Health Information Leaflets This donation could help cover the costs of producing 125 copies of one of our education leaflets providing vital information to those affected by chest, heart and stroke illness.
£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. This donation could cover the cost of basic toiletries and underwear for a young person moving into crisis accommodation.
£10.00
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Provide a hungry child with Mary's Meals This 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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Completing a college course Many of our service users are homeless when they come to TPS - a grant from our Make it Happen Fund has enabled a number of them to complete a college course. This donation could help us to give another young person the same opportunity.
£12.00
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Support our campaigning This donation could help pay for campaign postcards and other forms of individual action to show politicians and businesses the strength of our voice pushing for practical solutions to climate change.
£15.00
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Build relationships This 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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Nursing Care for stroke patients Our Stroke Nurses aim to facilitate a smooth transition from hospital back into the community for people who have had a stroke through the provision of information, advice and support. This donation could pay for an hour (or more, depending on your selection) of nursing care from a CHSS Stroke Nurse.
£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. This donation could pay for a carer to attend a half-day specialist training course on dementia care.
£24.00
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Support our lobbying work This donation could help pay for a campaigner's time lobbying MPs and meeting with key business people.
£25.00
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Beauticians course One young person we helped was then sent on a nail Technicians course setting her on the way to becoming a Beautician - this donation could enable us to give another young person a similar opportunity.
£25.00
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Send a sewing machine to Liberia Many people in Liberia are trying to resume normal life after years of conflict. This 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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Respite care This 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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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. This donation could cover the costs of refreshments for a weekly carers' support group.
£30.00
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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 - this donation could enable us to give another young person a similar opportunity.
£35.00
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Advice Line The Advice Line aims to meet the needs of patients, their families and health professionals by providing confidential, independent advice on all aspects of chest, heart and stroke illness. This donation could cover the costs of calls for a whole day.
£35.00
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Half a day's respite care This 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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Help Malawi's teachers educate the countrys future This 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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Kick-start a business We bought a loom to help one of our service users with her fledgling craft business - this donation could enable us to give another young person a similar opportunity to build their own business and turn their life around.
£45.00
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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. This 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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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. This donation could cover the cost of a training session.
£50.00
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Specialist play equipment This 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 This 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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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. This donation could allow us to buy the latest Karaoke CDs.
£50.00
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Support our research This donation could help pay for research to compile the facts that we need to persuade Government and industry for more urgent action on climate change.
£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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Help someone help themselves and others One of our service users printed and published a series of turning points in her life which have become an inspiration to others - this donation could enable us to give another young person a similar opportunity to help themselves and others.
£60.00
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Provide a young Liberian with a trade This 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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A week's helpline calls Nearly 6,000 people called the Dementia Helpline last year. This 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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Community Support Groups We provide support for local volunteer groups throughout the country for people affected by chest, heart and stroke illness, and their carers. This donation could cover the costs of the meeting facilities for a weekly carers' support group.
£75.00
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Support our campaigning This donation could help resource and pay a campaigner to lobby decision-makers to adopt climate justice policies - cutting emissions and supporting developing countries to develop renewable energy, not oil.
£75.00
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Learn a new skill This 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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Put some meaning back One young person we helped received a grant to buy the clothing needed to climb his first Munroe - now there is no holding him back. This donation could enable us to give another young person a similar opportunity to help themselves.
£80.00
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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. This 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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A new business & new hope for a Liberian widow The conflict in Liberia has left many women struggling to support their families. This 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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Support our community training This donation could pay for a training session for communities wanting to explore ways in which they can practically cut their climate emissions, through reducing waste and installing renewable energy.
£100.00
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A grant to start a business We provided a grant for one of our service users to buy tools to start her Bike maintenance business - business is now rolling along nicely. This donation could enable us to give another young person a similar opportunity to start their own business.
£100.00
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Support our research This 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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Fund our research programme This donation could allow us to support a team of scientists for one hour. We fund vital medical research into every aspect of the treatment, prevalence and prevention of chest, heart and stroke illness. By combining care and research we deal with the problem now as well as investing in the future.
£100.00
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Therapy session This 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. This 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 This 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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