Sparkling at Higham Ferrers Christmas Lights
Great fun in the community
We had a great day at Higham Sparkle and at the Rushden Lights switch-ons - thankyou to everyone who took part and our wonderful volunteers.
Working with our community
We love working with our communities in and around Rushden and North Northamptonshire and we have been working to hard to link up with groups, businesses and individuals, to help us continue to support those who need us.
So a big thanks to Asda in Rushden for its kind donation of goodies our sales and forthcoming Christmas activities and thanks also to Rushden Lakes, where our Fundraising Manager Nick Tite hired out the Green Shed and met lots of people interested in our services, (and some of the younger ones), who had a go on our tombola to win some toys!
If you would like to fundraise on the community or corporate fronts, contact Nick on 07738 190756 or nicholas.tite@serve.org.uk
SUSAN HOLLOWELL AWARD 2023
Award winning Rushden coffee shop raises cash for Serve
STAFF, customers and businesses rallied round and helped raise more than £850 for Rushden-based charity Serve.
Happy Mondays Coffee in High Street, Rushden, held a second anniversary party on Saturday, August 5, with fantastic prizes up for grabs and plenty of soft drinks and treats, as well as a cocktail bar for the day.
The coffee shop, which recently won The Best Café in The Northants Live Awards, helped raise £871.43 for Serve.
The charity’s fundraising manager Nick Tite said: “Wow! What an amazing effort. We cannot thank the staff, customers and all the businesses which contributed prizes, enough.
“As a local charity, we love working with businesses and in the community. It’s heartening to witness first-hand this support. Thankyou from all of us here at Serve.”
Owner Luke Wood said: “To celebrate the shops second birthday we wanted to give back to the community that has supported us".
“So we thought what better way than to raise as much money as we could for the wonderful local charity Serve".
“We would like to thank all the local businesses that donated prizes to our raffle. Rushden has so many fantastic independent businesses and this effort to fundraising showed that.”
Nick said the money would help to sponsor the charity’s popular Sing for Serve community event at the end of the year and would also boost the popular Servescape project, a community gardening project helps older people look after their gardens.
If anyone would like to help support Serve, that can contact Nick at nicholas.tite@serve.org.uk
ABOUT SERVE:
SERVE is a voluntary organisation and a registered charity. We have been providing services and assistance to older people and adults with disabilities, and their carers Countywide and in North Northamptonshire and the surrounding area for over 40 years. Our aim is to provide the highest quality of health and social care to enable people to remain living independently within their own homes. We deliver a service to a wide range of adults who need care and support.
In addition we provide support services to the voluntary organisations in Wellingborough and East Northants, making sure they have the up-to-date knowledge in the sector, providing operational guidance on volunteering recruitment, HR and other support.
ABOUT HAPPY MONDAYS:
Our independent coffee shop in Rushden opened in August 2021. Born from a love of well-made barista produced coffee, fresh food and delicious cakes and bakes.
For more, visit Happy Mondays Coffee Rushden England
Happy Mondays serve up a treat
Delight for winners of competition run by Rushden charity Serve
Featured in:
The Northamptonshire Telegraph
Delight for winners of Rushden charity competition
The winners of a popular competition organised by Serve have been announced.
Annabelle from Northampton successfully named the teddy Noah and Arthur from Rushden, guessed the dog's name as Victor.
The contest was held as part of the fun organised by Serve at the recent Party in the Park in Rushden, which raised more than £170 for the charity.
They are pictured receiving their prizes at charity's office in West Street.
If you would like to fundraise on the community or corporate fronts, contact Nick on 07738 190756 or nicholas.tite@serve.org.uk
Happy Mondays serve up a treat
Happy Mondays Coffee in Rushden is celebrating its second birthday by raising money for Serve on Saturday, August 5.
It will a fundraiser for with a raffle, including some incredible prizes donated by other incredible local businesses.
An alcohol license has been granted so we are pleased to announce we will have the amazing Cocktail O’clock making their fantastic cocktails.
Raffle tickets will be £5 for a strip of 5 and will go on sale from July 24 – the draw on August 5, via Facebook Live and Instagram Live.
Happy Mondays, recently voted ‘Best Café in Northamptonshire’ will also donating 20 per cent of all drink sales on the day to Serve.
A donation bucket will also be in the shop soon so feel free to pop in any loose change you may have to support this amazing charity.
We look forward to seeing all you lovely people buying up these tickets and fingers crossed you win an awesome prize!
Thank you to the following businesses who have donated so far. If you are a business that would like to donate any prize please feel free to drop Happy Mondays a message.
PARTY IN THE PARK
Serve Has A Great Day At The Party In The Park
We had a fantastic day The Party In The Park in Rushden on Saturday, (July 8). A huge thankyou to our staff and volunteers for helping out and to the organisers of a great event. We raised more than £170 for funds. Here is our picture from the event.
If you would like to fundraise for us, please do contact Nick at nicholas.tite@serve.org.uk
Dedicated volunteers splash out for Serve
Featured in The Northamptonshire Telegraph
KIND-hearted Julia and Joanne raised a fantastic £350 for Serve after a sponsored swim.
The dynamic duo took part in Swim 4 Serve 2023 at Splash Pool in Rushden.
Fundraising manager for Serve Nick Tite said: “What a great effort – the dedication of our volunteers is inspiring and their fundraising helps us to support our communities.
“If you would like to fundraise for us here at Serve, please do get in touch and we will do all we can to support you in your events.”
Our picture shows Julia and Joanne receiving a special thank you from Serve Chairman Alan Armson.
Serve is organising and attending events throughout the summer and during Carers’ Week next month, has invited people to take part in Great Carers Bake Off, on Friday, June 9, from 9.30am, with a £3 entry, at the charity’s Ron Manning Day Centre in Higham Ferrers,
Afternoon tea and cake will then be served to the public at the centre in Upper Kings Avenue.
To book a place contact Ruth Moore on 01933 315555 or at ruth.moore@serve.org.uk
If you would like to fundraise contact Nick on 07738 190756 or nicholas.tite@serve.org.uk
SERVE Community FORUMs
SERVE Community Forum 14th JUNE 2023
All welcome please come along and join us!
A great chance to come and here some interesting speakers presenting information that is useful, informative and relevant.
The forum also collects ideas from attendees about what they would like to be presented at the next forum! So come and have a say.
If you cant make it this time the next dates for 2023 are:
Wed 13 Sept 2023 - 2:00 until 4:00pm St Peters Church Midland Road, Rushden, NN10 9UJ
Wed 13 Dec 2023 - 2:00 until 4:00pm St Peters Church Midland Road, Rushden, NN10 9UJ
serve open day & recruitment fair
learn about local services and recruitment opportunities
We are opening the doors at our Wellingborough based office for an Open Day and Recruitment Fair on Friday 16 December 2022 between 11am - 1.30pm.
This is for the local community to come and access what is available to you, to help support your independence and there is opportunity for anyone looking for employment or volunteering placements to see what is currently being offered.
The event is taking place at the:
Victoria Centre, 46-50 Palk Road, Wellingborough, NN8 1HR
If you are a local service and would like to have a stall or would like to know more about the event, please contact our Registered Care Manager Sam Horne on 07585 973128 or by email sam.horne@serve.org.uk
Our sincere condolences
We are saddened to have heard on the 9th November 22 of the passing of Sylvia Smith, Patron of Serve
Sylvia has been a champion for older people in the Rushden area for many years. She started her working career in physiotherapy at St Mary’s Hospital in Kettering in 1974. In 1984 Sylvia joined Serve and worked with us until her retirement in 2000, as Operations Director. She was the founder of the Stroke Club in Rushden and was Chair of Active Aging in Northamptonshire. She also founded the former Northamptonshire Heartlands Primary Care Trust’s (PCT) Older Persons Health Forums.
Sylvia chaired Serve’s Older Persons Forum for many years after her retirement and became Patron of SERVE in October 2017.
All at Serve pass on our deepest condolences to her partner Ron and her family.
(Left: Sylvia Smith, speaking at the Older Persons Forum Christmas Party 2018)
Befriending NEWS
Partnerships
SERVE is leading on a Countywide Befriending Project in partnership with the Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership, GP Alliance, Northamptonshire Carers, Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire and Daventry Volunteer Centre.
The project started in April 2021 and aims to reduce social isolation for many Older People and Vulnerable Adults. Befriending is recognised to be of vital importance to provide opportunities for people's social interaction and them feeling part of the community.
COVID-19
A huge thank you to all of our staff and volunteers
SERVE's dedicated team continue to coordinate essential services during this most testing of times. A special thanks goes out to our frontline staff and volunteers, who despite the cirumstances are still visiting vulnerable adults to provide care and support.
Thanks to all of you for your incredible work keeping vulnerable people safe and healthy at home.
COVID-19
Morrisons contribute again!
Morrisons and SERVE have a long-standing relationship when it comes to supporting the community, and the supermarket team have stepped up again! They have provided us with food to be delivered to our most vulnerable clients, as well as putting together activity packs to keep people entertained. Thanks for your continued support.
SERVE Goes Dancing 2020
Learn to Dance
Have you ever wanted to learn to ballroom dance? Now's your chance!
We are appealing for dancers to join the professionals in this year's SERVE Goes Dancing. No experience is necessary, you'll get free dance lessons, raise money for a local charity and make friends for life!