MASH-Manchester

Hello friends!
We've been offered the chance to get your donations doubled.

We'd really appreciate your support if you can donate or share! Funds will help to run the vital drop-in centre service which is particular crucial as we approach winter.

We have 2 days left to secure all the match funding that's been offered to us.

Thanks so much for your support, folks!
Sharing the link is super helpful too.

https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a056900002TPUEPAA5

Happy Monday to you!
We're feeling great today as you have been chipping in over the weekend and we're now at 85% of our funding goal for the new MASH van! 🚑🥰💕

We are over the moon at this! Thank you.

There is still time to have your donation towards the new van DOUBLED. Make sure you use this special link so you can make twice the impact with your gift. Please consider chipping in. We're so close now!

https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a056900002SEW9RAAX

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Thank you Big Give

Our current vacancy on team MASH is closing soon.

We are hiring for an outreach & engagement worker (maternity cover)

More information about the role and application details are here

Outreach & Engagement Worker (Maternity Cover) - MASH We have a maternity cover opportunity available in the team at MASH. As an Outreach & Engagement Worker you will provide gender and trauma-informed...

You've got us 44% towards our funding goal in 1 day!
Thank you!
Donations to fund our new MASH van are being doubled this week.
Would you like to chip in too?
Thanks for your support!

https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a056900002SEW9RAAX

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🚑🎉Our van fundraiser is now LIVE

Your kind contributions to our van fundraiser are being DOUBLED thanks to our wonderful friends at Big Give

Make sure to use this link to make your contribution. It's time limited so don't delay in chipping in.
https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a056900002SEW9RAAX

All your comments and shares really help to spread the word too.

Thanks friends! We appreciate you all!

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If you've ever been curious about what happens with the MASH van service, you can hear from our outreach worker Caroline on a recent shift in this short video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIdukgX090g

1 week to go until our Big Give appeal opens.

If we hit our target we'll be able to go to the dealership and buy our second MASH van.

It will be a dream come true to be able to take the new MASH van out to women who are s*x working in other parts of Greater Manchester. Please save the date and spread the word.

Thanks everyone!

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"The MASH van was the single light in my darkest times."

Sarah used to access the MASH van regularly. At the time she was isolated, was struggling massively with her mental health and felt lost.

"At first I thought they must want something from me." It took her a little while to build the trust but the van became, in her words, the single light in her darkest times. And "the only friendliness I had in my life".

This is what the MASH van means to people. And this is why we are determined to purchase a second van so that we can take this safety, friendliness and support to other parts of Greater Manchester where women are working. If you'd like to be part of our crowd funder and chip in for the new van - it goes live at midday on Tuesday 14th May.

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Hi friend. Please *Save the date* Tuesday 14th May, midday. We are fundraising for a second MASH van.

This will mean we can take our MASH support to women working in other parts of Greater Manchester.

The good news? Thanks to generous funding we are well on the way to our dream.

BUT, we need your help to hit our fundraising target. We are £10,000 away from being able to buy MASH van 2.

Thankfully The Big Give will be DOUBLING your donations from Tuesday 14th May at midday. Please consider chipping in towards the second MASH van. It truly is a lifeline. Thank you, friends!

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We are thrilled to have been selected for an amazing fundraising opportunity – The Big Give Kind2Mind.

Our appeal couldn’t be more important. Thanks to some generous funders, we are well on the way to being able to purchase a much needed second van for MASH.

Through The Big Give Kind2Mind, you can help us raise the final £10,000 we need to buy the vehicle and take MASH’s support out to more women who need it in Greater Manchester.

Please save the date – at midday on 14th May 2024 our special fundraising link will go live here.

Donations via this link will be doubled! And all funds raised will go towards the purchase of MASH’s second outreach van.

Why do we need a new van?

The current MASH van is taken out into Manchester city centre, offering a place of safety, solace and support for women who are s*x working on the streets late at night.

There are currently women s*x working in other areas of Greater Manchester who don’t have access to this sort of support.

Over the past year we’ve been running pilot schemes in other Boroughs of Greater Manchester. Women have been bowled over by the support on offer saying;

“Really? This is for us!” and “This is amazing. I can’t believe you can provide me with food and condoms, we’ve never had anything like this before.”

Our dream is to get a second MASH van so we can regularly provide MASH’s non-judgemental support to women in others parts of Greater Manchester