News and Events

Winter has arrived and whilst we’re currently preparing for our Christmas countdown and finishing things off for the end of 2021, we’ve taken some time to look back over the past few months at some of the wonderful things our Service Users have achieved! Catch up with our latest news by reading our most recent

Its fair to say, COP26 has got most of us talking. What can we do, to make our planet safer, healthier and sustainable for our children, their children and generations to come?  At St V’s and St G’s becoming more environmentally friendly, is a top priority. The Garden Project has opened our eyes to just

This week is Trustees Week , a chance for us to share the great work our Trustees do to support our small charity! To kick off, we’d like to introduce you to our Chairman, Les – who has been with the charity for over 20 years. Last week, we held a small Q&A with our

On Sunday 3rd October, Owen took on this year’s London Marathon. He ran the 26.2miles in 4 hours and 40 minutes: an absolutely incredible achievement given the 10 weeks he had to train!  Despite finding the final mile painful, he pushed through and has decided to enter the ballot for 2022, hoping to shave about

On Friday 1st October, which is now just over a week away, Owen is hosting a Comedy night at The Bayshill Inn – to fundraise towards his marathon efforts. With help from Lisa, the night promises to be exciting, live music, comedy, a BBQ and a raffle – what’s not to love.  Music from Macca

Since our last news letter in late May / early June, a lot has been happening. In our Supported Living service – many service users have been able to enjoy holidays and trips out. At Phoenix our love of cooking continues and we’re looking forward to hosting our own music festival at the end of

We are incredibly excited to announce that this year, our local Coventry Building Society branch are continuing their support for us. As their charity partner we are looking forward to working together again over the next year. We hope to have many opportunities to get involved and take part in their in branch events, fundraising

Summer had finally arrived, which means its time to share with you all the wonderful things we have been getting up to since our last newsletter in February.  Phoenix is busy welcoming everybody back, and our Social Enterprise has reopened, to find out more please read our newsletter. 

Can you help us find what we are looking for? We are searching for more wonderful people to join our board of trustees. We want your ideas, knowledge, experience and support to help us to provide services which ensure vulnerable adults can live the life they want, regardless of their disability. Being our trustee can be

It has been just shy of three months since our last newsletter, and a lot has happened since November! We are now two months into a third national lockdown – but that doesn’t mean we have not been busy, to find out what we have been getting up to across our services, read our newsletter

Dame Janet Trotter (OBE DBE CVO). We would like to welcome our new Patron to St Vincent’s and St George’s Association, Dame Janet Trotter (OBE DBE CVO). Among her many achievements, Dame Janet helped found the University of Gloucestershire in 2001 and served as founding Vice-Chancellor and Principal until 2006. Dame Janet has also held

Saturday 6 June 2020 Take on Crickley, Leckhampton and Cleeve Hill in Cheltenham’s famous 22 mile three peak trek! Prices are: Guided Adult : £ 30 Self-Guided Adult : £12 Self-Guided Child: £6 Self-Guided Family: £ 28 But Early Bird Prices (until end of Jan) are: Guided Adult : £ 20 Self-Guided Adult : £9.50

Take on Cheltenham’s Three Peak Challenge, a one day 22 mile trek challenge and conquer Cleeve, Crickley and Leckhampton Hill, seeing some of the best views that the Cotswolds has to offer! Join the team today and complete this great local challenge for a fantastic local charity, St Vincent’s & St George’s Association. Click to

For the first time ever, St Vincent’s & St George’s Association hold Cheltenham’s Three Peak Challenge! The charity is extremely proud to be able to hold such a great local event, that we hope will attract people of all level’s and abilities to take part. Registration’s are now open and we welcome team entries or

How accessible is Gloucestershire? Christian Drewitt (pictured) has been travelling the length and breadth of the county to assess restaurants, attractions, museums, sport and music venues, to see how accessible they really are for people with disabilities. Christian has kept a log of all of the places he has visited, to help others find out

Helping Hands Community Garden at Well Close House will be on BBC Radio Gloucestershire this Sunday The program is on between 06:00 & 7:00 and again between 09:00 & 10:00 as part of Richard Atkins Sunday morning program. This is the first of a sequence of 12 monthly visits to the gardens at Well Close