28th June 2018
The Wyre Forest Nightstop and Mediation service will receive a core grant of £6,500 and a year's strategic planning support after winning at the 2018 Weston Charity Awards.
We are currently expanding our services to cover South Worcestershire and this could not have come at a better time.
We are very excited to be offered the opportunity to work with experienced business leaders who will mentor and support us over the next year.
The Wyre Forest Nightstop and Mediation service will receive a core grant of £6,500 and a year's strategic planning support after winning at the 2018 Weston Charity Awards. Almost 200 charities applied for the award which celebrates front-line charities that support the welfare of youth in the North of England, the Midlands and Wales with incomes under 5 million.
Nightstop work with people aged between 16 and 26 who are homeless or risk of homelessness.
There are 20 winning charities in total who will also receive a programme of mentoring from Pilotlight, a group who help strengthen skills of organisations and increase their impact.
Nightstop's CEO Judith Ford said:
"We are delighted to have been selected for a Weston Charity Award. Wyre Forest Nightstop strives to offer young people a quality service, giving them somewhere safe to stay and helping them to resolve family conflict. We are excited at the prospect of working with Weston and Pilotlight and we are very grateful to be given this opportunity to focus on the work we do with the support of partners from the business world."
The Garfield Weston foundation have been supporting front-line charities since 2014 to help institutions in vulnerable areas meet the needs of their beneficiaries.