Halton Haven secures new £1k grant A Halton hospice has secured £1,000 from the Cadent Foundation after being nominated by the gas network’s employees and chosen by their customers. Halton Haven Hospice provides skilled nursing and palliative care for people whose illness is treatable but cannot be cured, aiming to secure the best quality of life for patients and their families. Through its ‘connecting colleagues, customers and communities’ initiative, Cadent employees in Cheshire were asked to trial a new approach to the way local grants are allocated. They nominated local charities which were then shortlisted and then put forward to a public vote with around 1,000 customers having their say.
A LANCASHIRE children s hospice has been awarded a £3000 grant from the Cadent Foundation after being voted for by Cadent customers across the region. Cadent employees shortlisted a number of local charities and more than 1,000 customers voted with Derian House getting the top grant while Action for ASD in Burnley was a runner-up scooping £1k. Caroline Taylor, Communications Manager, said: “It will mean the world to the seriously ill babies, children and young people we look after here at Derian to receive this money, especially as our donations have significantly declined due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the forced cancellation of events and temporary closure of our charity shops.
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THE Oasis Centre for Young People in Ellesmere Port has been awarded a £3,000 grant from the Cadent Foundation, after being voted for by Cadent customers across the region. Through its ‘Connecting Colleagues, Customers and Communities’ initiative, Cadent employees in Cheshire were asked to trial a new approach to the way in which local grants are allocated – by nominating local charities which were then shortlisted and put forward to a public vote. More than 1,000 customers took part in the voting process, with the Oasis Centre for Young People being awarded the top grant of £3,000. Halton Haven Hospice in Runcorn and the Steve Prescott Foundation in Warrington were voted runners-up and will each receive grants of £1,000.
INDEPENDENT energy charity, Marches Energy Agency has been awarded a £24,900 grant from the Cadent Foundation to support a new pilot project looking at how smart and innovative technologies can be used to reduce fuel poverty in Ludlow and south Shropshire. It says that people are not taking full advantage of technology to help stay warm and cut bills. The ‘Smarten Up, Power Down’ initiative will work with households across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Derbyshire to examine how the introduction of smart and high-tech energy saving solutions can be used to achieve long-term cuts in energy bills and encourage the uptake of energy saving measures.