Our Social Kitchen will be popping up at the Sunderland BID Sunderland experience it HERE Soul Food & Music Festival in Keel Square 10th, 11th and 12th June. Come along and see the team make breakfast smoothies at 11am and spicy sliders at 1pm. There might be some free samples too.
A great day at The Workshop today with our newest volunteers on the block Nasima, Frances and Colin. Volunteers are the golden thread of everything we do at Back on the Map. Resident led social provison means we can expand our reach into the community. These new volunteers will be supporting our Social Kitchen and …
It’s official! We’ve been shortlisted for the #CharityAwards in the Social Care, Advice and Support category 2022. Congratulations to our fellow nominees; cyfannol Womens Aid and Ripple Suicide Prevention, both of whom do fantastic work.
What an event! Eid Mubarak to all. Thanks to all who attended our first cultural event to celebrate Eid. Eid marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. It was wonderful see so many people from different cultures coming together to share food, music and friendship. Special mention to Neelima our Inclusion Community Support …
Thanks to Red Sky Foundation for coming along to our team meeting and refreshing us all on CPR! Sergio made it a serious subject super fun and our staff are now proud Heart Hero’s.
We are delighted to have taken delivery of our new Air Purifiers from Greenlight Air. Their mission is to create virus free environments. These units will help keep our staff, tenants and service users safe in our buildings as we remove all Covid measures from both our public and work spaces. The systems are all fitted …
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Eid Celebration Family Event ? Our ‘Kickstart’ employee Ben has worked on this fantastic poster giving lots of information regarding Ramadan. Ben has had support from our Community Support Worker Neelima, who has herself been fasting as part of Ramadan this month. We will be holding an event on Wednesday 4th May at Carnegie Community …
?Spotlight on our Talent? “I began work at Back on the Map as a Community Enterprise Anchor in 2019, having previously led various social enterprise models including Community Interest Company’s and a Employee Owned Cooperative specialising in comms, multi-media design, publishing and education. I have also held voluntary positions at Charities in Sunderland as well …
?Spotlight on our talent? “I’m Jane, the newly promoted Volunteer Coordinator at Back on the Map. I am passionate about volunteering and people being actively involved in their own communities so I’m very excited to begin this new role. I’ve been working with Back on the Map for a number of years, working across functions …
?Spotlight on our Talent? “Previously to joining Back on the Map I was a Nursery Manager, I have a degree in Education and Care, however after having my son I left my full time job to spend more time with him, that is when I joined Back on the Map as a part time Finance …