Bridges Project Christmas Appeal 2024

Description

We are the 'Bridges Project’, based in Musselburgh, and offering Youth Work services for young people aged 12-25 across East and Midlothian. We provide a holistic, person-centred service that wraps around young people to meet their needs. The young people we help are often experiencing family poverty, school attendance issues or struggles with their physical or mental health.

Christmas Appeal!! We work with young people one-on-one and in groups, and a group work session starts on December 4th.  We would like support in purchasing materials and ingredients for Christmas arts and crafts and cooking groups we will be running with young people at Bridges Project in the lead-up to Christmas.

All the young people we support through the Christmas groups are aged 12-18 and experience one or more forms of disadvantage. Many young people are socially isolated, anxious and vulnerable and the groups offer them an opportunity to meet peers in a safe, relaxed and non-judgmental space, while also providing them with vital life and social skills. Our Christmas cooking groups are a particular highlight, with many young people experiencing having a proper Christmas meal for the very first time.

 

 

Any donations would help us purchase vital Christmas-themed materials and ingredients, which would enhance the experience of the vulnerable young people attending our Christmas group activities.

A rough breakdown of the costs is as follows: Christmas baking ingredients (for festive sugar cookies and Christmas tree cupcakes): £44. Arts and crafts materials (for festive candle making, bauble making, Christmas wreath making, Christmas cards and decorations making): £194

The easiest way to donate is via bank transfer to our account, but we would also be delighted to receive an Amazon Gift Card for the crafts and a Supermarket Voucher for baking.

Donations are required by early December 2024