Admin – Jewish Care Scotland

JCS has officially launched our ‘165 for 165’ fundraising appeal where we will be asking 165 supporters to raise £165 throughout the year to mark our anniversary. We hope that your support this year will go a long way in securing the future of our services for many years to come for the Jewish Community in Scotland.

We are looking to get 165 people to get involved whether that is through celebration fundraising, one-off donations, or even through taking on a personal challenge.

Our year has already been kickstarted by a few keen supporters and we hope that the interest in our campaign continues to grow throughout the rest of the year.

To help this dream become a reality JCS is also launching a fundraising booklet of 65 unique fundraising ideas to go alongside our appeal, as well as advice on how to get media attention for your fundraiser, and how to run an online fundraising page. You can download it here at 165 for 165

We will be launching a segment on our social media that asks our supporters to think of how they would fundraise and we will be publishing what we receive throughout the coming months.

Having already heard from people getting in touch with unusual ideas we cannot wait to hear from you.

To talk to us about getting involved with the appeal you can follow the link to our Sign Up Form, go to our donation page, text ‘Donate jcarescot 165’ to 88802 or alternatively email Anya at anyak@jcarescot.org.uk

Jewish Care Scotland thanks its Board of Trustees as part of Trustees’ Week celebrations.

Here at JCS are celebrating Trustees’ Week (7 – 11 November) by thanking all members of our outstanding board members for the vital contribution they each make to the success of our charity. Trustees’ Week is an annual event that gives charities a chance to showcase the great work their trustees do. This work is especially important in weeks like this one, which will see our organisation launch a new collaborative project ‘Warm Spaces’ with Cosgrove Care.

There are just over 100,000 charity trustees in Scotland, and over a million in the United Kingdom and here at JCS, we’re lucky to have a supportive and dedicated board that brings sensitivity and awareness to our cultural needs and a wide variety of skills and experiences.

Linda Kemp, Interim CEO at Jewish Care Scotland said: “Trustees are the unspoken backbone of the charity sector.”

Jewish Care Scotland has eight trustees who give their free time to help set the strategic direction of our charity and our community home. Each trustee comes with their own unique skill set that helps Team JCS achieve long-term strategic goals for the organisation.

Our trustees played a vital role in the recent success of our fundraising Golf Day and have been key advisors in building our latest project Warm Spaces and the successful volunteer-led community café Welcome Wednesday, which just celebrated its first anniversary.

Speaking about this Martin Livingston, trustee, said: “The COVID years proved to be a stimulus to update our care model to one that was more personally orientated, in line with modern practice. We have now enhanced our offer by providing a communal space for all with our Wednesday Welcome project at the Walton.”

Thanking the Jewish Care Scotland Board of Trustees, on behalf of all staff and companions, Linda Kemp, said: “They play an important leadership role in our charity, working together to make important decisions that impact the future of our charity”

“This has been especially true over the last few years, with the pandemic instigating many of the vital changes to the way we work and serve the community”

Find out more about JCS trustees all this week over on our social media.

Author: Admin

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