Charity News

The Trustees of The TUUT Charitable Trust approved a £50,000 donation for The Mental Health Foundation for their UOK? Project. The project trains Peer Educators (aged 19-22) to provide preventative mental health support to students, going from college or sixth form to university through informative mental health and wellbeing workshops. Student mental health and anxiety is a significant problem across the UK. Increased workload, living independently away from existing support networks, managing their own money, making new friends, figuring out who they are, lots of change at one time which can be overwhelming. For information about the Mental Health Foundation go to www.mentalhealth.org.uk.

The charity Education and Employers helps state school teachers develop approaches that raise student aspirations and attainment. Its Primary Futures programme has been developed in partnership with the National Association of Head Teachers who supported this application for funding. Research has shown that the patterns of jobs chosen by seven-year-olds mirror those selected by 17-year olds and that gender stereotyping starts at a young age. Primary Futures uses volunteer role models who children can identify with to share their work life with the students in real time and virtually. The TUUT Charitable Trust £25,000 Donation. For more information about the work of Education & Employers go to www.educationandemployers.org.

A home visit from Hospice staff Covid 19 meant the suspension of routine respite visits (though emergency admissions, symptom control/medical procedures and end-of-life care continued). Many families found it incredibly difficult to cope as their normal care packages fell away. For the first time it became necessary to take care out into the community. Families appreciated this move, which now necessitates a new co-ordinator to ensure this outreach work is safe, blends with in-hospice provision and runs smoothly for staff and families. The TUUT Charitable Trust £10,000 Donation has helped the Hospice reach their £75,000 target.