Holidays, weekend trips, and hotel stays can provide your organisation with unrestricted funding.

Travel companies including TUI, Booking.com, Lastminute.com, Haven Holidays, Expedia, Thomas Cook, Hotels.com, and more all partner with online fundraising company easyfundraising, to give your organisation a way of receiving funding – for free.

When someone supporting your organisation books a holiday, the company they book with will send your organisation a free donation as a thank you; most will give up to 5% of the total spend at no extra cost to the shopper.

With many people booking holidays in January and February, this is an easy way for them to help you fund running costs, services, projects, and more.

Just one person booking a family holiday could raise £85.36 for you.

Think what multiple people could do.  All types of third sector organisations can receive this funding - your organisation just needs to be registered with funding website easyfundraising which you can do here (it’s very straightforward and there is no cost): www.easyfundraising.org.uk/merthyr-tydfil/

There are spaces still available on our Free Mental Health & Wellbeing course starting on Thursday 11^th January at the Redhouse.

If you or someone you know may benefit from the course please register your interest using the link below. 

Enrol Cofrestrwch – New Horizons (newhorizons-mentalhealth.org.uk)

We have two wellbeing sessions at Dowlais Community centre for unpaid carers.

Sessions are Monday January 8^th (dreamcatchers) and Monday January 15^th 2024 (nature id and walk) 11am-1pm.

Teas and coffees provided. 

We have a registration form that needs to be completed before participants attend:

https://forms.office.com/e/bpVts9ZXDt

New Horizons has received funding from Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board to provide support, workshops and courses for Adults who are on waiting list for assessment of ADHD/ASD and those who have received assessment.

January 10th 2024 at 10am via Teams

Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil are hosting Suzanne Mollinson, Safeguarding Officer at Wales Council for Voluntary Action who will be giving a brief overview of the responsibilities of trustees, committee members and safeguarding. You will have the opportunity to ask questions and share your experiences too.

The session will cover:

• The safeguarding context in Wales,
• Trustee responsibilities,
• Expectations of the Charity Commission,
• Safer trustee recruitment.

 Save the date and book your place now

For more information and book your place at the online Teams event contact karen.vowles@vamt.net