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Here are this week's heroes...
Deposit Protection Service: Charities that received £20,000 in funding from the DPS have announced how the money is helping combat homelessness and support those in need.
It's now been more than six months since the first round of donations from the DPS saw The Homesavers Charity receive £7,500, The 700 Club receive £7,500 and The Sanctuary Trust receive £5,000.
Funding from the DPS has ensured that The 700 Club in Darlington can help more vulnerable clients gain a tenancy in the private rental sector, particularly the more chaotic ones, and be supported in sustaining it.
In Merseyside, The Homes avers Charity has helped families gain access to private housing and save for their own deposits, including a Liverpool woman given just 28 days to leave her property, ensuring her son no longer had to move schools.
And homeless men in Rochdale cooked a festive feast for managers at the Sanctuary Trust over Christmas after the DPS's donation paid for personal development training and recreational activities, including cooking classes.
Kevin Firth, Director of The Deposit Protection Service, says: We've been working in the housing sector for seven years, during which we've protected over a million deposits, and The Deposit Protection Service's Charity Donations Fund is designed to give something back to the communities in which we work.
The DPS decides on new awards from the Fund quarterly, and applications for the next round of donations close on March 31.
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Scope: Six members of the Mishon Mackay team in Brighton have run in the town's half marathon, raising £2,000 for Scope - some 200 per cent of their target.
All donations are being matched by the company so it's not too late to chip in - https://www.justgiving.com/Mishon-Mackay1
Timings ranged from 1 hour 41 minutes to 2 hours 20 minutes and the heroic team consisted of director Marc Cox, Damien Dunford, Chris Pearson, Jay Melton- Ball, George Wayne and Mary Jayne Atkins.
Well done!
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Just Be A Child: Hitchin based online estate agent Hatched is to sponsor Steve McAlinden from Stevenage this month, fundraising for local charity Just Be A Child, which supports young people in the UK and in Kenya. Nominated by a friend, Steve is the latest benefactor of Hatched's monthly sponsorship of individual fundraisers.
Steve will embark upon a series of personal challenges over the coming months, each with its own individual fundraising target. First up, at £500, is facing his fears by getting snug with a snake, followed by a £1,000 target for tackling his terror of tarantulas. At £2,500, a paraglide will hopefully help him outfly' his fear of heights, whilst at £4,000, standing up to a skydive will reap the biggest rewards for Steve's chosen charity.
Adam Day, managing director of Hatched, says: Our national reach has meant that we have been able to sponsor charities all over the UK in recent months, which is as rewarding for us as it is for those we sponsor. To donate to a charity local to our headquarters in Hitchin is especially exciting for us and we just hope Steve manages to overcome some of his fears whilst also raising these all-important funds for a very worthy cause.
To sponsor Steve or to nominate a fundraiser for next month, visit Hatched's blog: www.hatched.co.uk/blog.
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Help For Heroes: Here's a message from Andrew Jenkins, general managr at Diamonds Estate Agents in Wales.
We are raising money for Help for Heroes this year and aim to hit our target of £3,000 by January 2016. Our first event is our team's climb of Pen Y Fan in the Brecon Beacons which is the highest peak in South Wales. We have raised over £400 already and donations can be made via our Just Giving page:
Good luck!
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