Nationwide Gives Breakfast Charity £10k. Swindon’s Big Breakfast Plus is celebrating after receiving a £10,000 Nationwide Colleague Grant.
The grant is thanks to an application from Kayleigh Parker. Kayleigh works at Nationwide and volunteers with Big Breakfast Plus, which provides breakfasts seven days a week for homeless and hungry people in Swindon.
Kayleigh, from West Swindon, who’s worked at Nationwide for 18 years, said: ‘I volunteer one day every weekend, and I absolutely love it. All the volunteers are so lovely, we’re a great team, and it’s nice to be able to help other people. It fits in well around the family, so I can spend the day with them, after being able to help at Big Breakfast Plus.
‘The Nationwide Colleague Grant is for different amounts up to £10,000. So we’re all delighted to get the full amount.’
Big Breakfast Plus co-ordinator Wayne Twitchell Service Co Ordinator, trustee Charlotte Mannion, Kayleigh Parker volunteer and Nationwide grant winner, volunteer Franki Walklake, and volunteer Nikki Loveday.
Charlotte Mannion, Big Breakfast Plus trustee, said: ‘We’re so grateful to Nationwide, and to Kayleigh for putting in the application. This amount will make such a difference to the charity. We’re getting busier and are often supplying cooked breakfasts to more than 100 guests.’
Big Breakfast Plus
Big Breakfast Plus, based in the Pilgrim Centre in Swindon’s Regent Street, is among 160 charities across the UK which, in the last year, have benefited from Nationwide Colleague Grants totalling £1.4million.
Big Breakfast Plus is also celebrating having raised more than £10,000 by teaming up with the platform Big Give. It match-funds donations during a fundraising campaign. Charlotte added: ‘We’d like to say thank you to everyone who donated during the Big Give campaign. This money guarantees another six months of opening our community cafe breakfast service in Swindon.’
For more about Big Breakfast Plus and how to support the charity, visit https://bigbreakfastplus.org.uk/.
