Store & Secure assists Christmas toy appeal for sick children

The team at Store & Secure's Bournemouth self-storage facility is helping Amelia’s Rainbow with its Christmas toy appeal again this winter, as an official drop-off point for donated new toys – which will give a special surprise to sick children who have to stay in hospital over Christmas.

https://www.storeandsecure.co.uk/self-storage-news/christmas-toy-appeal-sick-children/

Self-storage rooms go big in Basingstoke

Store & Secure self-storage is offering new larger storage rooms at its Basingstoke facility… approximately garage-sized and costing from just £20 per week.

https://www.storeandsecure.co.uk/self-storage-news/big-spaces-basingstoke/

Store & Secure at self-storage industry conference

Company boss Brian Maidman is back from the 2018 European Self Storage Conference in Paris, learning about...

https://www.storeandsecure.co.uk/self-storage-news/industry-conference-awards/

Latest video from Child of Hope: Supporting slum kids and their families

Meet the family support team that works with children and their parents both in and outside our slum school. They ensure that every child has a chance to become the best they can be; no-one slips through the net and everyone succeeds together! So this is our Family Support Team, comprising our welfare team, health team and income generating team. They do amazing stuff!



Soundtrack: The song ‘Life so Beautiful’ by artist Graham Colton is used with permission. The Music Bed, LLC. 9555 Harmon Road, Fort Worth, TX 76177 1-800-380-8154

Stock storage: Christmas space for retailers at Store & Secure

Bournemouth and Basingstoke retailers don’t have to struggle with pre-Christmas pressure on their storage space – by storing extra stock at Store & Secure!

https://www.storeandsecure.co.uk/self-storage-news/christmas-stock-storage-space-retailers/

Child of Hope partners with parents

Without its own secondary school (until 2020), Child of Hope's older students attend other schools in the locality, like these (above) who attend Grace Secondary School. To ensure continued academic progress, the Family Support team liaises with their parents to address issues of shared concern.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/partnering-parents

Child of Hope: malaria prevention

Child of Hope reports a reduction in malaria cases among its slum school children thanks to intervention.

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/anti-malaria-support

Store & Secure: man of many talents

From British Airways cabin crew… to rides manager at Chessington and Thorpe Park… to assistant manager of an indoor go karting race track… Ryan Stevens (39) is now assistant facility manager at our Basingstoke self-storage facility!

https://www.storeandsecure.co.uk/self-storage-news/ryan-man-many-talents/

Groveley Precision Engineering: Matthew’s French maintenance

During a month-long placement with Groveley from his college in France, Lycée Gustave Eiffel in Bordeaux – future maintenance engineer Matthew Downie conducted a very helpful study of the Christchurch company's maintenance processes.

http://www.groveley.co.uk/latest-news/articles/french-maintenance

So many experiences: visit to Child of Hop

Long-term Child of Hope friends and supporters, David, Clare and Anna Burrows from Surrey, have watched their sponsored child progress through the different classes in Primary school and continued as she went to Secondary school. And this July they visited her and saw the school for themselves. Here’s what they said about their trip…

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/so-many-experiences

New small disaster fund

Child of Hope is building a small fund so its social workers can help people in dire poverty and trouble in the Namatala slum that they come across in their work - like Joel and his mum who hadn't eaten for 2 days.

Could you donate? 

Store & Secure Basingstoke: Shortlisted for national award

Basingstoke self-storage facility Store & Secure has been shortlisted as one of four finalists in this year’s UK self-storage industry awards, in the section ‘Best Independent Facility UK’.

The awards are held by the Self Storage Association United Kingdom (SSA UK).

Read more: https://www.storeandsecure.co.uk/self-storage-news/shortlisted-national-award-2/

Child of Hope: new video

In this new 5-minute video, you'll see the work of Child of Hope in Namatala slum and the amazing difference made by both free education at the school and our innovative Family Support Team that works alongside it.

Soundtrack: The song ‘Together, featuring Derek James’ by artist Marie Hines is used with permission. The Music Bed, LLC. 9555 Harmon Road, Fort Worth, TX 76177 1-800-380-8154

https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/home/what-we-do/videos

Child of Hope to build slum secondary school

Child of Hope plans to help even more children in the Namatala slum by building a secondary school, where our primary pupils can continue their free, high-quality education.

So, please can you help? They have already received £73,270 in gifts and pledges – around 71% of the target – so they’re well on our way!

Donate to build a secondary school

More info: https://www.childofhopeuganda.org/news/lets-help-even-more-children

Brian Maidman climbs the 3 Welsh peaks

He did it in a day! Congrats Brian from all at Store & Secure self-storage... all for Bournemouth Hospital Charity!

https://www.storeandsecure.co.uk/self-storage-news/did-it/