11 Years Without Lloyd
September 26, 2016
It's hard to believe that we have now been without Lloyd for 11 years. A brother, a son and a good friend to so many. It's easy to put those we have lost on a pedestal and always talk about the positives. As Lloyd's brother I could tell many stories of the typically sibling rivalry…
Claims Consortium Awards Evening
September 23, 2016
We were honored to be invited to our main sponsors award evening on the 9th September. Claims Consortium have been a charity sponsor and supporter for several years. Their support, both financially and with voluntary time and expertise has meant so much to SAV so we were pleased to be able to give something back.…
Fear Challenge supporting Stand Against Violence
September 23, 2016
On the 16th October 7 brave volunteers leaped 30 ft from the fan descender platform at Vivary High ropes to raise money for SAV. Hayley and Bobby of Tesco, Taunton worked hard collecting sponsorship and fundraising in store before taking the leap. Debbie and Michele of Claims Consortium also took the plunge raising valuable awareness…
Somerset Chamber Support SAV with Charity Golf Day
September 15, 2016
The Somerset Chamber of Commerce has presented a cheque for £3,200 to Stand Against Violence (SAV) following this year’s Charity Golf Day. Now in its tenth year, the annual fundraising event, which took place at Oake Manor Golf Club in August, raises funds for a different Somerset-based charity every year. Over sixty business people took…
Trustee Development Opportunity
September 11, 2016
We are looking for passionate, enthusiastic and skilled individuals to join our board of trustees. In this round of recruitment for new trustees we are particularly interested in finding people who would like the opportunity to develop their trustee role and become the charity chair. A trusteeship is a responsible voluntary role. As a trustee…
Partnership with The Southern Co-operative
September 9, 2016
We are pleased to announce that we have recently partnered with The Southern Cooperative (TSC) as one of their regional charities as part of their ‘Love Your Neighbourhood’ programme. TSC has kindly donated £40,000 from the 5p purchase of plastic bags to help our anti violence work with young people and we are delighted to…
Welcome to Megan, our new education and training lead
September 8, 2016
Introducing Megan Crossley Our new Education and Training Lead: “My background is in education, I’m a qualified secondary teacher and worked in a school for a couple of years but I found my real passion, teaching life skills education when I worked for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service as part of their community safety…
Anyone for a cream tea?
August 15, 2016
Well done to the team for organising yet another successful cream tea fundraiser on Saturday. It was once again lovely weather and Broomfield Village Hall is the perfect country location for such an event. Thank you to all of those who donated cakes and scones to the event and to Geoff Bowles at Ivy Farm…
Two new trustees
August 13, 2016
We welcome to the board our two new trustees. Emma Lower (Left) moved to Taunton in 1989 having lived and worked in Penzance,Carlisle Cardiff and Salford in the Hotel and Catering Industry. Emma has held various sales and management roles across a number of organisations. With a young son, Emma is keen to make a…
IDN donate new laptop to SAV
August 12, 2016
We would like to say a huge thank you to our supporters at IDN for donating a lovely new laptop to aid us in our presentations and workshop delivery. Adam Fouracre, CEO of SAV said, "we are extremely grateful for the support shown by IDN and for the professional appearance of the dual branded lid.…