OBJECTIVE SUPPORTS SHEFFIELD MIND GAMBLING AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

Sheffield based B2B creative marketing agency Objective has worked with city charity Sheffield Mind to design and develop a video to prevent gambling harm amongst young people.

Sheffield Mind is a mental Health Charity providing emotional and practical support to people in Sheffield with mental health issues.

The short film, which was shot on location in Sheffield, shares the experience of Kieren, whose love of slot machines and amusement arcades as a child developed into online gambling and a pattern of addiction that destroyed relationships, left him thousands of pounds in debt and eventually drove him to attempt suicide.

Today, as he explains in the short film, with the support of Sheffield Mind, he has been four years free of addiction, and is happily enjoying family life.

Objective Managing Director Dan Broadbent said: “We are delighted to enable Sheffield Mind to raise awareness of support available to young people at risk of gambling harm.

“As the region’s leading B2B creative marketing agency, giving back is at the heart of our organisation and we are passionate about supporting charities in our region. The video was commissioned as part of the Gambling Awareness Project Sheffield (GAPS).

To watch the video and find out more about GAPS visit sheffieldmind.co.uk/gaps.

I have been supporting LGBT Sheffield for a few years now, they were one of my first clients who I helped to secure funding and I love the work we do together. Their Pinknic event was such a huge success in 2022 after a 2 year break due to COVID-19, that they have thrown the lot at it this year. Returning acts, more stalls, more corporate sponsorship, Cohesion grant funding gained from Sheffield City Council and still waiting on the result of some National Lottery Awards for All money. The 2023 event will be held in the Peace Gardens in central Sheffield on Saturday 15th July –come along and join the celebration.

LGBT Sheffield operate a busy telephone help-line which supports older LGBT community members who have struggled through COVID-19 and then the Cost of Living Crisis. They have just secured some funding from the Postcode Lottery Neighbourhood Trust to deliver support work to Trans and LGB residents of Sheffield, helping to increase awareness and reporting of hate crime and managing the effects on vulnerable adults. These workers will also be working in medical practices to educate GPs, social prescribers and community nurses to identify people who are needing support because of hate crime – one of the biggest growing UK crimes.

As a small charity, who’s current trustees have limited business skills and time to run the charity, LGBT Sheffield are keen to recruit new trustees and expand the number of volunteers who help them to deliver to the adult LGBT community in Sheffield. If you have time and want to be active in your support, contact me today!

For any help and guidance on determining a funding strategy, funding audit, business planning or bid writing for your nonprofit, contact me.

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