Chesterton House Foundation

Bank transfer

You can make a payment directly to our charity bank account at NatWest, Loughborough Branch, sort code 60-14-10, account number 62252062, using your name as the reference. If you use this option, please help us by emailing CHFoundation@chestertonhouse.co.uk to let us know that your donation is on its way.

By cheque

We’ll happily accept your cheque made out to The Chesterton House Foundation. You can drop this into our offices or post it to the Foundation at 2-3, Rectory Place, Loughborough, LE11 1UW.

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Loughborough Beacon Rotary Home Start Boxes

£1,000

Home Starter Boxes are given free – via local charities – to people who are being rehoused from difficult circumstances. Recipients include ex-offenders, families fleeing abuse, refugees and people suffering from addictions, among others. The boxes provide crockery, cutlery, pans, an electric kettle, cleaning kit, etc to get people started in their new home. Our grant enabled 10 boxes to be purchased and delivered.

Lutterworth St Mary’s PCC Youth Group

£500

Lutterworth St Mary’s PCC were looking for help to purchase materials and publicise the work of their Youth Group. Our grant of £500 went to help them to create an experience for young people, providing a resource for teenagers to be able to meet, share ideas, and find a listening ear can make a real difference in their lives.

Headway Leicester

£1,000

Headway is a charity that helps people who have suffered a brain injury, whether as a result of illness, stroke, accident or any other cause.

Our grant was to help fund a proposed project to create a day of ‘Animal Magic’ to engage their clients through sensory experiences.

Helping Hands Community Trust

£1,000

Helping Hands are a local charity who help anyone who’s life is in crisis. They provide a free advice service on welfare benefits, debts, housing, employment, family law and much more. They also provide mental health support to those who need it. Our grant helped to fund a campaign to attract more volunteers to assist in delivering all of the services they offer.

Living Without Abuse Expression of Freedom Exhibition

£1,000

LWA is a domestic and sexual abuse charity providing support to men, women and children affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence across Leicestershire and Rutland.

Our grant contributed towards an exhibition showcasing domestic abuse survivor art, which was displayed at Charnwood Arts, Highcross Leicester and Coalville C.A.N.

Incredible Edible Loughborough

£465

“Incredible Edible” is a community gardening initiative that anyone can join, pick produce, and learn about healthy eating, while regenerating urban spaces and supporting biodiversity. There are seven sites across Loughborough, but the CHF granted a payment of £465 to enable the project to build four raised beds at The Corner Garden at the corner of Cambridge Street. You can follow progress via their Facebook page.

Rutland Community Ventures CIC

£1,000

Since 2019 Rutland Community Ventures CIC [RCV] has been running creative workshops for people with dementia and their carers – New Memories Creative Experiences – and we have helped many people live with this challenging diagnosis.
The money will enable them to run four craft sessions with support for carers, which includes a professional session leader, an assistant, volunteer help, room hire, a light lunch, craft materials and managing the project.

You can watch an interview with Tony Gray who talks more about what the money funded by clicking here.

Microphthalmia, Anophthalmia and Coloboma Support (MACS)

£1,000

We learned that this year 114 families in the UK will be told their babies have no eyes, small eyes, or a cleft in the eye. Many of them will have additional health challenges and be told there’s no hope that their child will ever see. MACS is the UK’s only charity specifically supporting children and adults born with Microphthalmia (small, underdeveloped eyes), Anophthalmia (no eyes) or Coloboma (cleft or gap in the eye structure). These rare conditions develop during pregnancy and can occur alone, with other birth defects, or as part of a syndrome, often leading to additional complex needs. Individuals also have visible differences, and wear prosthetics eyes, causing them to feel different; impacting their confidence, self-esteem, and mental health.

MACS services enable families affected by these rare conditions to connect with each other and provides access to emotional and practical support, grants, and regional activities. They receive no state funding and are reliant on charitable contributions to ensure the continuity and development of their work, and we were very pleased to be able to support them.

Leicestershire and Rutland REMAP

£1,000

REMAP provides a unique free of charge service, designing and producing custom made equipment to local disabled people, where no commercial solution is available. They are the local branch of a national charity which brings people with technical skills together to manufacture high quality aids and devices, in order that local disabled people can be more independent and have a higher quality of life. We heard from Nick, one of our Trustees, who had been involved with Remap and he explained the projects that they had been able to deliver and how this had improved the lives of disabled people in the area.

Chord Progression Music CIC

£1,000

Matt Tandy formed Chord Progression Music last year to promote positive mental health and wellbeing through music. He runs sessions run in a full band workshop style, with participants able to chose their instrument and instantly become part of a band, playing popular songs and music. The workshops welcome people of all ages (18+), and abilities. No musical experience is required as everything is taught during the sessions. The results are astounding in musical terms. The feedback from participants is 100% positive as an aid to overall wellbeing, confidence building, social bonding and cognitive benefits. Matt was looking for help to purchase equipment to enable him to continue with this important work, and we were pleased to be able to support this interesting project.

Starlight Youth Theatre

£1,300

Starlight Youth Theatre is based in Loughborough, and offers recreational performing arts classes to children and young adults aged 10-18 in Charnwood area, with the aim to foster their personal development and creativity. We heard about the work of Starlight, their productions and successes, and how they help bring out the confidence and creative skills of youngsters. Starlight applied for a grant to buy more wireless microphones to maximise the number of performers able to access this equipment. At a cost of £620 each the Trustees agreed to award a grant of £1,300 to meet the cost of two microphones. We’ll be telling you more about Starlight in a future newsletter.