Here’s a fabulous round-up of why one of our sessional workers loves working at Kangaroos.
Take it away Cassi!
Here’s a fabulous round-up of why one of our sessional workers loves working at Kangaroos.
Take it away Cassi!
Once again we have been blown away by the support and fundraising efforts from our heroes and heroines in the local business community. This week we are celebrating the awesome achievement of Jane Todd who walked 100 miles along the South Downs Way to achieve a lifetime ambition and raise money for Kangaroos.
Continue reading “Local business woman walks 100 miles for Kangaroos!”
This week is Carers Week in the UK and we as a charity want to support the campaign to help make caring visible.
Every family that relies on our services has one or more members of the family who have unpaid caring roles. In doing research for this blog, I was shocked to learn that there are around 6.5 million carers in the UK – that’s 1 in 8 adults who are carers. Continue reading “Kangaroos supports Carers Week to make caring visible”
Many companies get behind staff who take on personal challenges – it’s great to see employees pushing themselves. There are also surprisingly positive results for businesses when individuals set themselves personal goals and achieve them.
When employees take on a personal challenge to raise money for charity, employers can get fully behind them by match funding. It spreads more than a sprinkle of goodwill. As well as having tangible benefits for businesses, it’s obviously great news for charities too.
Continue reading “How match funding benefits employees, businesses and charities too!”
When we shut the office door at the start of the first lockdown in March last year, no one envisaged that a year on, the Kangaroos office team would still be mostly working from home. The office remains eerily quiet for much of the time. Continue reading “Kangaroos turns boardroom into sensory play space”
We are celebrating and wanted to share our fantastic news! Kangaroos has been awarded £249,919 over 3 years in National Lottery funding to support young people living with learning disabilities. Continue reading “Kangaroos celebrates Lottery funding”
