Randburg Community Projects

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Current Community Project – Cheshire Home

CHESHIRE HOMES CHARTER

Our Mission is to assist people with disabilities throughout the world, regardless of their colour, race or creed, by providing the conditions necessary for their physical, mental and spiritual well-being. To provide support services in partnership with persons with disabilities, which empower service users and enhance their quality of life. We believe that each person, whatever his or her disability, is a uniquely valuable individual and that people with disabilities should have the personal freedom to pursue their aspirations and take their own place in the world. Our aim is to offer to those with disabilities.

• Unquestioning recognition of their full human rights.
• Standards of  excellence in all aspects of care from both staff and volunteers.
• The support of a forward-looking and responsive organization, aware of their needs and of those of their carers.
• The opportunity to take an effective part at every level in running our services.
• Partnership in a continuing endeavour to help others, whatever the need may be, in the field of disability.

The organization’s goals include:

• To promote residential care for profoundly disabled persons
• To promote disabled persons’ self development and self reliance.
• To operate day care education centers for disabled

Chire home objectives:

To work in partnership with people with disabilities to provide residential accommodation and services that promote independent living and the pursuit of personal aspirations. Also, to initiate projects that address social and economic inequalities, thereby alleviating poverty and facilitating the social integration of people with disabilities into mainstream society.

Cheshire Home Background:

Leonard Cheshire, from whom the organization’s name derives, was a bomber pilot in World War 11. After his war experiences, Leonard Cheshire felt a strong need to validate his life, and was drawn to the idea of service to others.

Although this desire was constantly on his mind during the following years, it was only in 1948 that it started to take concrete form – and then by chance. Leonard heard of a fellow service man, terminally ill, who was in dire straits, with no family, no means, and nowhere to go. Leonard took him in and cared for Arthur until his death. From such a small and unplanned beginning was the world wide Cheshire organization to grow. Today there are Cheshire organizations and Homes all over the world. Cheshire Homes started in South Africa in 1965. A visitor from the United Kingdom, holidaying in Durban, realized that there was a desperate need for a service for disabled people in this country. She made contact with community leaders, committees were set up, and Cheshire Homes South Africa took its first tentative steps.

The first Home, Queensburgh, was opened in 1968. Today, there are six Branches and sixteen Homes in this country, providing residential accommodation to severely and permanently disabled adults and children. In addition, many outreach programmed provide services such as day care, respite care, community base care, soup, kitchens, crèche type care. These outreach programs operate from established Cheshire Homes.

There are also a number of independent living units attached to Cheshire Homes, where those residents who are sufficiently confident can live as independently as possible, secure in the knowledge that expert care is within call. Cheshire Homes continues to grown, and hope in the future to offer more wide ranging services in response to the needs of people with disabilities

CHESHIRE HOMES SOUTH AFRICA

STRUCTURE

Cheshire Homes is a bottom up organization. Residents, staff and volunteers serve on Home Management Committees. From there, Branches are formed by members of the Home Management Committee. Together, their representative creates the National Council of Cheshire Homes South Africa.

National Council:	National Chairman
	National Vice Chairmen (2)
	Special Members (maximum 4)
	Branch Representatives (6)
	Representative of each Home (16)
Each Branch, Home and Residents’ Committee comprises:	Chairman
	Vice Chairman
	Treasurer
	Secretary
	Members
National Office:	National Director
	Secretary
	Treasurer
	Volunteers

 

WE WELCOME: VOLUNTEERS

From its inception, Leonard Cheshire International and Cheshire Homes South Africa have been reliant on the expertise, talents and contributions of their many volunteers. It would be difficult to adequately acknowledge the debt owed by Cheshire Homes to these people: they were the driving force which resulted in the setting up of the organization.  To this day, volunteers are actively involved with Cheshire Homes on many levels, from serving on Committees which are responsible for policy and initiation of new services, to volunteers who interact with residents on a one to one basic, assisting where need dictates.

• Using their expertise and experience to teach much needed skills to our residents
• They provide friendship to our residents
• They assist our residents to take park in leisure and social activities
• They escort and drive our residents to church, shopping centres and social functions
• They gain work experience for their CV’s and College References
• And, most importantly, they make a positive contribution to their community!

WHY NOT JOIN OUR FAMILY OF VOLUNTEERS?
As a new volunteer, we thank you for your commitment and the promise of your interest and time, and assure you that your contribution is recognized and received with gratitude. We sincerely hope that your involvement with Cheshire Homes will give you many years of reward and satisfaction.

WE WELCOME DONATIONS

Donations can be made by:
A regular debit order or direct deposit into the Cheshire Home bank account:-

First National Bank – Northgate
    Account no. 54920074611
    Branch code: 256755

A donation in memory of a family member or friend
Posting a donation to Cheshire Home, P O Box 1357, Randburg 2125

CORPORATE COMPANIES

We aim to build long-term, mutually beneficial involvement with corporate companies looking to partner with us in providing advance levels of care and support to persons suffering from physical disabilities, without the family support structures to fully care for their well being. Our objectives are aligned with the new B-BBEE guidelines and will support any company’s corporate social responsibility programme.

Corporate Assistance can be provided in several ways. Here are a few ideas:

• Sponsorship of a specific resident
• Corporate donations with tax benefits, as we are a registered NPO
• Event or project participation
• Employee volunteering

PAST AND CURRENT DONERS

• Pick ‘n Pay
• ABSA Bank
• Minuteman Press-Strydom Park
• Liberty Life
• Anglo American and De Beers Charity fund
• Anglovaal
• Nampak
• BHP Billiton Development Trust
• Consol Limited
• Iscor Foundation
• Murray & Roberts
• Nedcor Foundation
• Standard Bank
• Hiprom