16th December 2024
Here's a round-up of our Community Stars awardees for 2024.
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During 2024, our third year of Community Stars, we wanted to give to more local not-for-profit groups doing great work in and around the community. Our Community Stars program donated £12,000 between 40 groups this year, here's how we did...
We held colleague votes to decide the charities that we were going to award funds to:
Marie-Anne Eckersall from Transport for Sick Children said: "Thank you so much Vernon Building Society for your generous donation. As a small charity covering all of Greater Manchester, this will make a big difference, helping our volunteer drivers to support more families who are struggling to attend vital medical appointments for their children".
For the second awarding of the year, we retook a colleague vote to decide which local not-for-profits would receive a share of £4,000:
A spokesperson for Reddish Men in Sheds said: "To be recognised and awarded funding helps to boost our morale as a group. The older population, especially those experiencing isolation, can feel 'unseen' in today's society and awards such as this go a long way to undoing that perception. We are incredibly grateful to the Vernon Building Society 'Community Stars Scheme' for supporting us and acknowledging the great work we do in our local community."
Continuing with our colleague votes to decide who is being awarded funds, we awarded our third set of Community Stars funding:
A spokesperson from Forward CIC said: "Thank you so much to Vernon Building Society Community Stars for awarding us £100!! We have recently started doing crafting sessions at our Saturday morning coffee and discussion group "Spill The T" and they are one of the most popular activities we've done so far! We're all about connecting members of the LGBTQIA+ community in Stockport using the 5 Ways to Wellbeing and crafting covers 4 of them! We've also seen that while people are focused on an activity, it breaks down barriers and encourages open and honest discussions about issues that are important to us. With your generosity, we can purchase more materials to keep these sessions going."
As we head into the new year, we plan to keep Community Stars running alongside the new Vernon Charitable Foundation. Keep your eyes peeled for exciting announcements in the new year to hear about applications and what is coming next.