Chalky self portraits in aid of children’s mental health charities in Thanet.
The Chalk Walk project funds help for families and individuals in heightened vulnerability over the COVID-19 lockdown and beyond.
#CHALKWALKUK
Whilst on a daily walk with your little ones, enjoy creating together an outline of them in chalk along with the hashtag #CHALKWALKUK
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Upload any photos to instagram with the hashtag and @chalk.walk.
We will be featuring your chalky designs on our profile page.
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Parents/carers can then make a donation on their behalf for vulnerable children within Thanet’s local neighbourhood.
THE ORGANIZATIONS
Home-Start
Thanet
Home-Start offers early intervention support to parents with young children throughout Thanet. Established in 1987 the charity has delivered bespoke packages of support to local parents juggling the demands of parenting often increased by other issues impacting on family life.
The charity offers a unique service directly into the family's homes, where they get to meet and assess the real issues, and together with the parents design a bespoke package of support which is offered weekly for up to 6 months. Home-Start Thanet also provide one-to-one emotional support to parents requiring more focused support.
Home-Start Thanet will continue to offer support during the Coronavirus crisis. This support will be via the telephone and emails.
Volunteer
Volunteers are urgently needed now for the parent support helpline which has had seen a huge increase of demand. It has already been providing vital help to the vulnerable families affected by the COVID-19 lockdown. Home-Start Thanet hope to keep up the great support especially with the prediction of possible lasting repercussions for these families once the lockdown eases.
Helpline
Tues-Thurs 9.30am-12.30pm
admin@homestartthanet.org.uk
www.homestartthanet.org.uk
BeYou by Porchlight
BeYou are still here to support LGBT+ young people (and parents / carers), but are changing the way this happens.
Support will be carried out over the phone or online instead of meeting face-to-face. Weekly BeYou meet-ups are not currently being held, but they are looking into ways to carry these out online. DETAILS TO FOLLOW SHORTLY.
BeYou understand that LGBT+ young people can experience feelings of isolation at the best of times, so we’re doing what we can to ensure they feel connected, supported and part of the community.
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BeYou run a weekly meet-up in Thanet. These are safe spaces that anyone who thinks they might be LGBT+ can come along to.
It’s a chance to meet new people who share similar feelings and experiences, socialise and just hang out in a safe and non-judgemental setting.
When?What time?Where?
Every Wednesday 6.30pm – 8pm
Dreamland, Marine Terrace, Margate, CT9 1XJ
You must identify as LGBT+ and be aged 13-18 to attend OUT Margate sessions. If you are under 14, you must be accompanied by an adult.
This group is run in partnership with OUT Margate – you can read more about OUT Margate here.
To find out more about this group, or any of Porchlight’s groups across Kent, please email beyou@porchlight.org.uk.
Cliftonville Community Centre
We Stand Together club is run by the Cliftonville Community Centre, and is just one of the many community outreach groups they provide.
The family club supports children and carers of the local Czech and Slovak communities. Often providing a meal and the space to talk about their worries affecting the family home life regarding debt, housing issues, racism and hate crime, The Centre also invites the services in such as social workers, police and firefighters in civilian clothing for informal talks. They also run health and wellbeing family days, rounders on the beach, international food celebrations and healthy cooking classes.
Over this time of COVID-19 the centre has had to close their doors to the We Stand Together club and the other groups. However they are working hard remotely to help in any way they can via phone calls and emails. These forms of contact are often to help with administrative support, and translation as the computers with internet access in the centre are now not available to the community.
Whilst the centre is closed they are handing out food vouchers at the back of St Paul’s Church, St Pauls Road Margate, Kent 10.30am - 12pm Mon, Tues & Thurs.
Donate
If you would like to donate food, handmade face masks, clothing for children and adults please text or email the above details.
Volunteer
Cliftonville Community Centre is urgently looking for volunteer help in this time of COVID-19 and beyond. Extra volunteers would be able to increase vital remote support and can go on to help with forming a new future for the We Stand Together club and provide extra hands for their weekly outreach The Centre for Holistic Welfare.
When reopen The Centre for Holistic Welfare hours are :
Mon, Wed, Fri 9.30am - 3.30pm
Thurs 9.30am - 1pm volunteers are out and about within the community checking in with residents.
Any volunteered time would be a great help.
Contact
Mon, Tues & Thurs 10.30am - 12pm
01843 221 913
cliftonvillecom@gmail.com
Ayaan Bulale
Ayaan is Activities and Event Manager at Open School East, Margate. During this time of COVID-19 lockdown, Ayaan has been activity translating and form filling to provide vital help to vulnerable migrant families in Cliftonville who are without access to the internet or smart devices.
Strictly observing social distancing guidelines, Ayaan has been carrying out her work behind a custom made DIY perspex shield to connect families with the emergency aid they need.
Donate
Donations accepted in the form of handmade face masks, food parcels, children’s clothes, nappies, baby food, old smart phones or tablets,
CHALK WALK are donating funds raised to help Ayaan carry out her incredible work case by case.
Volunteer
Volunteering help with admin support, translating and delivering aid parcels would be greatly appreciated.
For gifting physical donations and volunteering or if you know of anyone in need of help please email :
ayaanb@gmail.com