Friends of SAGE

Your membership will help us to continue to promote the mental and physical well-being of adults experiencing mental health problems via the provision of creative therapeutic activities

Your membership will help us:

• Continue to run our current projects
• Support staff and volunteers
• Cover core operating activities & costs
• Generate other income and support fundraising activities
• Develop new projects

Our current projects include:

 SAGE Greenfingers

A long-established horticulture therapy project with strong environmental principles that is more than just gardening, which brings outdoor benefits to everyone who attends a a chance to learn new skills and increase your gardening knowledge.

“Being busy allows me to forget some of my personal problems and makes me feel better about myself”

Quote from a recent participant

‍ SAGE Singing Through the Seasons

A project that gives women a safe space to meet and sing, no matter their skills level

All our projects also provide:

• Improvements in mental health
• The opportunity to meet people and make new friends
• Support from understanding staff and volunteers (many with lived experience of mental health issues)
• Year-round activities such as art & crafts

Routes to membership:

Volunteering with us

• For anyone volunteering their time at SAGE in any role
• There is no minimum amount of time required just that you have been active in the last 12 months.

Supporting us

• For anyone donating money or resources to SAGE
• There is no minimum donation, you can support us with any amount you can.
• Regular amounts each month make it easier for us to forecast but one-off donations are great as well.
• You can allocate your donations to a specific project or let us use them where the need is greatest.

As a member you will receive:‍

 Regular communications showing what we do and the difference we are making

• Early access to all our events
• Guided tour of the site and/or attendance at a concert
• And our thanks

What does my money support?

 Like many charities we do not receive any Government funding for the services we offer.  We are supported by a variety of funders and trusts.

68% of donations go directly towards project costs with the remaining covering charity operating costs.

Your one off or monthly donations are critical to enabling us to continue in the future.

• £5 Buy seeds and bulbs for the gardening group
• £10 Cover the cost of an allotment for two weeks
• £20 Hire a room for an hour for the singing group
• £50 Cover costs of someone attending a Greenfingers session
• £100 Cover project worker costs for three weeks

We can also claim Gift Aid if you are a UK Tax payer which gives us an extra 20% for no extra cost to yourself.

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