Our In the Community scheme is currently online!
This initiative enables our members to decide how £500 is divided between two worthy local charities each quarter.
Simply click on the vote button on your preferred charity below:
Mencap (Leicester) https://www.mencap.org.uk/what-we-do
Mencap was founded in 1946 with a vision for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. Through campaigning for the appropriate funding for social care, housing for individuals as opposed to life in a mental institution, access to healthcare, employment and safeguarding from bullying, their aim is to continue to ensure that people with a learning disability have the same rights as everyone else and are treated equally in society.
Charity number 218274
FOCUS https://www.focus-charity.co.uk/what-we-do-who-we-are/
FOCUS has been inspiring young people aged 13- 25 years to make positive changes in their lives and in their communities for over 30 years. They offer a safe environment where young people can take part in projects to gain employability and life skills, as well as confidence and self-esteem. FOCUS have an open-door policy to give young people someone to talk to and somewhere to go, regardless of their circumstances.
Charity number 1068467