The Kendleshire Golf Club

• Thank you for providing our main facility to deliver our coaching, youth engagement mentoring, meetings, and food and drink, for our young people and workers

• The club is truly dedicated to supporting young people and has done since it opened in 1997

• A huge number of junior golfers of all abilities have been through the doors, across the years, some going on to play at county, national, international and professional level and some going on to work in the golf industry

• Although the Kendleshire Kids Foundation is based at the club facility, we are completely independent from the club, itself

• The Kendleshire say ‘ A golf club for everyone’ and ‘Incredible Kendleshire, a golf club focused as much on people as it is about our wonderful sport’

• Through the Golf Foundation, The Kendleshire Golf Club continues to be a HSBC Golf Roots Centre to support the development of junior golf

Strive Youth Engagement

• Their mission is: … to provide wellbeing mentors who create a therapeutic, trauma responsive and engaging environment, enabling young people to build resilience and overcome adversity.

• Many thanks to Harry  Gethin, Director of Strive Youth Engagement, and his dedicated team for supporting our young people through youth engagement.

  Email: Harry@striveyouthengagement.com

CVS South Gloucestershire

• Thank you for providing information and support to further improve our business needs

• Their advice on where to look for further support, training and possible funding, within the local community and beyond, has been invaluable

• Their mission ‘Is to support , develop and represent voluntary, community and social action in South Gloucestershire’

Co-op Local Community Fund

• The Co-op Local Community Fund supports projects across the UK that their members care about.

• Every time their members buy selected Co-op branded products and services, they will give local causes a helping hand.

• Thanks to Beth Gibson-Stubbs (Member Pioneer) for her support through the local Winterbourne Co-op Store,

University of Bath

• Thank you to Toby Wellington for providing us with student placement opportunities to support our workforce

• Thank you to Dr Haydn Morgan for providing opportunities for our young people to look at higher education possibilities

• Haydn is also working with us to research our programme services and delivery to help improve future outcomes for our young people

• Their mission is ‘To deliver world-class research and teaching, educating our students to become future leaders and innovators, and benefiting the wider population through our research, enterprise and influence.

Wesport

• Thank you to Ruth Glanvill (Community Sport Project Manager) and her team for supporting us with training and funding opportunities for community programmes

• WESPORT say ‘We are a sports charity that is passionate about helping people become more physically active and enjoy the benefits that an active lifestyle can bring’

SGS College (Filton)

• Thank you for supporting our young people in looking at further education possibilities, either through sport, or other avenues

• Their mission statement is 'We positively change people's lives and add value to the social and economic well-being of our communities. We do this by providing high-quality, innovative, accessible education and training in a friendly culture of mutual respect and support.'

Golfinc

• Thank you for your support of our young people and assisting their needs when they attend their sessions

• Tony Mealing and his professional shop team have, for many years, been dedicated, and continue to be dedicated, to supporting the junior golfers, at the club

Square @Impact

• Thank you to Kevin McPherson for his bid writing expertise

• Kevin says ‘I am working with the charity sector, specifically those in the sport, youth and community development fields to achieve their goals. I offer support services that many do not have the infrastructure and capacity to deliver internally - Fundraising, Strategy, Impact and Evaluation’

South Gloucestershire Youth Offending Team

• Youth offending | South Gloucestershire Council (southglos.gov.uk) 

• (Southglos.gov.uk/health and social care/care and support children and families/young people/youth offending) 

• sgyot@southglos.gov.uk

Hargreaves Foundation

•  Their mission is ‘Transforming young lives through sport and education’

•  Thank you to the board of trustees for their generosity and support of our programme

Quartet Community Foundation

•  Thank you to Quartet Community Foundation for providing financial support from the Express Grants programme, funded by the Kitale Community First Fund who support projects for disadvantaged young people in the West of England.

•  Quartet say ‘Our main focus at Quartet Community Foundation is to change people’s lives for the better across the West of England, giving as many people as possible the chance to fulfil their potential. We do this by working closely with a wide variety of donors to harness their passion for helping others and match it to vital projects that meet community aspirations and make a profound difference to people’s lives.’

 Local Schools

• Thank you to local schools for believing in our programme and working with us to enhance support for the young people they refer to us

• Our schools partners so far – Brimsham Green School, Mangotsfield School, Yate Academy, Chipping Sodbury School, New Horizons Learning Centre, Pathways Learning Centre, Snowdon Village (Cabot Learning Federation), Abbotswood Primary School, Abbeywood School, Bristol Technology & Engineering Academy, Winterbourne Academy, Digitech Studio School and Kings Oak Academy.

The National Lottery Community Fund

• Funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund, is helping us:

…to continue our work with vulnerable and disadvantaged young people, in our local community, to improve their physical and mental health and well-being, through ‘Golf for Good’ in this most difficult of times 

…to offer a safe, welcoming and non-judgemental environment where young people can receive support and guidance to build resilience for the future

…to empower young people by building self- esteem, encouraging teamwork and teaching life skills, which are all important for their future outcomes.

• Thank you to the Government for providing this funding and making this possible

Cossington Park in Somerset

Thank you to Cossington Park for welcoming our young people onto your wonderful estate. Thank you for the inspiring activities you put together for our young people. Cossington Park is a place where everyone is encouraged to feel at  home. They are pleased to state to all guests, “Our house, your home”.

Towergate Insurance

Thank you to Towergate Insurance for supporting us in your charity golf day at The Kendleshire.

Active Communities Network

Their vision is:

• A world where everyone has the same opportunity to succeed, regardless of backgrounds.

• Thank you to Active Communities Network for their financial support of our programme under the Tackling Inequalities Fund

Gloucestershire Community Foundation

They state that:

• We connect people with communities.

• Thank you to the Gloucestershire Community Foundation for their financial support of our programme under the High Sheriff of Gloucestershire Grant Programme and the Made By Sport - Clubs in Crisis programme.

Access Sport (Bristol branch)

Their mission is…

… to make inclusion the norm in community sport.

Thanks to Lizzie Edgecombe – Project Manager for Bristol, for her advice on training and support for the improvement of inclusive facilities and inclusive coaching.

Carlsberg

Thank you to Carlsberg for supporting us in your charity golf day at The Kendleshire Golf Club.

Sport for Development Coalition

The Sport for Development Coalition is a UK-wide network of more than 230 charities and organisations over-arching thousands of projects and programmes that use sport and physical activity-based interventions to intentionally generate positive social outcomes.

Their vision is ‘Every person in the UK recognises and values the power of sport to change lives and has the freedom to access it without barriers.’

Thanks to the Sport for Development Coalition and their partners - Street Games - Homepage - StreetGames and Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice - Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice for their support in securing funding for us from the Youth Justice Sport Fund project, through the Ministry of Justice

SARI (Stand Against Racism and Inequality)

‘SARI provides free and confidential support for anyone who is a victim of hate crime. Whether that’s based on race, faith, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or sex. We also work to build greater understanding and respect for diversity and difference within our community.’

Thank you to SARI for their excellent training on understanding what makes a hate crime and Equality and Diversity

Voscur | Supporting Voluntary Action

‘Voscur supports organisations to build stronger communities by building on the skills, strengths and connections they already have, through advice, support and making new connections.’

Thanks to Voscur for providing training, advice and workshops through our partnership with Wesport.

NHS Integrated Care Board (Vanguard)

The ICP brings together a broad range of partners – including from the local voluntary sector and community groups – and sets the strategy to meet the population’s health, care and wellbeing needs. Kendleshire Kids Foundation are delighted to be working alongside this partnership as part of the trauma-informed community services.

Kooth Digital Health

‘Kooth is commissioned by the NHS, Local Authorities, charities and businesses to provide anonymous and personalised mental health support for Children and Young People.

With one in six children now suffering with mental ill health and an additional 1.5m under-18s needing new or additional help, as a result of the pandemic, it has become clear that an increase in accessible mental health support is needed to help solve this crisis.’

XMA Ltd

Many thanks to XMA for the fantastic laptops, for our young people to complete their online learning.

Winstons Wish

Thank you to Winston’s Wish for the invaluable support available to any of our young people or their families, following the loss of loved ones.

Their mission is:

To make sure no child or young person faces grief alone.

Their vision is:

A society in which every child and young person gets the help they need after anyone close to them dies.

Yeomans Hypnotherapy

Dan Yeomans has over 20 years of experience of supporting young people and their families. He qualified as a solution focused clinical hypnotherapist and psychotherapist in 2017 at the leading clinic in the South West – The Clifton Practice.

Dan explains that Solution Focused Hypnotherapy is a combination of positive talking therapy alongside hypnosis.

Thank you to Dan for working with us to support our young people.