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⏳ The count down is on ⏳ We only have 29 days

⏳ The count down is on ⏳

We only have 29 days to raise as much money as possible. Can you help us?

You can help by becoming a member of the Coop. By signing up you can save money on your shopping as well as helping a local cause like us. 😁

#LocalCause #coop #GiveBackToTheCommunity #CharityAppeal

School Shoes for local children - Tesco Community

Feeding our Local Children - Tesco Community Grant

Feeding our Local Children - Tesco Community Grants Scheme 🍞🍎🥕

Earlier this year we were awarded £1,000 through the blue tokens scheme based in Tesco Bathgate, East Calder and Broxburn (Main Street) stores. This award helped provide food vouchers to 20 vulnerable families in West Lothian to help relieve food insecurity when it was most needed. Thanks to Gemma (Community Champion) from Tesco Bathgate for presenting the big cheque to Collette (our Project Manager).

Every award we receive makes such a real difference in our local community, here's what our Referrers told us:

School told us "These vouchers helped us to support families towards the end of a long month and we know and see how hard it is for families just now. This gives a little bit of joy at a difficult time, and I know they appreciate being able to spend the food voucher on items their family need/like/prefer."

Community Worker said "We gave the supermarket vouchers to a teenage boy who is now living with his sister as mum is in hospital long term. The vouchers are such a great help to this household at this time due to the cost of feeding another person."

Charity Worker stated "The women in our safe accommodation share the stress and anxiety caused by the increased cost of living alongside managing their own individual struggles of domestic abuse. Provision of these vouchers provided a visible sigh of relief from all who received them, knowing they had a little extra to get items of foods etc they enjoy for themselves and their children."

Thank you to every customer who voted for us and the amazing staff at the stores who supported our bid. 🥰❤

#SmallActsOfKindness #CostOfLivingCrisis #PoveryScotland #ChildPoverty #GiveBackToTheCommunity

⚽️ Footy boots - The Inclusion Crew! ⚽️ E

⚽️ Footy boots - The Inclusion Crew! ⚽️

Earlier this year we had an appeal for second-hand football boots and the public really got behind this initiative and donated lots!
Special thanks to Murieston United Football Club and to West Lothian Football Academy for hosting one of our red collection bins and reaching out to their players and families for donations. Not forgetting staff and customers are Tesco Linlithgow who ran an appeal too.

Our hard working volunteers, scrubbed, and tidied up the boots. We were able to re-distribute them to two very worthy projects. One of which was, Deans PS football festival.

We recently received a number of thank you cards in the post from the pupils and when we read them there wasn't a dry eye in the house! Here is a snippet of what was said...

'Thanks for the boots! They have helped a a lot! We managed to help people get full kits! People who were Kit-less are now Kit-full!' 😭🥰

"I'm part of the football team and very grateful because I don't have football equipment."😭🥰

"I love my football boots, pads, socks and kit bag. I have been picked for the team too!" 😭🥰

#FootBallKits #GivingBackToTheCommunity
#FootBallBootDrive #kitlesstokitfull #Inclusion #FeelingIncluded

Craigshill Winter Project 2022 🧤🧣🧦 The p

Craigshill Winter Project 2022 🧤🧣🧦

The project was funded by Craigshill Community Choices fund, and allowed us to support the community during a time when rising energy bills and the cost of living was really biting hard. We provided 175 packs (between November 2022-Spring 2023) to young people allowing them to stay warm whilst at home and when out and about. Packs included an oodie/fleece/zipper, cosy socks, warm jacket, wellies, and hat/gloves/scarf.

Referrals were made through Schools, Housing Associations, Youth Action Project, Women's Aid and Health Visitors working with families in Craigshill. Here are a few feedback comments that help demonstrated the impact of this project:

"Having seen the recent struggles that parents are having due to cost-of-living crisis, this project came at the right time and fulfilled all needs. Having the most basic items enabled the parents to feel valued knowing that their child is safe, warm and happy. It also relieved some stress and anxieties from the parents as it kept their child warm during the cold spells, without having an another expense of heating bills."

"Helped one young boy to socialise with his friends and play outside. It also imroved his confidence as he felt good in himself and he was not embarrassed as he had very little winter clothing. The smile on his face was priceless."

"The parent was so thankful about receiving your pack that she was crying as she felt a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. Not being able to provide clothing for her child was causing her so much stress."

"Great service that helped many families in 2022 in this area who may have gone without."

"I just want to thank you immensely, what an absolute lifeline you have provided."
🥰❤️

#CostOfLivingCrisis #ClothingPovertyAwareness
#CantDoItWithoutYou #ClothingPoverty
#PovertyScotland

Thank You! 🥰 Big Thanks to the Lloyds Speciali

Thank You! 🥰

Big Thanks to the Lloyds Specialist business centre based at the Gyle. Joanne Mclaughlan dropped in with some items that had been collected by the team for us. This included some lovely uniform items, totalling nearly £200 😲

Thank yous so much!

#GoodCause #TimeToSayThanks
#KindnessIsContagious #CostoftheSchoolDay

We want to extend our thanks to the family of Brya

We want to extend our thanks to the family of Bryan Lambe. His daughter and grandson dropped off a very generous cash donation of £110 in Bryan's memory. Thank you 🥰

#KindnessIsContagious #TimeToSayThanks

Thank you! Burn It Fitness 🏋️‍♂️💪 T

Thank you! Burn It Fitness 🏋️‍♂️💪

Thank you to Paul and team at Burn It Fitness for choosing us as their local charity to support again this year. For the last 8 years Burn It Fitness hold a super burn it event, a 150-minute workout which is split into a half trail and half circuits course, this event costs £10 to enter. The money raised goes to a local charity and we have been very fortunate that the last few years the team have chosen us as the recipient. 🥰

An amazing 100+ entrants signed up, managed raised a huge amount and were able to purchase lots of PE kit including, shorts, and 60 t-shirts, 65 water bottles and an assortment of school bags. All of which was desperately needed at the time of drop off, most of this has now been distributed to children across West Lothian for starting back at school at the beginning of August. 🥰

Thank You again, and let see what next year brings. 😁

#TimeToSayThanks #BurnItFitness
#CharityFundraisingEvent
#GivingBackToTheCommunity
#CostOfTheSchoolDay #SuperBurnItEvent
#EveryChildDeservesToBeIncluded

Spooky Season is fast approaching! 😱👻🎃💀🧙‍♀️🧟

Do you have any Halloween outfits or dress up items that no longer fit? Are surplus to requirements or just simply aren't needed or wanted anymore? We can take them off your hands. 😃

We work with schools all year round to help make sure that all children and young people are able to fit in and take part in everything they may encounter during the school day. This includes those fun events like Halloween. 🎃💀

If you have anything you would like to donate, you could pop these into our offices or into any of our red donation bins located across West Lothian, https://schoolbank-westlothian.org/drop-off-points/

#CircleEconomy
#Halloween
#SpookySeason
#DressUp
#FancyDress

Earlier this month Lizette and Paddy from the Rota

Earlier this month Lizette and Paddy from the Rotary Club, Livingston, visited our office and Roz (our Project Worker) was delighted to accept a generous donation of £300.😱

Thank you to all the members who helped make this donation possible. We truly appreciate your generosity.🥰

The Rotary Club of Livingston is a dynamic local group who have been busy supporting care and community organisations in the wider Livingston area. If you are interested in seeing what the Rotary does contact them directly.
https://www.facebook.com/livi.rotary

#TimeToSayThanks
#CantDoItWithoutYou
#GiveBackToTheCommunity
#PeopleHelpingPeople

GET YER KILTS OAN! Fancy joining us on the Edinbu

GET YER KILTS OAN!

Fancy joining us on the Edinburgh Kilt walk? Sunday 17th September 2023

We are taking part in this years Wee Wander which is 5 miles, ending at Murrayfield stadium, the event starts at 10am/10.30am or 11am.

There is plenty of parking at Murrayfield so you can park there, then get the kilt walk bus to the start point, near Granton beach. Bus times are 9.15/9.45/10.15 🚌 (This needs to be pre booked along with your entrance.)

The School Bank will reimburse the entrance fees for anyone who would like to do it and raises £50 for us. Get in touch and let us know if you are up for it! 😁

#BeAFundraiser
#FundraisingForCharity
#CantDoItWithoutYou
#EveryLittleHelps
#FundraisingForAGoodCause
#KiltWalk2023

We provided a whopping 960 uniform packs for young

Thank you to Q2 Lab Solutions in Livingston. 🥰

Thank you to Q2 Lab Solutions in Livingston. 🥰

During the school holidays, Lesley secured a donation from their Charity Committee and then hit the shops to buy lots of amazing items that we desperately needed. These included PE zippers/hoodies, socks, school bags and stationery. No sooner had Lesley dropped the items off and they were put into packs before being issued to local children who will benefit.

Thank you for making an immediate and real difference to young people, right here in West Lothian! ❤ @q2labsolutions!

#GivingBackToTheCommunity #TimeToSayThanks #EveryChildDeservesToBeIncluded #WestLothian #Q2LabSolutions #TheSchoolBankWestLothian

Thank you! 🥰 We need to give a big thanks to th

Thank you! 🥰 We need to give a big thanks to the Heineken Customer Services Team based at the Gyle.

Anne-Marie from the team came in this month with donations that the team had kindly collected to donate to us. This included over £300 worth of items including stationery, uniform, school shoes, and some little extras. 😱

Thank you so much!😍

#CantDoItWithoutYou
#GivingBackToTheCommunity
#CostoftheSchoolDay
#TimeToSayThanks
#PeopleHelpingPeople

Thank You! 🥰 We would like to thank all the st

Thank You! 🥰

We would like to thank all the staff and customers of the Co-op stores in Eliburn and Howden West (across from St John's) for the donations we have received in our red bins that the stores have had over the summer, here is a photo of it all! 😁

We have also raised £600 so far being a local cause! So amazing!!😍 The School Bank West Lothian is part of the Co-op Local Community Fund.

To find out more about our project and to choose us as your cause, click here https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/72188
It doesn't matter which Co-op you shop in; the important thing is to choose your cause We would love if you could support us, and we will benefit. Make sure you have your card or the app on your phone to scan each time you are in store because 2p from every £1 spent on Co-op products goes to your chosen charity.

Post a 💙 below to let us know you have chosen us as your local cause! Thank you in advance! 🥰

#ItsWhatWeDo
#TheSchoolBankWestLothian
#Community
#LetsHelpEachOther
#DoingItForTheKids
#CostoftheSchoolDay
@coopuk

Over the summer we have be humbled by the number o

Over the summer we have be humbled by the number of individuals and organisations supporting us but due to the demand for our service we have been busy making up packs and haven't been able to post thank you's on our page. So, our first thank you goes to...

Thank you to The Works in the Livingston Designer Outlet.

Louise from the Livingston store popped in this month to drop off some amazing donations they had been collecting over the summer from staff and customers. These included items such as school bags, PE kit bags, and lots of lovely stationery. They also donated a further £80 cash! 😲

We are very grateful for this donation, as we are for all donations received. Thank you for choosing us as your local charity to support. 🥰

#TimeToSayThanks
#EveryLittleHelps
#GivingBackToTheCommunity
#KindnessIsContagious
#CostOfTheSchoolDay

Tomorrow is the start of the new school year for t

Tomorrow is the start of the new school year for the young people in West Lothian! A new school year means new beginnings, new adventures....and new challenges. Good luck to all of our young people, teachers and support staff for the year ahead. Dream big tonight and work hard tomorrow!

#NewBeginnings #WorkHard #EducationMatters #Knowledge #Learning #WestLothian #BackToSchool #NewChallenges

Are you looking to donate new or good quality seco

Are you looking to donate new or good quality second hand items?

We have lots of our red drop-off bins placed across towns in West Lothian, listed below. 👇
Armadale - The Dale Hub and Armadale Partnership Centre.
Bathgate - Tesco, Bathgate Partnership Centre and the Beauty Spot.
Broxburn - Strathbrock Partnership Centre.
East Calder - East Calder Partnership Centre and Mabbit Cafe.
Kirknewton - The Shop.
Linlithgow - Tesco, Linlithgow Xcite Leisure centre and Lulu's Salon.
Livingston - Craigsfarm, Sainsburys, Morrisons (Dedridge), Astro Gymnastics, Nationwide Building Society, Home-Start, Sky and Q2 Solutions and Co op Eliburn/across from St John's.
Longridge - Community Centre.
West Calder - West Calder Community Hub.
Whitburn - Muldoon's Barbers.

And Livingston Designer Outlet till the end of August.

Fuller details on our website https://schoolbank-westlothian.org/drop-off-points/
#DropOffPoints #TheSchoolBankWestLothian #PassItOn #CircleEconomy #Donations

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