Posted on Friday 26 April

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Hays Travel Foundation grants £3,150 to support 30 weeks of activities for young carers

Hartlepool United Community Sports Foundation is a registered charity working to offer inclusive activities for the people of Hartlepool. Their main objective is to provide as many children, adults and disabled people with opportunities to enjoy and develop themselves in a friendly environment.

At our recent meeting the Hays Travel Foundation Trustees granted £3,150 to support 30 weeks of activities for young carers. This will offer them an opportunity to interact with their peers and offer respite away from their responsibilities.

Mandy Sousa, Hays Travel Foundation representative, recently met with members of Hartlepool United Community Sports Foundation and with the young carers that will benefit from the funding. This is what she had to say: “It is a great pleasure working with Hartlepool United Community Sports Foundation, enabling young carers some time away to relax and have some fun in a friendly environment. This visit also allowed them to express their desires and they came up with some fantastic ideas, meaning the funds will be used to organise the events they want!”

We look forward to hearing all about the activities soon!

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Posted on Friday 12 April

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Beloved baby hospice received grant from the Hays Travel Foundation

Zoe’s Place Baby Hospice in Middlesbrough is a registered Charity providing palliative, respite and end of life care to babies and infants aged from birth to five years who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Currently catering for more than 30 babies and young children, the hospice is the only one of its kind in the area.

At our most recent meeting, the trustees granted £5,000 to help support the pre and post bereavement counselling services. Recently, Jane Schumm, Retail & Training Director, along with Mandy Sousa, Hays Travel Foundation representative and Kelly Coley, Middlesbrough Branch Manager, visited the hospice to see the amazing work they are doing and present Zoe’s Place with the cheque.

Jane said this about the visit: “I felt honoured and privileged to attend Zoë’s Place to hand over the Hays Foundation cheque for £5,000. I live local to Zoe’s place and I often see in local news the great work that they do but to see this first hand was great. We had a lovely tour of all the areas of the highlight was meeting the Nursing staff and the children that were in their care. To run the amazing place they do with only charity money and very little funding is just incredible and I was delighted that The Hays Foundation were able to help and donate. Without these donations Zoe’s place is considering having to close their doors a few days a week which would have a huge impact on the children and families of Teesside that really do need this support.”

We are delighted to have been able to help and wish Zoe’s Place all the best in their fundraising efforts!

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Posted on Monday, Jul 15

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The John Muir Trust works to inspire and enable people of all ages to discover wild places and campaign for the protection of wild land.

In January, the Hays Travel Foundation granted the John Muir Trust £5,000 to enable the charity to work with children from schools in the North East of England to discover and explore and learn about wild places.

Rosie Simpson, fundraiser for the John Muir Trust said:” We are immensely grateful to Trustees of the Hays Travel Foundation for their support early this year which has meant we can continue to work with organisations such as outdoor learning specialist, ‘OASES’, to give children and young people of all backgrounds opportunities to discover and explore wild places which become experiences that nurture confidence, curiosity and understanding of our world.”

Recently, Gemma, our Hays Travel Crook branch Manager and her Assistant Manager, Chelsey, attended a session delivered to children from Abbeyhill Academy Sixth Form. On the day, everyone got involved in various activities such as collecting specific leaves and acorns, collecting “mini beats” and a team building exercise called “Find the Tree”. These activities not only helped develop their knowledge about nature and the environment but also allowed the children to develop essential communication and problem solving skills.

Chelsey had this to say about the day: “We enjoyed getting involved with the children and watching how the award helps them get out into the fresh air. This is helping the children to appreciate the wildlife and local areas, by doing this the aim is for them to respect the areas and hopefully look after it in the future as they get older.”

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