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December 2011 BUY ME2 CLUB GIFTS THIS CHRISTMAS We always need help raising funds to continue the work we do and this Christmas the Me2 Club has come up with the ideal Christmas gift for the person who has everything! Why not buy them one of our specially created donation gifts that will help keep the work we do keep going next year? Give the gift of Play, Friendship, Inclusion or Adventure to the children we support in the name of a friend or family member and receive a gift certificate to give to them instead. The gifts have been specially crafted to represent the experiences we provide for the children and young people we work with. The Me2 Club Stocking Fillers range from £5 to £50, everybody will receive a certificate and why not add a Me2 Club canvas bag and pen for just £1.50 more For full details please download a leaflet here and an order form here
November 2011 Representatives of the Me2 Club had a lovely afternoon collecting our Queen's award. Thanks to the Children, Volunteeers and Staff met the Duchess of Gloucester and received a Certificate signed by the Queen and a beautiful memorial Crystal.
October 2011: New Activities and Volunteers Coordinator We are really pleased to announce that Joanne Scott has joined the Me2 Club team. Jo will be working alongside Emily and Amy supporting volunteers to support Me2 Club children. Find out all about her in our latest newsletter. Kristina has her baby: Massive congratulations to Kristina and Adam on the birth of their daughter Olive. They have already been in for a visit and we hope we'll see more of them soon!
Me2 Club is recruiting Please find details below of a job vacancy at the Me2 Club: Activities and Volunteers Coordinator £21,500 – £22,500 pa Full time (37hrs/week), regular evening and some weekend work will be required. Closing date for applications: 5pm Monday 29th August 2011 Interviews held: Week commencing 5th September 2011 The Me2 Club is a Wokingham based charity enabling children and young people aged 5 to 19 years old with additional needs to participate in mainstream activities, playing and socialising alongside other children. This is made possible by providing a trained volunteer to offer one to one support. We also run a number of residential trips for these children and volunteers each year. The Me2 Club has an excellent reputation in the area and fulfils a crucial need. The service we provide is constantly in demand and this demand continues to increase. We would like an enthusiastic and committed Activities and Volunteers Coordinator join our team to enable us to expand and develop the charity. The role will include recruiting volunteers, supporting volunteers attending activities with children with additional needs, managing safeguarding procedures, and administration and publicity support. It will also involve being part of the leadership team on residential trips. We are looking a flexible and organised individual, with excellent communication, and experience and understanding of children with additional needs. Experience of working with volunteers would be beneficial. For full job description and an application pack please contact Emily Radford, Me2 Club Projects Manager: info@me2club.org.uk or 0118 969 6369. Please note we cannot accept CVs. Application pack can also be downloaded here: Funded by the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund. Me2 Club is an equal opportunities employer.
19th July 2011: Emily, Amy, Bev (chair of the committee, and parent) and Janine (one of our young volunteers) had a lovely day at a Buckingham Palace Garden Party, celebrating the Me2 Club's Queen's Award. The party was also attended by the Queen and Prince Phillip, Prince Charles and Camilla, Princess Anne, Prince Edward and Sophie and Princess Alexandra! The Me2 team enjoyed walking through the palace, wandering around the gardens, listening to military bands, eating cucumber sandwiches and drinking tea. Even the rain did not spoil this wonderful occasion.
July 2011: We are excited to let you know that the Me2 Club has received a Big Lottery Fund Reaching Communities grant to continue the 2 projects we successfully piloted last year (inclusion training and weekends away). This funding will enable us to employ a full time 3rd member of staff, so will also increase the children we can support. A big thank you to the Big Lottery Fund for their support.
June 2011 You can now donate to the Me2 Club via text message! Just text MECL22 £2 (or £3, £4, £5 or £10) to 70070 to donate - text messages are free so why not donate today.
If you want to know more look at: http://www.justgiving.com/justtextgiving June 2011 We are delighted to announce that the Me2 Club is of the 2011 winners of The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, the MBE for groups of volunteers who work in their local community for 'the benefit of others.
This is a great honour for The Me2 Club and recognises the commitment of our volunteers, and the impact our work has on supporting children, families and activities. A commemorative crystal and a certificate will be presented to us by the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, on behalf of The Queen, and a small group of Me2 Club staff, parents and volunteers will represent the charity. We have received many messages of congratulation - and would like to share with you some thoughts of one of the Queen's representatives that came to meet us when we were nominated for the Award: 'Many congratulations on the Queen's Award. I was delighted to hear you had won it. Me2 ticked every box and it was thoroughly and absolutely deserved. It was hugely interesting to come to see you all, and I am really thrilled. I do hope that you and all your volunteers will take great pride in it. The Queen once said (in a documentary) that everyone needs a pat on the back from time to time. This is it'. A massive well done and thank you to all our volunteers - without you the work we do wouldn't be possible.
May 2011 On 15th May a team of 8 superheroes flew round Regents park all raising much needed funds for the Me2 Club. Superman, superwoman, batman, batgirl, catwoman and even super dog took part in the 5km fun run, A massive well done and thank you to all involved.
April 2011 Me2 Club is now an incorporated Charity. This will not change our day to day activities, but slightly changes some of our management and reporting procedures. As we are now a registered charitable company limited by guarantee we have a new charity number, and also a company number. Charity number: 1140812 Company number: 7557636 March 2011 Reading Half marathon Massive congratulations to Amy, Sam, Gary and Camilla who ran the reading half marathon raising money for the Me2 Club. Along with Tom who unfortunately had to pull out due to injury, they have raised over £2500 for Me2 - these funds are much needed so well done and THANK YOU! Thanks also go to Bethany who has also been fundraising and completed a dualathlon for Me2.
Feb 2011 Emily has just returned from 2 weeks in Japan, representing the Me2 Club on the Young Core Leaders of Civil Society Development Programme She spent time at a not for profit management forum, along with delegates from NZ, Germany and Japan, and also visiting a variety of projects and services for people with disabilities. Look out for our next newsletter for all the details.
Jan 2011 Be a SUPERHERO for the Me2 Club
Join up to 2,000 other Superhero’s by walking, jogging or running 5 km to
help us raise lots of money for the Me2 Club, enabling us to support
children and young people with additional needs to access mainstream leisure
activities. August 2010
Fancy
dressing up as Santa
and walking / jogging or running 5km to raise money for the
Me2 Club? We are looking for volunteers / parents / friends / families/
anyone to take part in the
London 5km Santa fun run
on 5th December. Up to 2,000 people are expected to take part in this event
raising funds for hundreds of different charities and now this is your
chance to join them and raise some money for the Me2 Club. Interested?: Register here: https://www.doitforcharity.com/book-online.aspx?eid=1225&cid=71419&charity=true If you would like to take part please let us know as soon as possible so we can make sure the Me2 Club gets enough places on the run!
August 2010 The Me2 Club has been successful in receiving the Mentoring and Befriending Society's Approved Provider Standard. This is recognition of the work that we do, and the way the charity is run. More information can be found at www.mandbf.org.uk
July 2010 Download our latest newsletter here January 2010 The Me2 Club is recruiting! Please see below for the advert and get in touch for an application pack. Assistant Project Co-ordinator – Me2 Club £21,500 pro rata Part time (15hrs/week), regular evening and some weekend work will be required. Post is fixed term until April 2011. Closing date for applications: 5pm Monday 1 March 2010 Interviews held week commencing 8 March 2010 The Me2 Club is a Wokingham based charity enabling children and young people aged 5 to 19 years old with additional needs to participate in mainstream activities, playing and socialising alongside other children. This is made possible by providing a trained volunteer to offer one to one support. The Me2 Club has an excellent and growing reputation in the area and fulfils a crucial need. The service we provide is constantly in demand and this demand continues to increase. We would like an enthusiastic and committed Assistant Project Co-ordinator to join our team to enable us to expand and develop the charity. The role will include recruiting volunteers, supporting volunteers attending activities with children with additional needs, managing safeguarding procedures and providing general administration support. We are looking for a flexible and organised individual, with experience and understanding of children with additional needs and excellent communication. Experience of working with volunteers would be beneficial. For a full job description and application pack please contact Emily Radford, Me2 Club Project Co-ordinator: info@me2club.org.uk or 0118 969 6369 December 2009 The Me2 Club Christmas Party was a huge success, thank you to all involved.
October 2009 Next volunteer induction dates: Session 1 - Saturday 14th Nov, session 2 - Wednesday 25th Nov. Get in touch if you are interested in attending. October 2009 We have finally got the website working again! Lots has happened in the past year. Amy Russell has joined us as Assistant Coordinator of the Project which means we have been able to grow significantly. Volunteers are now supporting approx 60 children and young people to attend activities. We have also moved to a new office, all our new details are on the contact us page. October 2008 The next volunteer induction training starts on the 13th of November. Please contact Emily Radford for details. The Me2 Xmas party will be held on the 7th of December. July 8 2008 Emily Radford has now been appointed as the Me2 Cordinator and is actively recruiting volunteers.
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