6th Ramsgate is asking for nominations to win a £1,000 Movement for Good award from Ecclesiastical Insurance Group.

6th Ramsgate is encouraging people to nominate them for a chance to win £1,000 as part of specialist insurer Ecclesiastical’s Movement for Good awards, which is giving £1million away to charities this summer.

It’s quick and easy to nominate 6th Ramsgate online. Nominations are open from Monday 24 May to Sunday 13 June and you can vote for 6th Ramsgate online at www.movementforgood.com

Winners will be drawn at random and the more times 6th Ramsgate is nominated the more chance it has of being selected.

We are raising funds to put toward water activity equipment. This will help us offer water activities to our Scouts and the wider community. Being active is an essential part of scouting, and we hope to share our love of adventure and outdoor activities with as many people as possible. Having the right equipment helps us to do this.

6th Ramsgate is encouraging everyone to use their social media channels to ask people to vote for them to give the charity the best possible chance of winning.

Shirley Appleby, Group Scout Leader, said: “This year has been a challenging one; our scouts have shown great spirit but have missed being on the water and outdoors camping. We hope to cheer them up by being able to order outdoor equipment ready for when we return to face to face scouting. This money will help us make a significant difference in bringing our young people and the local community back together after a tough year.”

Mark Hews, Group Chief Executive of Ecclesiastical Insurance Group, says: “We’re delighted to announce the launch of Ecclesiastical’s Movement for Good awards for the third year running. Our Movement for Good awards will continue to help charities at a time when they need it most and we know that for many charities, £1,000 can make a real difference.

“We were thrilled to receive so many nominations from the public last year and this year we are encouraging even more people to nominate a good cause. Ecclesiastical, the fourth largest corporate donor in the UK, is a unique financial services group. We are owned by a charity which means all available profits can be given to the good causes that are so important to our customers. As a company whose purpose is to contribute to the greater good of society, charitable giving is at the heart of our business.”

About Ecclesiastical

1. Owned by a registered charity, Allchurches Trust, Ecclesiastical is a specialist insurer of the faith, heritage, fine art, charities, education, real estate, schemes and private client sectors
2. Ecclesiastical is one of the UK’s top corporate donors to charity. It has donated over £99m to charity since 2016 and is aiming to reach its target of giving more than £100m by the end of 2021. Find out more at www.ecclesiastical.com/about-us

About the Movement for Good awards

1. Ecclesiastical’s £1million giving programme, the Movement for Good awards, will help charities change lives for the better. Phase one will see 500 charities receive £1,000 while the other £500,000 will be given away later this summer

2. The £1,000 awards launch on Monday 24 May and is open to all UK-registered charities. From 24 May to 13 June anyone can nominate a registered charity for the chance to receive one of 500 £1,000 awards. The winners will be announced between 21 June and 2 July. For more information visit www.movementforgood.com

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6th Ramsgate Sea Scout Group have been awarded The Ice House in Ramsgate Harbour by the Thanet District Council as a Community Asset Transfer. We are proposing to renovate and adapt the building, which has a historical connection with our group, with the aim of creating a new Scout Hall, meeting rooms and conference facilities for the local community to use.

As well as being the new HQ for our Beavers, Cubs and Scout Meetings, the new building would serve as a Watersports Centre with opportunities for members of scouting to gain experience and qualifications in disciplines such as Kayaking, Canoeing, Powerboating, Pulling and Sailing.

This is a very exciting project for not only our Scout Group, but the local community and the chance to see an integral part of the harbour brought back into use.   However, there’s a lot of work to be done to the building so we need to raise money!

Aviva Community Funding Project will help us raise between £10,000 – £25,000 and we’ve completed a detailed application in order to apply for this.  All that remains now is for us to win plenty of votes to help us achieve this.

PLEASE VOTE FOR US AT:
https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/voting/project/view/17-2597
Voting has just opened  and gets very busy at times.  If you can’t manage to vote using the above link first time around, please keep trying.  Each person that registers receives 10 votes.

Please share this with EVERYBODY you know – on social media or in the wider community.  EVERY VOTE COUNTS!

Thank you.