ scheme will be hosted by The Chester Bluecoat Charity who will ensure that 100% of the money donated will go directly to support homeless people in the city.
The scheme has the full support of Chester BID and Cheshire West and Chester Council, however full governance will stay with the fundraiser, The Chester Bluecoat Charity.
Allocating the money will always be agreed together so that the most is made from the funding received to help those experiencing homelessness and a full report will be made annually by The Chester Bluecoat Charity for the public to see, to the last penny, where their donations have been used.
For more information email endhomelessness@thechesterbluecoatcharity.co.uk
or to donate directly to our partner charities go to:
Chester Festival Chorus: Concert for CATH
The Chester Festival Chorus is a high standard amateur choir. The Musical Director is Ellie Slorach who is a rising star in the world of music. She has conducted the BBC singers and is working with the BBC Philharmonic and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. She is fun, creative and will be giving a short talk about each performance.
The concert will be at St Werburghs church in Chester on 10th July. It is a programme of unaccompanied singing of music from the very old (Thomas Tallis) to music from living composers, one of whom might even be there!
The programme is about an hour long. You don’t have to know anything about music to enjoy it, you can just enjoy the amazing sound of unaccompanied voices singing in harmony.
Tickets are £10 + booking fee. £5 per ticket sold will go towards CATH. Tickets can be purchased through this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/music-always-round-me-tickets-367498145847
Collection at Chester Races
We would like to thank everyone who volunteered on Friday 6th of May to help us collect money for the homeless of Chester. In total we collected the fantastic amount of £2114.40 from the kind attendees of the Chester Races.
We would also like to thank the staff of Chester Racecourse and everyone at White Oak for being so accommodating and inviting us to collect money at the gates of Chester Racecourse last Friday.
New Neighbourly Donation Page
In our continued efforts to help the homeless of Chester we have recently signed up for Neighbourly which is “an award-winning giving platform that helps businesses make a positive impact in their communities.”
So if you would like to donate time, money or surplus products please find us on:
https://www.neighbourly.com/project/626be6e55247f3ea33b97ee9
Women’s Safe Spaces Chester
Are you a woman who would like extra support?
If you are street homeless, living in temporary accommodation or vulnerably housed please drop into any of the sessions below where you will find support and care in a women only environment.
Women’s Safe Spaces Chester:
Sharehub – Tuesday’s 11am-1pm
St Werburgh’s Practice – Wednesday’s 1pm-2pm
Harold Tomlins Day Centre – Thursday’s 1pm-2.30pm
Sleep Out – 3rd December – 2021
The CATH annual sponsored sleep out took place on the night of Friday 3rd December and the morning of Saturday the 4th
CATH is back in full flow and very grateful for all the wonderful people who took part in the annual Sleep Out in the Friary car park. This year it was CATH’s 27th annual sleep out ahead of next year’s 50th anniversary celebrations. This was our first year back under the stars after a year out due to COVID restrictions.
CATH has a mighty job during winter dealing with the ever-increasing numbers of people in need. We are up to the challenge, and it is thanks to our wonderful supporters that we can keep providing for the homeless of Chester
For further details next year’s sleep out send an email to info@cath.org.uk or call us on 01244 314 834.
Find us
01244 506 877
Harold Tomlins Centre
24 Grosvenor Street
Chester
CH1 2DD
