Today we are looking back at all of the amazing things Fresh Futures has achieved this year.
This highlights just some of the incredible ways we have helped the local communities in 2021 across our departments.
We are incredibly grateful for all of the support we have received from our followers, making what we do possible, and we are ready to take on 2022!
It’s really important that we take the time to recognise our volunteers – as without them, the charity would not be able to help so many people across the community.
Each month we recognise a Fresh Futures Volunteer that has gone above and beyond in their role. Kicking off 2022, is Tracey Twizell, who volunteers as a face-to-face befriender. We caught up with Tracy earlier this month and asked her a few questions…
Name: Tracey Twizell
Tell us a little about yourself? I am 58 years old and was lucky enough to retire from working four years ago, along with my husband Michael.
How long have you been volunteering for the charity? I have been volunteering now for three years.
Explain your volunteering role: My role as a volunteer is to try and visit my befriender once a week, plus a cosy telephone chat one or twice a week. I have also done shopping on occasion for her, and if I have been baking, I will take some cake or home-made soup to my befriender.
What made you want to start volunteering with YCC? When I first retired, I found I had a lot of time on my hands and I knew I wanted to help someone, although at the time I didn’t know how.
Sum up a typical day of volunteering for you? Initially I would visit my befriended every Wednesday afternoon pre-Covid. Then, we could only telephone which still worked for us, and now it’s a mix of both of these forms of keeping in touch.
And finally, what advice would you give to people considering volunteering with YCC? I would just like to say that I find the older generation have so much to offer, both in life experiences and humour. I find it so rewarding being in their company, and they should most definitely not be dismissed as the past generation. If anyone is considering volunteering, I would highly recommend it and I hope you are as lucky in your chosen befriended as I have been.
If you are considering becoming a face-to-face or telephone befriender, please contact Lucy, YCC’s Volunteering Development Officer, on 07849 398829 or [email protected].
Fresh Futures would like to send a huge thank you to Stowe Family Law for their very kind donation of £250.00; and to Tom Suttill for coordinating. Your donation is hugely appreciated by everyone at the charity!
Stowe Family Law told YCC; “We are proud to be supporting Fresh Futures with a donation towards their wonderful work improving the lives of children and their families in the Yorkshire region. We wholeheartedly recommend that other local businesses get involved wherever possible.”Stowe Family Law are a team of compassionate family solicitors with a strong track-record of success for clients in Huddersfield and Yorkshire. You can visit them here: https://www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk/offices/huddersfield/