LOCAL estate agent, Gascoigne Halman, has donated a £750 slice of their £25k Community Challenge fund to charity The Walton Lea Partnership.
Founded in 1998, The Walton Lea Partnership provides individual learning, work experience and supported employment for people with learning disabilities complicated by other physical or psychological conditions such as epilepsy, poor mobility and early onset dementia. The charity has over seventy beneficiaries in supported employment within their initiative, which includes gardening, woodwork, floristry, conservation work and working in the Walton Lea shop.
The charity requested funding to replace a large section of roof on the Victorian building they use in Walton, after water damage early last year. The building houses the offices and tea room which need protecting in order to host fundraising events in the future.
Viv Lacey, a board director at The Walton Lea Partnership commented, “We aim to transform the lives of our beneficiaries and give them the opportunity to fulfil their potential. We want to thank Gascoigne Halman for this generous donation. It will help us continue our work in a much improved environment.”
Gascoigne Halman celebrated their 25th anniversary by setting up a £25,000 fund to support local causes. Their aim was to select charities and community groups that create a positive impact on the local community whilst providing long term benefits for the local area.
For more info on the charity visit www.waltonlea.org.uk
Photo caption: Bobby Shahlavi manager of Gascoigne Halman Lymm and Christine Rees manager of Gascoigne Halman Stockton Heath with beneficiaries of The Walton Lea Partnership
