Projects

The projects listed below include some of the local and international issues we research and support in SI Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead:

Slough Contact Centre

The club became aware that there was an urgent need for a Contact Centre in the Slough area. A centre provides a safe place for a non-resident parent to meet their children. The centre is open on two Saturday afternoons each month.

Club members had been volunteers at the Maidenhead Contact Centre for some years when it became apparent that many families were having to travel from Slough. The club assessed the need for an additional centre in the area and then went ahead with setting up a centre in conjunction with the National Association of Contact Centres www.naccc.org.uk. A management committee has been set up and teams of volunteers run the centre. The project will be ongoing.  More details at  www.sloughchildcontactcentre.org.uk

East Berkshire Women’s Aid

The Club helps to provide items for Christmas Hampers for the women and children in the local Refuge together with ongoing supplies of domestic items and toiletries.  Some members are also assisting in keeping the gardens tidy.

Talking Newspapers for the Blind

Club members act as editors and readers for each of the following Talking Newspapers for the Blind on a regular basis; the tapes are created from the news in the local newspapers and are sent out to some 70 or so recipients in each of the areas.  The audio tapes create a lifeline to the blind and partially sighted.

Slough

Maidenhead

Windsor

Student Travel Scholarship

Each year local sixth forms are invited to make a submission to be considered for the Annual Scholarship Award for Gap Year Travel. This year £250 was given to a pupil from St Bernard’s Convent who will be travelling to Peru to undertake voluntary work.