August 2022

We are delighted to announce that one of our service support volunteers here at the Foundation – Charles Callaway has passed his recent Care course with flying colours. 

Working with our Foundation partner Nurture Training and Development who kindly facilitated and delivered the course, Charles has successfully completed a Level 2 Diploma in Care. The qualification was created bespoke, to compliment the services offered by The Standing Tall Foundation, to ensure that Charles developed into his role to provide the skills needed to support people accessing our service.

The course was scheduled over 12 months and consisted of the following units:

Charles was so keen and enthusiastic in his learning, that he managed to complete the course in just 12 months! Massive congratulations to him, we are extremely proud of all his hard work.

Debbie Richards, MD at Nurture Training and Development said:

info@standingtallfoundation.org.uk

We are delighted to announce the Finalist shortlist for our upcoming Gala Dinner and Awards night on the 15th September. Massive congratulations to all those nominated! 

This is the Premier event of the year for the Foundation, in the form of a Gala dinner and Awards Ceremony. This is our way of saying thanks to our partners for their support by presenting awards to recognise this. We will announce the winner of the prestigious Standing Tall Award. This is presented to the Foundation Partner who has made the biggest impact on the people we support. Not necessarily financial, though this is of course crucially important, but in terms of helping the Foundation support our user group.

It doesn’t stop there though, because we have a number of other awards to hand out on the night, all listed below, to recognise the input of organisations that go beyond the pale in supporting us to do what we do. In addition to this, the event will allow to us to raise vital funds to continue the work we do and deliver our Mental Health, Addiction Support and intervention services and support Andy’s epic Kilimanjaro challenge at the end of September.

There will be a drinks reception, 3 course dinner, awards ceremony, silent auction, and musical entertainment. All rounded off with a fantastic DJ! We want you to get dressed up, eat some amazing food, be entertained, and then dance your socks off, while we all celebrate your amazing support of the Standing Tall Foundation.

List of Finalists as follows:

STANDING TALL AWARD

Nominees

Cash Converters

Muse

Morson

Aesseal

TECH/DESIGN AWARD

Nominees

Paramount Digital

Brother

Vinyl Line

Cultivate

Jamie Moxon

ARMED FORCES AWARD

Nominees

Emma Willis

KH Plant Hire

Menzies Distribution

SOCIAL IMPACT & COMMUNITY AWARD

Nominees

Auxesia Homes

Chorley Group Nissan

Nurture Training & Development

Progress Group

Totally Wicked

LOCAL SERVICES AWARD

Nominees

Northwest Waste Services

Accord Wills

Allisons Financial

Steve Caunce

Cosey Homes

If you would like to book a table or tickets, please get in touch with our Marketing and Events Executive Charlie:

charlie@standingtallfoundation.co.uk

For more details, please look on our Events page.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Massive congratulations are in order as on Friday, our Trustee Board member Stuart Brighouse completed the Lakeland 100 Ultra Challenge to raise vital funds for the Foundation.

He completed the epic 105 mile trail race around the Lake District, including over 6300 Metres (20,000 feet) of ascent. The course had to be completed in 40 hours, with the failure rate being a massive 40-50%.

Stu, thankfully defied these odds to complete the challenge, one that he said “was very difficult but is nothing compared to the challenge some people face on a day to day basis. I decided while I was doing this it would be a good idea to raise money for a local charity that helps people face those challenges with the mental health and addiction support services they offer.”

Well done Stu, amazing effort!

We were delighted when the team from the Paul Lavelle Foundation came to visit us last week to present us with a donation from their latest epic challenge.

After the devastating loss of Paul Lavelle in a domestic abuse incident in 2017, friends and family of Paul came together to create The Paul Lavelle Foundation. The Charity was created to raise awareness of male domestic abuse, support male victims and survivors and provide healthy relationship education as a preventative measure.

They have recently completed the Wirral to Le Somme Cycle challenge to raise money for their Foundation, as well as Standing Tall, Alder Hey and Claire House Children’s Hospice, whilst raising awareness of male domestic abuse along the journey. All proceeds are going towards their foundation service team helping abused males and their families.

On June 8th, 50 members of The Paul Lavelle Foundation and their friends, cycled over 4 days to the Battlefields of The Somme in France. This epic journey saw them cycle over 320 miles, choosing the Somme as a place to pay their respects to the fallen, from a war that has touched many people.

Many of the cyclists were close friends of Paul, and are now experienced riders, something that is down to the loss of Paul and the formation of the foundation. This was the first challenge for many of the cyclists, and a lifetime experience of making memories and smiles in Paul’s name.

We are extremely honoured to have been chosen as one of their charities, and extremely grateful to them for their generous donation. They raised over £20,000 in total which is quite simply amazing!

Well done to all those that took part, and we look forward to working with you guys in the future!