Raiser’s Digest

News from Raise Your Hands

The Raiser’s Digest is our newsletter, bringing you all the best and latest news from Raise Your Hands and our 12 charities.

About the Raiser’s Digest

When it comes to newsletters, we believe short is sweet. The Raiser’s Digest goes out every two months and brings together:

inspiring stories from the young people our charities support
big successes from the charities
the latest from RYH HQ

You can read a back issue here.

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Who are these happy faces? The @@waverangers is a

Who are these happy faces?

The @@waverangers is a brilliant initiative from the @waveprojectuk. Vulnerable young people between 10-20 volunteer in projects that support the environment and their mental health and wellbeing.

Activities range from tree planting, lake conservation, animal welfare, microplastics work, beach cleaning, river and lake cleaning.

In return for their volunteering, young people are offered a surf lesson organised through The Wave Project.

And the numbers?

In the first year, their North Devon project saw 345 young people take part in a minimum of 25 hours of volunteering.

That's a massive 8,625 hours of volunteer time dedicated to helping the environment. 🙌

#environment #climatechange #charity #volunteer #mentalhealth #wellbeing #conservationmatters

Great scenes from the students of St Augustine’s

Great scenes from the students of St Augustine’s School in Kilburn, who completed the final performance of their mini musical, The Other Side of the Street, on Friday with Mousetrap Theatre Projects

The show celebrated tolerance, empathy & compassion, with ‘guest appearances’ from heroes including Nelson Mandela, Greta Thunberg & Marcus Rashford 🙌🙌🙌

#tolerance #empathy #compassion #theatre #musical #mandela #gretathunberg #marcusrashford #charity #creativity

In one of the most remarkable public artworks ever

In one of the most remarkable public artworks ever attempted, Little Amal, a 3.5m high puppet of a young refugee will walk 8,000 km from Syria to the UK.

At each stage of the journey she will be welcomed by artistic and cultural events created by and reflective of the communities she visits.

Link in bio for more info 🙌

#thewalk #art #puppets #refugees #walk #community #positivity

Switchback Trainee Rashid, 24, is starting his wor

Switchback Trainee Rashid, 24, is starting his work training at The Dusty Knuckle Bakery. He will be doing two shifts in the kitchen a week for the next four weeks.

Rashid has been working with his Switchback Mentor Cassie since he came out of prison in April.

"I want to build on my confidence and skills, and I think by trying something new and working in an environment I have never worked in before, it will help me progress".

The Dusty Knuckle Bakery #skills #confidence #charity #newstart #prison #brightfuture