Trust Links

Support us

Trust Links Supporters Our vision of the future, underpinned by our five-year strategic plan, is not only to develop and build on our success to date, but to implement further innovative services for the mentally ill by creating new resources and new links to the community.

In the Southend area there are many people who benefit from our services, but it is nowhere near enough to meet the huge demand. We need to grow and develop so that we can provide more help and support for more people. In our plans are:

The development of the Trust Links Centre that will provide space for training and housing our services. We are already well on our way to achieving this, thanks to the generosity of the Mayor’s fund, who have raised £30,000 towards its construction and development. We are endeavouring to find other funders and sponsors who will help us achieve our aim, so we can provide quality training and support.
In conjunction with training we wish to provide real work experience to help people towards employment. We have now developed a sales training area at the Trust Links garden where the public can come and buy the plants and vegetables we have grown. We are, however, running out of space and wish to develop a new area of land as a nursery and growing area. This will allow us to develop more varied opportunities for more people who need our help. We feel by taking the proven model we have developed to another part of Southend, we will be able to help redevelop and revitalise another local community.
To help people further to move into employment and utilise some of the skills they have learned with us, we are developing a Gardening and Maintenance team. We will be looking to expand this by undertaking gardening for local businesses and the public.

To support all this work we need to raise funds to expand our team and our resources. We hope to be able eventually to use these activities to set up a social firm so we can sustain our work and provide employment opportunities for this local community. We are happy to talk to potential supporters about detailed ways to help us at various levels.

How YOU can help us

To support our exciting plans for the next phase in our development, we are looking to secure funding of £250,000. This will enable us to expand our team and our resources to deliver our plan and better serve our local population.

We are asking for the support of local businesses and other organisations, as well as individuals, to help us achieve our ambitions.

There are many ways in which you can help us. Here are just a few:

Make us your ‘charity of the year’
Sponsor a team member or a specific new resource
Organise a fundraising event
Payroll giving scheme
Donations
Bequests
Help us establish a long term Trust Fund to produce future income
Donate resources from your business e.g. advertising space in company media
Your own ideas

Buy a bale for £5 and help us build our new environmentally-friendly centre
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We really hope that you will be able to help us – thank you!