Cherish aims to bring love, care and concern in the critical period of breakdown in families. From 1991 until 2004 the Cherish Fund was active in supporting many families in Nottinghamshire, particularly in Mansfield. 

In recent years these projects or our connection with them has stopped, often due to the key contacts moving on in location or the stage of their life and activity.  This page outlines some of the things we were involved with in the past.  If we come across similar projects in the future we would like to consider supporting them, so feel free to contact us with any suggestions you may have!

Practical Help

At times of a crisis Cherish provided household items at prices affordable to the person in need to help them establish a new home.  In desperate cases food, clothing and Christmas presents could be given. Understandably at such times we tended to be dealing with a single parent and child (or children) and the support given was only short term.

Charity shop and Community Regeneration
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.

Annual Outing for Deprived Children

Another service provided by Cherish was an annual day outing. This gave deprived families in Mansfield an opportunity for a short break which would prove very costly for them. 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. was provided courtesy of the local pub landlord and Bannatyne Sport Club.

We'd like to run more trips like this - would anyone like to help us?

Latest News from the projects

• The trustees decided to close the charity shop at the end of 2004. It had been a key focal point for local people to access Cherish and provided a valuable service to the community. However, we felt it had run it's course and it was time to move on to new activities for fundraising (hence the website!).
• We would like to run more outings in future, perhaps renewing trips which once took place with children and families from St Ann's Phase 10, Nottingham.

Quote

"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor"

Isaiah 61:1a