20 for 20
20 prizes to celebrate 20 years of the Wokingham Word.
The winner of all 20 prizes (worth approximately £1,000) was drawn on Friday 6th December – CONGRATULATIONS Andy & Simon!!!
£5 per entry, all proceeds go to Addiction Family Support. To enter, please go to: www.justgiving.com/page/carolyn-robinson-20420
Scroll down to find out more about the invaluable work this charity does.
The prizes have been generously donated by some amazing local busineses:
- A huge health & beauty hamper donated by TESCO, worth over £80
- Salty Olive “Treat for Two” worth £40
- A Garden Tidy-Up from Grassroots, 2 guys for 2 hours in Jan/Feb, worth £140
- One month membership at Energie Fitness, PLUS a Personal Training session
- Giftology Goodie-bag
- Antique Rose Faux-plant
- Maison Rustic Gift-box
- Prevo Noise Cancelling Wireless Earbuds, donated by Pratts Pods
- Mimi Goodie-bag
- Gold Service (Inside & Out) car valet from Waves
- £50 to spend at Funky Flowers
- £50 to spend at Berkshire Flower School
- Marvellous Festival weekend tickets (pair) worth £200
- Wokingham Festival weekend tickets (pair) worth £140
- Christmas Hamper from Phil’s Good Food
- 4 Tickets for Wokingham Pantomine (Sat 30th December) worth £80
- COOK voucher, £20
- A £100 Spring Clean from Ace Cleaning
- Luxury Beauty Bundle
- Mystery Prize!
Thank you so much to all my donors.
Enter by 9am on 6th December, and CHECK BACK HERE, OR ON FACEBOOK the same day to find out if you’ve won – GOOD LUCK!!!
Charity is at the heart of the Wokingham Word.
Over the years, I have been proud to support local charities and non-profit making organisations literally thousands of times, with free publicity reaching 25,000 local homes. It’s central to both the content and ethos of the Wokingham Word … readers love it, and charities tell me every month, how much they benefit. It’s a privilege to be a force for good in Wokingham.
Every year, I spotlight one very special charity. I tell their story and let Wokingham know why they’re important to our community.
My Chosen Charity for 2024 is
Addiction Family Support
Addiction, be it drugs/alcohol/gambling/whatever, is a real problem in society and widely misunderstood. It is traumatic for addicts, and their loved ones.
Addiction Family Support provide support to people affected or bereaved by a loved one’s addiction. Their vision is: a world where no one faces a loved one’s addiction alone.
They will:
Understand your situation – listen with empathy and without judgment to understand your unique challenges.
Provide information – provide relevant, specific, and targeted information, to improve your knowledge.
Explore strategies – discuss your social support, how you react, respond, and cope.
Refer – identify any additional needs and refer you, within our organisation or externally, for further support.
www.addictionfamilysupport.org.uk
In short, Addiction Family Support can provide the unique support and advice that families of addicts desperately need.
Help for addicts themselves is available from many organisations. When an addict is ready, the following organisations and more can help:
AA – www.aa.org
NA – www.ukna.org
Cranstoun – www.cranstoun.org
Alanon (for families) – www.al-anon.org.uk
Drugfam (families, all addictions) drugfam.co.uk
NACOA (for children) – www.nacoa.org.uk
Throughout the summer of 2024, I wrote a 4 part series of articles about addiction, published in the Wokingham Word, with the aim of raising awareness and understanding of the problem, and dispelling myths. You can read the complete set here:
