Sunday 12 October 2014

What does the future hold for Charlies-Angel-Centre. 

We are now getting so close to the £5000 that we need to be able to register with the charities commission. 
Once we have that registered charity number it will open up so many more opportunities for us. 
Not only will we be able to do more fundraising in certain places e.g. supermarkets, but we will also be able to apply for more funding currently not available to us. 

We will also be taken more seriously by more people as at the moment without that number people are much more sceptical. 

It is an unfortunate product of today's society that people are much less trusting and therefore less willing to donate to unregistered charities. 

I totally understand this as there are so many unscrupulous people out there trying to scam people. I think I would probably be the same.

What people don't realise, and neither did I, is that you need to have the £5000 before you can register. 

We have been able to register as a charitable company for tax purposes but most people don't understand what that means and just see that we don't currently have a charity number.

I think the next 12 months are going to see such a lot of changes for Charlies Angel Centre. 

We hope that we will be in a position to secure premises to use as our offices and to start up our telephone hotline. 
With a charity number I think we will be taken more seriously by companies and they will be more liable to help us and offer us better rental rates and support. 

Ideally we would like to have acquired enough funds or backing to be able to open up our support centre. 

To be able to offer bereaved families somewhere where they can go any time of the day or night for support and friendship would be such an amazing achievement. 

We know from all the research we have undertaken and the information we have found out that this service is so badly needed, not only in Leeds but also country wide. 

I really think that we are in for a very exciting and productive period in our charity. 
Not only do I think that financially we will become more secure but I also think that our work fighting for better bereavement services will also see results. 

We couldn't have done any of the work we have done were it not for the help and support we have had from friends, family and our charity supporters. 
I hope they all continue to give us their support and share with us the excitement and success of opening our bereavement support centre.






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