Provide a hungry child with Mary's Meals Your donation could provide a child in Malawi with Mary's Meals (a daily meal in school) for a whole year. The meal attracts them to school where they gain the education that can rescue them from poverty. This donation could also provide a school starter kit - pencils, clothes, jotters etc.
£10.00
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Personal necessities for a homeless young person Quarriers provides long-term supported accommodation and emergency places for around 200 homeless young people in Scotland. Your donation could cover the cost of basic toiletries and underwear for a young person moving into crisis accommodation.
£10.00
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Build relationships Your donation could enable someone supported by Cornerstone to attend a seasonal event, such as a Christmas party, with friends and family. It is extremely important that the people we support learn to become more independent and maintain good relationships with their family once they move into supported accommodation.
£20.00
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Train a carer Courses can help to support a carer in their caring role and can delay admission of the person with dementia into long-term care. Your donation could pay for a carer to attend a half-day specialist training course on dementia care.
£24.00
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Respite care Your donation could pay for evening respite care for a disabled child from one of Cornerstone's 'Star Carers' so that the child's family can take a break from their caring role.
£30.00
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Send a sewing machine to Liberia Many people in Liberia are trying to resume normal life after years of conflict. Your donation could let us renovate a manual sewing machine and send it to Liberia, providing someone with the means to earn a living and provide for their family.
£30.00
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Support for carers Being a carer can sometimes be a lonely and exhausting experience. For 2000 Scottish carers it's the support they get from a Quarriers Carers Centre that helps keep them going. Your donation could cover the costs of refreshments for a weekly carers' support group.
£30.00
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Half a day's respite care Your donation could enable us to pay for a half-day's respite care for someone with dementia to give their carer a much-needed break.
£35.00
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Leaving drugs behind One of our service users put his drug addiction behind him and went to Kenya with his local church to help build local schools - your donation could enable us to give another young person a similar opportunity.
£35.00
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Help Malawi's teachers educate the countrys future Your donation could help us supply teachers working in some of the poorest schools in Malawi with some of the basic items they have requested - clothes, chalk, text books, paper...
£40.00
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Books, videos and CD's People with dementia love to be able to remember what things used to be like 50 or more years ago when they were young. Your donation could cover the costs of a selection of books, videos and CDs to help with reminiscence work in day care centres.
£46.00
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Karaoke at Countryview Many of the children & young people with disabilities who stay at Quarriers Countryview & Chavey Down respite centres love to sing and perform the latest pop songs. Your donation could allow us to buy the latest Karaoke CDs.
£50.00
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Education & Training CHSS has a team of Stroke Training Co-ordinators who develop, plan and deliver training for health and social care professionals and informal carers. Your donation could cover the cost of a training session.
£50.00
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Life saving medicines The value of this donation could allow us to supply a clinic in Chembe, Malawi that serves a desperately poor community with the drugs they need to treat HIV related diseases.
£50.00
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Specialist play equipment Your donation could purchase specialist play equipment or toys for the children supported by Cornerstone's Children's Playschemes. These provide essential stimulation for the children during the school holidays and give the children an opportunity for interaction with other children.
£50.00
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Rescue a child from poverty with Mary's Meals Your donation could provide a child in Malawi with Mary's Meals (a daily meal in school) all through their primary education (8 years). Mary's Meals attracts chronically hungry children into the classroom where they gain the education that can rescue them from the poverty trap.
£50.00
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Provide a young Liberian with a trade Your donation could give a young Liberian who missed out on school because of war the chance to learn a skill at Technical school - a skill that can provide an income and the dignity of supporting themselves.
£70.00
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Learn a new skill Your donation could pay for someone with a learning disability to learn a new skill through perhaps attending a cookery class or a computer skills workshop. This can help them to pursue their dream career.
£75.00
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A week's helpline calls Nearly 6,000 people called the Dementia Helpline last year. Your donation could cover the costs of our 24 hour freephone number for a week, ensuring more people can ring it for emotional support and information.
£75.00
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Fathers' Group When your family's in difficult circumstances, it's not always easy to be a patient, loving Dad. Support from a Quarriers Family Centre can make a real difference. Your donation could make a difference too by helping us to cover the weekly cost of running a Fathers' Group.
£96.00
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Specialist eqipment Your donation could buy specialist boardmaker equipment which helps people who cannot communicate verbally to express their opinions through use of pictures and symbols.
£100.00
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Support our research Your donation could help with the costs of a researcher working to take forward our understanding of dementia, its causes and cures and to optimise interventions.
£100.00
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A new business & new hope for a Liberian widow The conflict in Liberia has left many women struggling to support their families. Your donation could help a woman in Liberia set up her own business such as a small bakery that would allow her to start earning an income and regain her dignity and self confidence.
£100.00
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Therapy session Your donation could pay for a therapy session for someone with complex needs. Rebound therapy involves the use of trampolines and can help improve co-ordination, confidence and build strength.
£150.00
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Outdoor play equipment The play area at a Quarriers Family Centre offers local children a safe and child-centred place to play and explore. Your donation could enable us to buy the outdoor play equipment we need to ensure it's educational as well as fun!
£180.00
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A stove for cooking Mary's Meals Your donation could provide this Rocket cooking stove used by the local volunteers in Malawi who prepare Mary's Meals each day for chronically hungry children. The stoves use only 1/10th of the firewood needed by traditional stoves - important in a country where deforestation is a massive problem.
£300.00
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