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The Rotary Club of Bedford Park continue to Support Prebend Centre Through Tough TimesOn 19th May 2020, The Rotary Club of Bedford Park showed their continued commitment to the SMART Prebend Centre by donating an extremely generous £2000, and it could not have come at a more crucial time. Read more »
SMART PREBEND CENTRE COVID-19 APPEAL UPDATEBack in March, when the country went into lockdown, we realised that we were going to have a SHORTFALL of £25,000 in donations from the groups which normally meet and raise funds for our projects. We also anticipated additional money being required to relocate and change our service model. This is why we launched our emergency appeal, which, with your help, has raised £9,109 so far. Read more »
2 minutes could make a difference – Your nomination really counts!£1,000 could make a big difference to the work we do at the SMART Prebend Centre. That’s why we’d be really grateful if you could nominate us in the Ecclesiastical Movement for Good awards. Your nomination could be the one that wins us £1,000! Read more »
HARPUR TRUST FUND SMART CJS WORKER WHO WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN FURLOUGHEDWONDERFUL NEWS - The Harpur Trust has awarded SMART CJS funding as part of the Bedfordshire Coronavirus Emergency Response Fund. The money is paying for a skilled worker for 3 months who would otherwise have been furloughed. Read more »
SMART CJS NEWS BULLETIN MARCH AND APRIL 2020Read our latest news bulletin for March and April. This edition will look at the impact COVID-19 has had on SMART CJS’s services and how we have had to redesign how we work to keep helping those in need. Read more »
SMART CJS IMPACT REPORT 2019: EVOLVING IN DIFFICULT TIMES AND PROVING OUR WORTHWe are proud of our work and feel privileged to have the opportunity to help people to help themselves. We care greatly for all of our service users and are motivated to help them to succeed. The report includes some of their stories, along with facts and figures about our work. We hope that you find it informative and inspirational. Read more »