Vote for Launchpad in the My Favourite Voucher Codes charity poll
Launchpad is teaming up with My Favourite Voucher Codes to take part in their charity poll. As one of four charities in the lineup, we’re in with a chance to win 20% of the site’s profits, which will help us continue to provide our support through our housing and homelessness services.
How are we safely welcoming clients back into our building for support?
For the last few weeks, we have been working hard to ensure that we can safely start to open the building to clients and people in need of support, ready for when lockdown started to ease. What are these changes and how have we adapted our services to keep clients, staff and our community safe?
COVID-19 emergency appeal reaches £42,000
Back in April we launched our COVID-19 emergency appeal so we can continue delivering our vital support to extremely vulnerable people during the outbreak – and you have helped us smash our target and raise a magnificent £42,264!
AND Digital helps Launchpad move into a new digital era
The Reading brand of tech delivery specialist, AND Digital, offered Launchpad free technical support on our website earlier this year – and has now moved our website to a new editable platform and given it a whole new look! AND and Launchpad started working together after the AND team wanted to offer some pro bono […]
Local artist raises over £1k selling political fashion via Instagram for causes including Launchpad
Reading-born 20 year-old Jessy Blakemore has raised £1070 to date for charities including Launchpad, by hand painting t-shirts and corsets and selling them via Instagram – with 103 sold and just as many on order. After boredom set in during lockdown at her family home in Reading, Jessy – who is studying Philosophy at the […]
Reading musicians release lockdown album in aid of Launchpad’s COVID-19 emergency appeal
Earlier this month, a group of Reading based musicians released Musos4…Reading’s Homeless – a compilation album of new songs from local artists, all to raise money for Launchpad’s COVID-19 emergency appeal.
Our services during the pandemic
Launchpad staff are key workers during this national emergency and we are pulling out all the stops to ensure our clients and members of the public receive vital support during the pandemic – while keeping our teams, clients and the community safe.
Launchpad open ‘here for you’ telephone service
Following the COVID-19 outbreak, we are aware that many members of our local community are in self-isolation and feeling lonely, need support with practical issues, and feel concerned about the future and loved ones. In response, we are launching a telephone service for anyone in need, whether they have housing or homelessness issues or not. […]
Over £6,000 raised for work and life skills centre at Launchpad’s Pancake Race
A total of £6,299 and counting has been raised at our annual Pancake Race, which saw 37 teams batter it out on Broad Street on Shrove Tuesday and solicitors Blandy & Blandy take home the coveted frying pan trophy. Now in its 23rd year, this year’s event was supported by Reading Chronicle and Broad Street […]
How does Launchpad support clients at Christmas?
Christmas can be a difficult time for our clients – whether they’re the individuals living in our supported housing or those we support in the community who are at risk of homelessness. How does Launchpad help over the festive season and what can you do to ensure we can continue supporting vulnerable people, both over the festive season and all year round?