James Clyde's Skydive

Graft Thames Valley is a charity (1119388) that supports people from who experience barriers to enter mainstream employment. This may be due to a disadvantaged background, having disabilities and/or other complex needs.

Graft support their clients via tailored one-to-one support as well as training and other work-related activities. Recently, they have piloted a scheme to provide our work experience placements that has been very successful and they would love to be able to extend.

Most importantly, their services are completely free to their clients, which is why they rely so heavily on gifts and grants received.

I am doing my bit to fundraise for them by committing to a terrifying skydive.

Please help me raise as many funds as possible for this incredible charity!

£500 will allow Graft to create an online resource for parents who wish to support their sons and daughters through in their journey to greater independence.
£1,000 will allow them to fund an information campaign with local businesses to inform them of the ease with which small and often inexpensive workplace adjustments can allow them to have a more diverse workforce.
£2,000 will allow them to run a short course for people who have been made redundant as a result of the pandemic.
£4,000 would allow them to fund outreach support in the most deprived communities of Reading, offering some basic IT and digital training.
£6,000 will fund up to 25 people with mental health needs and/or autism through our Survival Guide 1 and 2 programmes - providing over 185 hours of support and covering confidence building, effective communication skills, job searching and applications, teamwork experience, mock interviews and much more.