Stone Community Hub raised over £20,000 through its crowdfunding campaign to make sure that its vital services for the town can continue.
Donations from individuals, businesses and charities across the made sure the campaign was a huge success – and manager Karen Wardell and the trustees have said a big thank you to everyone for their support.
Trustee Ian Fordham said: “The people of Stone have been incredibly supportive. Their generosity has ensured that we have the funds to keep ‘The Hub’ open at least until Christmas. The Trustees and staff now have the breathing space to put in place activity to ensure that ‘The Hub’ is financially viable in the long term.”
Manager Karen Wardell added: “We are delighted with this result. In fact, we have been overwhelmed by the generosity of the people of Stone who clearly value the services that we provide to those in need.”
Being open for the next nine months will allow the Hub to continue to provide support to local people. It can now continue to offer help to people seeking work, debt management advice, health and wellbeing sessions, a drop in café, emergency food parcels and its successful Youth Café.
Starting on Monday 13th April the new opening times will be:
Drop in Cafe
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday – 10am to 1pm
Health & Wellbeing (Body4Life & Mind in Action)
Tuesday – 1pm to 3pm
Job Club (at Stone library)
1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month – 12pm to 3pm
Youth Café
Tuesday – 6pm to 9pm
Sunday – 2pm to 5pm
2 comments
Foamy Media
wow thats a fantastic achievement! so amazing that courses like this can raise large amounts of money from local people and strangers! #freemoney! keep it up
Jamie Summerfield
It’s a wonderful achievement! But it’s not free money! Crowdfunding campaigns take a huge amount of hard work – and lots of generosity from supporters 🙂