Friday 7th
March saw Link for Growth launch a campaign to remove the ‘cloak of
invisibility’ from charities in the SW Herts region. Led by myself and Chris
Ogle, 5 charities will be picked on a first come, first served basis with the
idea of creating them a Google+ page and introducing them to the benefits that
Google+ can offer. Chris will be running the technical side and will be using
his skill set to rip the cloak away. My role will be to use the existing tools
to help promote the charities and get their voice heard to a wider audience
through all the available platforms Link for Growth uses. So, in no particular
order, here are the five charities we will be helping this month.
Watford
Women’s Centre
The Michael
Green Foundation
The Michael
Green Foundation was set up in memory of Michael Green who died of a heart
attack brought on by Type 2 Diabetes. Its
aim is to make more people aware of Type 2 Diabetes and raise money for a
Diabetes Centre in Watford General Hospital. With the disease becoming more and
more prevalent in the UK, the Foundation does vital work in spreading awareness
and making the symptoms of the disease known. With a solid basis, the
Foundation will really benefit from the increased awareness and it won’t be
long before more waves are made in the fight against Type 2 Diabetes.
Home Start
Watford and Three Rivers
Watford
Mencap
Along with these four charities, Chris and I will be helping a lady
named Susan Adlington with her plans to create a new charity. In response to
the disaster in the Philippines in 2013, Susan collected 200kgs worth of vital
products and flew to the Philippines to hand them out. I look forward to
helping her in any possible way and developing her idea for the charity.
Each week, I hope to have a more in-depth article about each of these
charities and provide more details about how they help our community and how
the community can help them. I have created a twitter List which contains all
the accounts of these charities and will contain all the charities in the SW
Herts region. I hope this brief blog has opened your eyes to local charities
and encourages you to get more involved in helping those charities who work in
the areas you all live in. The link to the list is here: https://twitter.com/alex_murray21/lists/l4g-sw-herts-charities
Until next time....
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