As a community interest company, we rely on our community

You may have already read (here) that our voluntary projects are a significant part of what we do, this is because we wholeheartedly believe in accessible support for families and early intervention for children’s mental health, shouldn’t be based on funding.

Below, you can find more information on ways you can currently support the work we do. We are always looking for organisations, businesses and individuals to collaborate with and bring our community projects to life. Whether you can provide a space, a service, sponsorship, volunteers, donations or resources, we would love to hear from you.

We heavily rely on your word of mouth, support and resource donations to keep our community work going. 

 

Winter well-being appeal 2024

Aerial adventures soft Play & Christmas

Our 2nd Winter Well-being Appeal is here, it’s time to raise some vital funds to get families out the door this Winter.

We are asking for:

  • Donations to cover the cost of soft play entry, a coffee and a cake for one adult and child = £5. This will cover entry throughout January & February.

  • Donations towards the Christmas party for the children. We normally include a Christmas Mascot & treats.

  • Donations towards our first Mummy Minds Christmas Event - Adults only. We want to bring some Christmas cheer to families struggling in the financial and mental health crisis.

  • Nominating/referring - Refer someone who would benefit from this appeal?

Whether you can donate vital funds, services or events, please get in touch here.

Winter well-being appeal 2023

Aerial Adventure Soft Play, The Centre Livingston

Last December we ran our first appeal. Our community groups “Mummy Minds,” are targeting social inclusion, well-being and children’s development. When speaking with our families, we learned that many found being at home with children tricky on cold, winter days. We wanted to make sure families got out the house throughout winter, without worrying about the cost.

We asked you to pledge to support our appeal by:

  • Donating - A donation of £4.50 covers:

    1 x child entry to soft play

    1 x adult a hot drink & cake

  • Nominating/referring - Refer someone who would benefit from this appeal?

We raised enough to provide 36 session donations, allowing families who were nominated and/or referred to come to sessions at no extra cost.

Thank you to everyone who donated, shared and interacted with our socials to raise awareness of this campaign.

Summer saviour appeal 2024

SUMMER HOLIDAYS 2024 | MULTIPLE EVENTS

For some families, the summer holidays can cause overwhelm and stress. Activities with a cost are a “luxury” and not a “necessity” for many. We wanted to raise the cost of taking our families on outings & organise a treat for our Mummy Minds.

HOW IT WENT

We held a sponsored walk, a BHLM resource raffle, and families sold football cards for us, with all donations going through a Just Giving Account. We raised £1,160.80(!); here’s how we spent it:

  • 20 children and their caregivers went to Craigies Farm, in South Queensferry. We arranged for them to have lunch, play in the indoor/outdoor area, do fruit picking, meet the animals & get a private talk about them. This also included travel for two families. We sent Five Sisters Zoo vouchers to one of our families who we knew were unable to make any of the events, and when a family had to cancel on this event day, Let’s Rock The Spectrum stepped in to provide a week pass for them.

  • 19 children and their caregivers went to SRUC at Oatridge College for “Ponies & Picnics.” We had an outdoor educator from Kids Gone Wild provide outdoor experiences such as zip lining & hammocks; Lunar Eclipse Equestrian Facilitated Learning provided two ponies for the children to walk and groom; and we provided a picnic.

  • 10 Mummy’s from our Mummy Mind groups went to Panda Ceramics for a “Paint & Sip” experience. We had food delivered & cocktails afterwards.

  • The final treat for our Mummy Minds is with a breathwork facilitator, Lacy McNee at Choose You Yoga.

Thank you to everyone who made these events possible.

We cannot wait to go bigger and better in 2025.

resource donations

As part of our voluntary projects providing 1-1 emotional and cognitive support in schools, we are always looking for resources to help facilitate activities and learning opportunities with our children and young people.