Testimonials

Focus4Hope, Huddersfield

We are incredibly grateful to The BRELMS Trust for funding our Volunteer Coordinator role over the past year. This role has been transformational, enabling us to recruit, train, and manage over 40 volunteers who are now integral to delivering services like food parcels, community meals, and crisis support. The Coordinator has enhanced volunteer retention, ensured consistent training, and improved morale, allowing us to expand our reach and respond more effectively to those in need. This funding has strengthened our operations, made our services more efficient, and built a sustainable foundation for our mission !

Environmental & Management Solutions Ltd, Hull

Over the last 12 months The BRELMS Trust has funded 30 of the 41 cooking on a budget sessions primarily carried out in areas of high deprivation all over east Hull.

With the funding from BRELMS we have worked with 592 residents to help improve their cooking skills. This includes repeat visits as the residents have requested more sessions so they can learn to cook a range of one pot meals and replicate them for friends and family.

One family who lived on take-aways and what they called “junk food” now cook their own meals after attending three sessions attending three sessions with us they we gifted an electric pan and now cook the majority of their meals themselves saving a fortune.

Irise International, Sheffield

A two-year grant of £6,000 per year has been transformative for Irise, enabling us to advance menstrual justice initiatives across Sheffield and South Yorkshire during a pivotal leadership transition. This stable, multi-year funding has provided the foundation to deepen our local roots in our home city while amplifying our impact nationally and globally. By centering youth leadership, we’ve driven innovative solutions and ensured that our work remains a powerful, locally grounded force for systemic change in menstrual health and justice.

Greentop Community Circus, Sheffield

Through the The BRELMS Trust’s support we have developed the skills and confidence of 25 young Roma people to perform in the Grimesthorpe  Neighbourhood. Circus Parade on July 10th reaching an audience of 300 on their local streets and at a sharing event including an exhibition of Roma Circus heros telling a positive story of resilience. The support has helped us continue wellbeing workshops for local women with health needs. We have also initiated a new partnership with local charity Endeavour to establish a new programme of Alternative provision for local Roma young people excluded from school and a circus youth club.