News and Events

December, 2009 - Senior Citizens Xmas party

SENIOR citizens received a surprise when the Home Secretary visited their Christmas party in Chalvey. The elderly partygoers were enjoying the bash laid for them by community group Destiny Support when Alan Johnson walked in with Slough MP Fiona Mactaggart.

 

The senor cabinet minister had been visiting Slough when he joined in the festivities at the Thames Valley community centre, Chalvey. Sue Njuguna, head of the operations at Destiny Support, said “Fiona Mactaggart said ‘I’ve brought you a very special guest; the Home Secretary’ so I had to quickly grab my camera.”

 

She added; “It was a social gathering for some of our senior citizens to get out, they ate, they danced away to the disco and we did give them a little red wine.

 

They had a fantastic time.” Ms Njuguna is now planning a New Year trip abroad for some of the pensioners who are clients of Destiny Support which works with hard to reach groups in the Slough area.

 

December, 2009

Awards for all awards grants towards the ‘Successful Working Teen programme’ for young people.   

    

European Social Fund (ESF) awards a grant for the ‘ Stepping Stones project’ to provide confidence building workshops, IT skills and volunteering opportunities to enable Service Users get back to work

 

November, 2009 - Date with Destiny Support

A CAKE was cut by the Mayor as Destiny Support CIC celebrated its official launch and early success in Slough.

Destiny Support celebrated at Thames Valley Community Centre. Invited guests enjoyed a launch, presentations, testimonials and a speech from the Mayor of Slough, Cllr Joginder Bal.

The service offers support to those people across the community who are isolated and cannot get access to mainstream help.

A new service we are now offering is digital learning champions, which is informal adult learning aimed at people who have never touched a computer before. This includes confidence building workshops that help our clients with volunteering opportunities, CV writing and job application skills to help them get back to work.

 

 

October, 2009

Gold Award Winner Slough Quality Protects.

September, 2009

Destiny Support launches its newly re-designed website.

August, 2009

Slough Borough Council awards grants towards fit for life transport and administration costs.

July, 2009

Age Concern awards grant towards fit for life activities.

May, 2009

Berkshire Community Fundation award a grant for rent towards Destiny Support offices.

April, 2009

Destiny Support moves to their new office in Thames Valley Community Centre offered by Slough Borough Council.

January, 2009

Social Enterprise Investment Fund awards grant towards consultancy to provide business development,market research and strategy.

June, 2008

Destiny Support declared Winner of the Best New Social Enterprise Award 2008.