Donating to Crisis! - Donating to Crisis Charity for the Homeless!

Hello Everyone!

Firstly, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, and that you created amazing memories with your loved ones! 

As many of you know, my 'good deed' for this month was donating to Crisis charity for the homeless, ensuring a homeless individual recieved this charity's amazing support this Christmas! 

Within my last post, I listed the services that are offered to individuals who attend Crisis at Christmas time, and will hopefully continue to use it throughout 2015. 

On this note, I thought I would share with you this link of an Art student from Preston who raised money for a homeless individual this month: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/dec/17/student-raises-thousands-of-pounds-for-homeless-man-who-offered-her-money

This story is something you have probably already seen, but something I feel cannot be shared and talked about enough. When reading this article, I was not only touched by the amount of money people had donated to this cause, but more by the intial act that triggered this fundraising. What I find amazing and so heart-warming about this story is the fact an individual who recieves so much prejudice and judgement offered money to another individual. Now the amount of my amazement may be considered shallow or judgemental of such a character, but nevertheless I love and respect the fact that this individuals situation had not succeeded in willing him to become bitter, something I think we would all somewhat expect and forgive him for. It is acts like these that speak volumes to society, and I respect this man for simply being gorgeously human. Learning about his kind character within this article, I am so thankful that he will now receive the support he deserves, along with a chance to rebuild his life.

Thank you all for your amazing support this year, and I plan to continue '12 Months of Giving' in 2015 with even more 'good deeds.' I hope your plans and goals for this new year are ambitious, and I will see you again in early January to let you know my 'good deed' for the month.

Be Good!

Kizzy :) 

December - Donating to Crisis Charity for the Homeless

Hello Everyone!

It is finally December, my favourite time of year!

Christmas for me, and I am sure many others, has always been about family and this year more than ever, I feel so grateful for the amazing support system that I am able to call my family. Since I was young, Christmas has been a day for showing appreciation for each other, creating memories, and sharing stories of "Do you remember when?"

However, at this time of year, it is also important to remember the individuals that do not have such luxuries this Christmas, and do not have people that they consider loved ones to share the day with. I aim to fully appreciate the presence of family this Christmas, and therefore wanted to help individuals who may not have theirs.

Therefore, for my 'good deed' for December, I have donated to the charity 'Crisis', reserving a place for a homeless individual to benefit from this charity's amazing work this Christmas.

Donating to Crisis in order to reserve a place for a homeless individual this Christmas not only means that they will receive a hot meal this Christmas, but also the offering of companionship, a full health check, specialist services (e.g. dental treatment), specialist advice (e.g. advice on detox services), and housing, as well as the chance to learn new skills through participating in workshops, and new hope for their future, through the help and support Crisis provides at Christmas, and aims to maintain throughout the year.

According to the information provided by Crisis, The number of people living on the streets across the country has risen by 37% in three years, with 77% more rough sleepers in London. Crisis aims to open 13 centres between 22nd and 30th December, offering homeless people companionship, care, hot food and warm clothing at a time of year that can be particularly lonely for those without a home or family.
Last year 4,191 people settled down to Christmas dinner at Crisis at Christmas. For many of them their lives had been shattered. They may have been the victim of domestic violence, been though a divorce, been made redundant or suffered ill health - something that could happen to any of us.

In order to reserve a place for a homeless individual to receive this support at a Crisis centre this Christmas, you can visit: www.crisis.org.uk/menu where you can donate different amounts in order to reserve one or more places for homeless individuals over this Christmas period. Alternatively, it would be great if you could visit the Crisis website: www.crisis.org.uk and learn more about the incredible work they do, in order to help those less fortune than us not just over Christmas, but all through the year.

Once again, thank you for all of your continued support of '12 Months of Giving', and I hope you all have a lovely Christmas. I will see you again before the new year to let you know what a difference the support that is given to Crisis makes this Christmas.

Be Good!

Kizzy :)