Last week, we received a call from a housing association about one of their tenants, a single mum with two young children and in desperate need of furniture. A house fire had destroyed all her belongings and she was being moved into a temporary flat, which was empty. Owing to…
A month ago, we received a request for furniture, for a woman in her late 60s, who through unfortunate circumstances, had just become the main carer for her two teenage grandchildren. She had no savings, no family support or healthy pension pot and she was living in a 1 bedroom…
Delighted that another of our I.T. volunteers has found a job within the I.T. sector in Malvern. John was long-term unemployed when he joined NewStarts and has Asperger’s but he’s flourished at NewStarts, particularly with our computer reuse work and one year after joining us, he’s found paid work. As…
We are so pleased to be the Chairman’s charity of the year as you can see – our HR manager managed to wake himself for the photo, although I think I might need to go and see the Living Well adviser next week for some tips on loosing that spare…
We recently surveyed the people we’ve assisted with furniture donations and we’re pleased to say that 96% of those we spoke to, would definitely recommend NewStarts and gave us 5/5. This emphasises that NewStarts; a) provides furniture which is tailored to individual needs, b) delivers it promptly and free of…
We’re delighted to have won an award, which recognises the good practice delivered by our digital inclusion project. NewStarts sanitises unwanted computers & laptops, before reinstalling and selling them at affordable prices (£40-100). Approx 75/80% of what we receive is able to be re-used and along side the hardware, we…
A huge thanks to the wonderful people of Barnt Green Baptist Church. Their donation of children’s toys, to be given out with our Christmas hampers, to the most disadvantaged families in Bromsgrove, is massively appreciated. Our HR Manager has his eye on the yellow football because he thinks he’s the…
A big thank-you to the team at Park Gate Inn, (Bromsgrove). Your kind offer of a room, which we can use to organise our Christmas hampers for disadvantaged people in Bromsgrove, is hugely appreciated. I only hope; our HR Manager, the staff from Basement Project and other volunteers do not…
We’re both delighted & sorry to say goodbye to Dan, one of our I.T. volunteers. Dan had been volunteering with us for the last 6 months, helping to recycle our range of donated computers and laptops.Today, he starts his I.T. Apprenticeship as a Technician, working within an in-house I.T. team…
It was just another referral. A young mum with six children who had moved into new premises and was trying to sort out furniture. The support worker put the referral in. It was urgent, as so many are, but the children didn’t have beds to sleep on and a number…
