Cherish aims to bring love, care and concern in the critical period of breakdown in families. In desperate cases food, clothing and Christmas presents can be given. Understandably at such times we tend to be dealing with a single parent and child (or children) and the support given is short term only.
Until November 2004 Cherish had a charity shop on Ratcliffe Gate in Mansfield. The shop helped the local community both materially and as a Christian witness. The volunteers played an important role in running the shop and ministering to the local community.
Cherish helped to pioneer work in St Anns Phase Ten, then the most deprived area of Nottingham. The subsequent regeneration project, which is chaired by our chairman, Richard Clark, has been nominated for three national awards in four years, and was voted Best Regeneration Project in the UK in 2001.
Practical Help
At times of a crisis Cherish can provide household items at prices affordable to the person in need to help them establish a new home. Another service provided by Cherish is an annual day outing. This gives deprived families in Mansfield an opportunity for a short break which would prove very costly for them.
Annual Outing for Deprived Children
This comprised a walk from Ambergate to Matlock bath and then a train ride to Matlock where the children had a great time playing in the park run with Glenn Ryder coaches - an excellent day was had by all Pop etc. courtesy of pub landlord and Bannatyne Sport Club.
We'd like to run more trips like this: would anyone like to help us? |
