Charter Walk have announced their charity of the year as Team Rise, with 30 people visiting the centre to celebrate the partnership.
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00:00 We're here today at the Charter Walk to raise some funds for Team Rise, our chosen charity for 2024.
00:06 We first spotted them on LinkedIn over the last few months and we just thought they had a fantastic energy about them
00:13 and it really resonated with us. You know, we do a lot of our things in the centre around autism and inclusivity for everybody
00:22 and we really wanted to raise funds for them. So we're going to be spending the year working together with them
00:26 to raise funds for all the fantastic activities that they do here already at Team Rise.
00:33 Well I'm sure you can see by my smile that it means the world to us. It's not just about fundraising,
00:38 it's about the recognition, the positive image and that people know we're doing a fabulous job with fabulous people
00:44 and we're absolutely thrilled to bits and we can't thank everybody enough. It's wonderful news Sue.
00:49 We've set up a page on our website, so if you look at the charterwalk.com website, there's a full list of activities that are happening
00:58 at Team Rise and at Charter Walk down here and we've got a thermometer on there so we're going to be adding to the total
01:04 every time we raise money to show everyone what a fantastic difference we can make to these people.
01:09 Team Rise were based in Burnley for nearly 10 years and then we moved over to Brighfield to a bigger establishment with greater grounds.
01:16 We love being in Burnley, we're fabulous, but our new place gives us more scope.
01:21 So we support people with learning disabilities, autism, those who are lonely, vulnerable or sad.
01:26 And they come Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday evening and we're looking at putting further sessions on
01:32 and we just want to create a home where people are happy, make friends, gain confidence and laugh and have fun.
01:38 So it's not really that hard, it's just about having a life, having fun and being part of our wider community and we love it.
01:46 We absolutely love it.