We don’t want cost to be a barrier for any person who may have fallen on hard times. We want to do all we can to reach out to those keen to create new opportunities for themselves.
We are very grateful for your support in helping us achieve our mission. Giving people the chance to re-enter education, training and employment and realise their full potential.
“I’m slowly building my life again and this course has made me more positive and confident. I suffer from anxiety and it’s been good to force myself to move out of my comfort zone. The course has pushed and motivated me.”
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Donna. October 2019
“The best bit about the course is learning what I can do but also having fun. It’s been a good laugh but with serious bits.
It’s been great to learn that I have different skills and that I can improve; and how to go about that. I help at my church little toddler group and serve teas and coffees and am part of the welcome committee.
I’ve been unemployed for 15 years. I used to work in catering and then had children, now aged 13 and 15, and then I looked after my dad. I’m looking for work now - maybe as a barista but not making food as I have arthritis in my hands, and it’s hard to pick up a knife and use it.”
Donations
We very much welcome donations of any kind, from one-off gifts or regular monthly payments. You can donate securely online through our Justgiving page, or by cheque payable to Safe New Futures at Safe New Futures, Voluntary Action Centre. Kingsland Square, St Mary Street, Southampton SO14 1NW
Fundraising for Safe New Futures
Fundraising with friends, family or colleagues is a great way to help others who are less fortunate than yourself. Whether you are keen to run a marathon, take on the Three Peaks Challenge, organise a cake sale or do any number of fun and engaging fundraising activities we are keen to support you and do all we can to make your activity a success. Ring us on now to talk about your ideas and register for a free fundraising pack.
Corporate Support
We work with a range of businesses to help raise the aspirations of young people and adults. If you are a company that is interested in helping others get into employment or if you have good connections to any local business as an employer, staff-member, customer or supplier, please talk to us about how we could work with you in any number of different ways including:
- Nominating Safe New Futures as your Charity of the Year
- Payroll giving
- Holding your own fundraising event
- In kind support
- Volunteering for Safe New Futures
Legacies and Gifts in Memory
If you would like to remember Safe New Futures in your will, we would be delighted to hear from you. It is a good idea for everyone, whatever their age or state of health, to have made a will. A bequest to Safe New Futures ensures that you leave behind a meaningful contribution to the well-being of others. Equally, if you have lost a loved one, a donation to Safe New Futures is a very fitting way to honour their memory: funeral collections, a birthday or anniversary gift mean that you can commemorate their life through helping others.
Trusts and Foundations
Trusts and foundations play a vital role in helping us build a fairer society where people from all backgrounds can succeed. Our long-term relationships with our partner organisations mean our programmes can address the root causes of poverty.
We provide a bespoke service to all our trusts and will keep you fully informed of how your gift is transforming lives with regular updates. We love to have visits from trusts so you can see for yourselves the impact of your grant and how you are helping to transform lives.
If you have specific areas of interest, we would be delighted to work closely with you to find the best match for your support. We particularly welcome unrestricted grants, which are invaluable to our work and mean we can respond swiftly wherever the need is greatest.
To discuss your ideas for supporting us or to simply hear more about our projects, please get in touch with our dedicated fundraiser Shirley Smith on 02380 216010 or email shirley.smith@safe.org.uk
“In the future I hope to keep believing in what I’ve learnt so that I’ll be able to do more, rather than just thinking a lot. I want to ‘feel the fear and do it anyway’. I’ve got an IT course coming up, the next one up from the basic one I did previously. I hope to go into some kind of admin work after this.”
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Lee (age 59), Course started July 2019
“I think this is a really good course. I’ve been on a course before about confidence-building but couldn’t see the purpose of it at the end. This is entirely different - much more encouraging. It has made me feel I’m not alone. I found the ABC theory and the push/push back exercise most helpful. I really appreciated the fact that we wrote course guidelines at the beginning. It made me feel more at ease as I looked at it throughout the course.
The course was suggested to me by Wheatsheaf and I was attracted by the fact that it was about building confidence. I think that now, as a result, I’m already taking baby steps towards becoming a more confident person.
I really appreciate the fact that our trainer has said we can keep in touch with him for at least six months. I recognise that this could be really helpful as people can get help on an individual basis.”