West Chadsmoor Family Centre given money to help keep the lights on.

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West Chadsmoor Family Centre, Cannock which is in a deprived area, were very happy to hear of Severn Trent that they had won a pot of money that will help keep them going and continuing with there fantastic community work.

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00:00So we're here at West Chadsmoor Family Centre and, might be a bit of a clue there, look at that.

00:07So fill us in ladies, so we've got Angela on the right.

00:10Hello I'm Angela Staples, I'm the deputy manager at West Chadsmoor Family Centre.

00:14And who've we got with you in the pink there?

00:16This is Emma Cox, I'm the coordinator and we're part of the management team.

00:21So fill us in a little bit on what you do here, what happens here and how 7Trent have been helping with that.

00:28We work in a deprived area obviously and it's mainly 0-5's we work with, families with 0-5 year olds.

00:38But we do work with the wider community, we have a community table on a Wednesday morning which Angela organises.

00:45We run a chitter chatter group on a Tuesday afternoon which is attended by families and residents of the area where we provide hot meals.

00:55We have wellbeing groups for parents with a crash for the children, quite a few different things going on at different times.

01:02We've got a very busy programme and you can easily find information about us on our Facebook page.

01:09And like you say, West Chadsmoor, it's not a flush area is it? These services are quite needed here.

01:16It is, it is an area of social deprivation and we do support families as much as we can and the wider community in all that we provide here.

01:24And even though we're lucky enough to secure funding, one of the problems with funding is the lack of core costs and management hours.

01:33And obviously the funding from 7Trent is going towards that so it's going to be a great help to us.

01:38So how much have they come on board and given then?

01:41Just over £16,000.

01:44And like you say, that's going to help keep the door open and the lights on isn't it?

01:50So you must be chuffed?

01:51We are, yeah.

01:52How did you find out? Did you get an email? Did you get a phone call? How does it work?

01:56We got an email and then Dred Goff from 7Trent rang us up and explained everything so yeah, it was great.

02:03That's good, I'd want to make a call wouldn't you if you were giving out that money?

02:07We were lucky enough to see her a few weeks ago and meet her face to face and say thank you.

02:12She said what a brilliant job Angela had done. She said of how many people that had applied for the funding.

02:18She said the people that do, do a very good job on the application.

02:22Well done Angela.

02:24Cheers ladies, keep up the good work. Thank you.

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