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Charity to give grants to create sex & relationship education
projects for young people in the Northwest
TERRENCE
Higgins Trust (THT) Young Leaders Project is inviting groups of
young people in the Northwest to apply for small grants to create
and deliver their own sex and relationship education projects. The
grants are to educate their friends and the wider community on
issues relating to sexually transmitted infections, sexual health
and HIV.
The deadline for submissions is Friday 29 February
2008.
THT is looking for 13 to 19 year olds in the Northwest to get
involved. The region has a board of 12 young people who work on the
grant giving scheme and will allocate the funds for sex and
relationship education (SRE) projects. The aim is for young people
to educate their peers so all the projects funded will be created
and run by other teenagers.
Gareth Davies, Young Leaders Project Manager at Terrence Higgins
Trust (THT) said:- “We are inviting young people to come up
with innovative and creative ideas about how to educate their
friends. If we like your idea then we’ll give you some money to put
it into practice.
The deadline is fast approaching so if you want to
make an application all you need to do is get together with your
youth club, school or other organisation to develop and submit the
idea.”
Gareth adds:-
“The UK has the worst sexual health in Western Europe so the Young
Leaders project which is run by young people, for young people, aims
to make a real difference.
This is a chance for young people to
shape the way their peers learn about sex and relationships, which
is a major part of everyone's life. If you’re interested in getting
involved, please download an application pack and find out what it’s
all about!"
The sex and relationships education (known as SRE) projects can
involve any or all of the following issues:-
* Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
* Your rights in a relationship
* Contraception
* Sexuality
* Safer sex and risk taking
* The media influence on sex and relationships
* Managing emotional relationships
* HIV infection
As well as increasing knowledge on sexual health, the project will
help young people develop the skills to make informed and healthy
decisions around relationships and sex. It will also build their
vocational and project management skills.
For further information, and to download an application form and
guidance notes please visit:-
www.tht.org.uk/youknowyou. |
KFC
IN SOUTHPORT RAISES £380 FOR THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
KFC in
Southport raised £380 during World Hunger Relief Week through staff
fundraising and customer donations. Throughout the week in October
and in the weeks that followed, staff organised soft toy raffles and
sponsored carwashes to raise funds for the United Nation’s World
Food Programme. The money raised will allow the WFP to buy more than
3,000 meals for impoverished people in some of the world’s poorest
countries.
Yum!, the parent company of KFC and Pizza Hut in the UK and Ireland,
with 35,000 stores worldwide, partnered with the United Nations’
World Food Programme (WFP) to create the inaugural World Hunger
Relief Week, 14 October 2007 to 20 October 2007. Fundraising activities were
organised across the country. In some areas the campaign was so
successful that staff and customers continued to donate money during
the following months. KFC staff nationwide raised more than
£350,000, enabling the WFP to provide a meal for 3.6million people,
while Yum! Brands internationally raised between $12 to $15 million
worldwide.
Staff at Southport raised most of the money by organising events to
raise awareness of hunger as a global issue and the work carried out
by the World Food Programme. Family and friends, along with local
residents were invited to attend events, purchase raffle tickets or
donate funds for the drive thru car wash. Customers were also
encouraged to add a 5p donation on to their purchase when visiting
the restaurant. Many staff also donated an hour’s wages or forfeited
their company meal with the cost going towards WHRW.
Greg Milne, Area Manager says:- “I am very proud of my team
who really got behind this campaign and raised such a large amount
for a worthy cause. It was heartening to see team members, their
family and friends as well as members of the local community come
together to support World Hunger Relief Week. I would like to thank
all those involved who gave their time, support and donated money so
generously.”
Martin Shuker, CEO of KFC UK says:- “The success of the
fundraising campaign was only made possible through the hard work
and support of our employees nationwide. Their enthusiasm in
organising an assortment of charitable events all over the country
meant we were able to raise a tremendous amount for the UN’s World
Food Programme as well as raise awareness of the issue of hunger.”
Yum! covered the WFP administration costs so every donation went
directly to feeding the hungry. World Food Programme officials said
some of the money raised will go toward the agency’s most critical
needs in preventing starvation in some of the world’s most desperate
places. Recipients will include those left displaced and hungry by
the devastation from a cyclone in Bangladesh, an earthquake in Peru
and events in Somalia.
With over 40,000 employees in the UK and one million across the
whole of the Yum! network, this was the largest employee
mobilisation programme of its kind and due to its success, Yum!
plans to make World Hunger Relief Week an annual event every
October. |
