Community Heroes Stories Archives

Sarah Godenho

8/12/2020

“During the pandemic, Sarah has worked tirelessly alongside colleagues and volunteers delivering food & veg boxes to ensure families have access to quality fresh food, as well as activity packs to kids who were bored, multi-sensory baskets for children with additional needs and/or disabilities, toiletries and essential hygiene items. Sarah has also made thousands of […]

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Phil Ellis

30/11/2020

“Phil is a volunteer counsellor at WEB Merseyside; he volunteers his time weekly with some of the most vulnerable adults, welcoming them and putting them at ease. During lockdown, Phil would still support clients over the phone, and did extra hours doing welfare calls to isolated people. He is very warm, kind and caring and […]

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Denise Turner

20/11/2020

Denise has been organising food parcels for Norris Green and surrounding areas and continuing to run sessions for local children.

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Lee Baker

20/11/2020

Having suffered with mental health issues himself, Lee came to our charity Open Door for support. After feeling better and gaining a lot from our programme he is now one of our mentors leading other young people on a 1-2-1 basis through the programme that he completed and benefitted from. He has been exceptional.

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Terry Harding

20/11/2020

“Terry is a man of amazing warmth, courage, tenacity and generosity. He has overcome lots of adversity/hardship, and disadvantages in life; and has gone onto help other men overcome their difficulties in accessing support. As a volunteer at MEN TOO, supporting men who have a range of mental health issues/complex needs and suicide ideation to […]

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Harry Whitehurst

20/11/2020

“Harry is a young person with William’s Syndrome who is an active member of Comics Youth and Alder Hey Patient Forum. Harry has been a part of developing a newspaper team focused on highlight the rights of children. He is also involved in a number of key initiatives within Alder Hey’s patient forum, developing and […]

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Mark and Jo McVeigh

20/11/2020

“Mark and Jo started the Owen McVeigh Foundation in honour of their son who sadly passed away aged 11 from a short illness. Since then they have dedicated their lives to helping local children with life ending illnesses make great memories with their devastated families. Owen had a wonderful but short life so they help […]

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