Pictured above: Pertemps People Development Group's Paula
Daly (left) joins Sue Pettigrew (right), Foundation learning tutor,
and Foundation Learning learners Fredica Miles and Lee
Gold
Young Coventry learners who are being helped into work by an
employment and training company showed amazing enterprise and
innovation as they raised funds for a local hospice by taking part
in a special challenge.
Foundation Learning clients of Pertemps People Development Group
(PPDG) raised £1,291 by taking part in the AJ Lloyd
Take50Challenge in aid of Myton Hospice. PPDG agreed to boost the
funds, ensuring the hospice receives a total donation of
£1,500.
The A J Lloyd Take50Challenge saw companies from across Coventry
and Warwickshire take part in a 50-day competition to raise money
for the hospice. It saw 10 PPDG learners, aged 16 to 18, come up
with various creative fundraising ideas.
Each team started with £50 and had to turn it into
£1,000 in 50 days. The youngsters dreamed up an incredible 34
different fundraising ideas. One of the ideas was a sponsored walk
around Coombe Abbey which raised £212, and taking part in
Coventry Fun Run which raised £45. An auction collected a
further £216, while a hamper raffle £79.
Fredica Miles, aged 18, from Coventry, was one of the young
learners who particularly excelled in the fundraising and also
volunteered to work at the Myton Hospice Shop in Bell Green for a
month.
She said: "It is such a worthwhile cause that when I was taking
part in the fundraising it inspired me to want to do even more for
Myton Hospice so I decided to carry out a few hours of voluntary
work per week in the hospice shop which I really enjoyed. The
challenge was really fun as we all came up with some great
fundraising ideas which helped us to exceed our target. I think we
all got a lot out of the challenge as it motivated us to work
together and come up with ideas to raise money for such a wonderful
cause."
Debbie Jones, multifunctional trainer at PPDG, said: "The group
were highly motivated and worked so well together during the
duration of the challenge. All of the learners are unique in their
own. They came up with so many great fundraising ideas and the
amount they raised was just brilliant. They had great fun working
together to raise such a fantastic amount of money for such a
worthwhile cause."
Hannah Morris, corporate fundraising development manager at
Myton Hospice, added: "We are delighted with the support our teams
have shown over the course of the A J Lloyd Take50Challenge. I
would like to say a big thank you to Pertemps People Development
Group who held a huge range of fundraising activities over the 50
days that involved staff and young people. The Myton hospices have
to raise £6.7 million each year and we couldn't do it without
the support of the local community and businesses such as
PPDG."
PPDG's team of employment experts provides advice on benefits,
confidence building, one-to-one support, CV and interview
preparation as well as finding the right job or training course. In
partnership with DWP, the Ministry of Justice and Jobcentre Plus,
PPDG delivers a diverse range of employment and training
initiatives including and many programmes financed by the European
Social Fund. PPDG came fourth in The Sunday Times Best Companies to
Work For 2011.
For more information about Pertemps People Development Group,
please visit their website here: www.ppdg.co.uk