Our campaign has been really busy over the last couple of months. We have attended various events, been fundraising and working in partnership with local organisations to get them to make pieces of bunting for our world record attempt.
Here are some of our highlights…
Give and Gain day
On Friday 18 May Lloyds Banking Group came into The Mount as part of their Give and Gain Day activities. They spent time with some of the people who use our services to get them involved in gardening, baking, singing and bunting making. Emma Thornley from their Leeds Head Office said “Everyone is still buzzing from Friday and it's been great to tell so many stories. The staff and service users made our staff feel very welcome”. They also got involved with the bunting making at the Leeds Head office, where 126 pieces were made for our world record attempt.
Blogs
Two people who are involved in our What’s your Goal? campaign have written blogs for us. The first is Sally Ann. Sally Ann has set herself a goal to improve her physical fitness to see what effect it has on her mental health and wellbeing. Sally Ann’s blog is a journey through her progress, looking at the highs and the lows and tracking how our campaign is helping her achieve her personal goal. Huw Grove is one of our campaign sponsors and owner of The Learning Grove. Huw works with organisations to help them understand what results they want to achieve and how they can reach them. Huw has written a blog for us which includes 10 top tips for achieving one of your goals. Details of the web links to both blogs can be found here:
To view Sally Ann’s blog please click here
To view Huw’s blog please click here
Zumbathon
Over 50 individuals took part in our Zumbathon, which took place at Northern Ballet in Leeds, with a huge amount of cash being raised for our charitable funds. All attendees participated in various zumba routines which totalled a massive three hour fitness session. So far we have managed to raise over £1,100, with more money from sponsorship still on its way to us.
All of the money raised will go towards healthy living equipment for people who use our services. The Zumbathon couldn’t have taken place without the very kind individuals and instructors who geneourously donated their time and energy to come along and take part in this event for us. We have spoken to a few individuals after the event and here is what one of them said “The Zumbathon was brilliant, I really enjoyed myself and it’s great to know that I’ve helped to raise money for such a worthwhile cause, just by donating a few hours of my time!”
NHS Airedale, Bradford and Leeds support our campaign
All of the employees at North West House have been getting involved in our campaign, setting themselves a goal and representing it on a piece of bunting. We are very grateful to them for their support and commitment in encouraging staff to talk about mental health and wellbeing.
Walk the York walls
Wednesday 23 May saw our Walk the Walls event take place in York. Over 30 people took part and it was a great mixture of staff, members of the public and people who use our services. We received some great feedback with many people happy that our event encouraged them to get some exercise, which helped their wellbeing.
Bunting
We are delighted to announce that so far we have had over 2,800 pieces of bunting made for our world record attempt. It’s great to see so many local people, groups and organisations get involved with our campaign. There has been some really inspirational goals set by people, some of which include:
- Get a job as a history teacher
- Stop smoking
- Take part in the London marathon
- To live life to the full
- Go to the gym three times a week
- Eat a piece of fruit each day
- Complete three Zumbathons in 2012
- Always try harder
- Start playing sport again
- Do more of the things that I enjoy.
There has been lots of other exciting activities taking place within our campaign. If you’re interested in finding out more information and becoming involved with our What’s your Goal? campaign or with our bunting world record attempt, please contact us via email at: fundraising.lypft@nhs.net .
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