SPIIOW, the Island’s Suicide Prevention and Intervention charity has been awarded over £2,500 from customer members who have used the Co-op store in Shanklin’s Landguard Road.
Every time a customer member buys selected Co-op products and services, 2p for every £1 is given to support community organisations and local causes, with 1 per cent going to the Co-op community partnerships fund and 1 per cent to local community groups. Customer members can choose their local cause to support through their membership.
Blaize: SPI some of first trained personnel to a location
Trustee Jodie Blaize said,
“This donation of £2,903.07 has come at a time when SPIIOW are just about to purchase more PPE equipment for our frontline responders, some of whom have, in the past few months completed more training to enable them to undertake their roles in the community.
“Most often or not our teams are some of the first professional trained personnel to a location and we require the correct equipment for our team members for them to carry out their roles.
“Congratulations to the other successful groups who also benefitted from this, including Ventnor Carnival Association, Ventnor Enhancement Fund, St Catherine’s School, Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary and Daisy Chains IW Children’s Charity – well done to you all.”
Thompson: Communities at the centre of everything we do
Store Manager, Simon Thompson, said,
“We’re a business with a difference, owned by our members and other Co-ops and not big investors. We put helping our communities at the centre of everything we do.
“We’re celebrating the difference our members make. Together, we’ve raised £100m to support local communities across the UK.
“And we’re not stopping there. We want to continue to build stronger and more resilient communities by offering:
- Fair access to food
- Fair access to mental wellbeing support
- Fair access to education and employment for young people
“This year we’ve supported 25,000 local causes and we’ll continue to support thousands more through the Local Community Fund, where members can select which cause in their local community to support. And through the new Community Partnerships Fund creating lasting change on big issues we care about, targeting communities that need the extra help the most.”
Someone at risk from Suicide?
If you think or believe that someone you know or have seen someone who is at risk from ending their life from suicide you can make contact with our front line team 24 hours a day in the following ways.
SPI Crisis Number (Suicide Intervention Only) (01983) 667 247 – This number is only to be used if you or someone you know is at risk of ending their life by suicide.
Emergency
If you or someone you know has already acted on the thoughts of suicide please call 999 and ask for the ambulance, giving them as much information as you can
Anyone interested in learning or joining the on-call from line team can contact SPIIOW at [email protected]
News shared by Clare on behalf of SPI IOW. Ed
