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British Red Cross
Call of help from our link charity British Red Cross

Call of help from our link charity British Red Cross

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Hi I’m Esme Smithson from the British Red Cross and I’m reaching out to ask if SI Milton Keynes and friends could support the British Red Cross and our response to the Covid-19 crisis by getting involved in some of the fun activities we are doing online? We’re currently supporting the most vulnerable people within the community; we’re delivering food parcels and helping people financially impacted by the crisis through our Hardship Fund. Many people have needed our support over the past few weeks and we know this need will only increase in the coming weeks and months.  Why we need your support: It just isn’t safe to run our face to face fundraising activities right now so like many other charities, we are working hard to raise vital funds through online fundraising activities so we can meet the need for support at this time. 

SI MK members took part in writing Postcards of Hope for people with learning difficulties at MK Snap
Postcards for Hope Campaign

Postcards for Hope Campaign

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  Social isolation and loneliness can have a huge impact on mental health during a crisis like Covid-19.  Can you help MK Snap (Special Needs Advancement Project) keep in touch with over 140 local people with learning disabilities and complex needs? Just write a positive message on a postcard and post it to us at MK Snap, 20 Bourton Low, Walnut Tree, MK7 7DE and we will share it to make someone’s day!  We can’t do this without your help; so please take a minute to show someone you care and in return we will keep you posted! #Postcardsof hope #RandomActsofKindness For more details see MK Snaps website and social media. https://mksnap.org/

Unused toiletries for our Linked Charities
SOS Collections

SOS Collections

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The MK branch of Soroptimist International is collecting toiletry items for our SOS packs for vulnerable people, especially women and girls.  We are working in partnership with “The Women’s Refuge”, “YMCA”, and “The Red Cross”. Between Jan and October 2019 we donated £1,600.00 in toiletries for these charities. Please donate any new and unused toiletries: Soap    Shower Gel     Toothpaste and Toothbrushes      Deodorant    Combs Sanitary Products       Hand and Body Cream                   Perfume Collection bins are available at various locations around the Borough in some churches, chemists and village halls or the items can be collected if you phone on – 0791 3803289. Collection venues include –   Whaddon Medical Centre, Tweed Drive; Redhouse Surgeries; City Church; Newport Parnell Baptist church; churches in Hanslope and Castlethorpe. Many thanks for your help and please keep

Sewathon 2019 to raise funds for a room at the YMCA
Project 2019 – Sponsoring a room at the new YMCA facility

Project 2019 – Sponsoring a room at the new YMCA facility

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Each year we focus on one main project and for 2019 we decided to set ourselves a target to raise £2,500 to help furnish a room in the new YMCA facility being built in central Milton Keynes. During 2019 a number of events were planned to raise funds and promote SIMK; These included a Sewathon, held on 27 April, when volunteer patch workers, from across MK were sponsored by family and friends to make a king size quilt and two single quilts in a day!  The magnificent king size quilt, in YMCA colours, was then raffled over the summer to add to the total raised, which was approximately £1,600.00.  When staff at the YMCA saw the single quilts, destined for two lucky residents, they asked if it would be possible for us to make a further twenty eight quilts so that every new resident coming

Milton Keynes Domestic Violence Intervention Service
Victims of Domestic Abuse have MK Act to turn to during Covid-19 lockdown

Victims of Domestic Abuse have MK Act to turn to during Covid-19 lockdown

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Victims of domestic abuse in Milton Keynes have MK Act to turn to if they feel trapped at home with their abuser during the coronavirus lockdown. MK Council supports services from MK Act, managed by the city’s Women’s Aid group, who have a crisis service helpline where people can turn to for help.   Contact can be made via either: The MK Act Crisis Service helpline number is 0344 375 4307 (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) or the National Domestic Violence Helpline, which is open 24 hours on  0800 2000 247 For victims of domestic abuse, the coronavirus pandemic can be an especially frightening time.  They may be very worried about self-isolating with someone who is harming them. It’s important that family, friends and neighbours with any concerns about a loved one should keep in contact with them. In Oct 2018, MK Council completed a need