Written by Emily Podbury:
When my 4 year old was tasked with making a scrapbook of his summer holidays I experienced a mix of reactions! Excitement, dread, creative ideas, and the overwhelming thought “what if the holidays are really boring?!” I imagined him showing off his scrapbook to his new class in September with his highlights paling in comparison to elaborate holidays abroad. Then I pulled myself together, reminding myself of a few truths:
Written by Simi Alabi
Has this question ever crossed your mind or is wellbeing a topic you’ve never bothered to explore? My intent today is to share my journey of discovering wellbeing and hopefully help you answer this question for yourself.
Written by Naomi Butcher
I think we can all agree that stress impacts us all in many different ways, on a regular basis. As a result of stress impacting multiple areas of my life recently, I have been on a journey of understanding my stressors, why I respond the way I do and how I can minimise the impact of my stress. Working for Night Light Café has opened my eyes to just how important taking time for yourself is. By this, I don’t just mean taking half an hour to have a cup of tea – albeit wonderful when this happens! Taking time for yourself can be so much more, you can think of it as an investment! This time can be vital for enabling healthy habits and boundaries to minimise exposure to unhealthy stress. Investing in yourself can only be helpful for you and everyone around you.
“Your trustee board is responsible for the governance of your charity and must run it in a way that complies with your charity’s governing document and the law.” The Charity Commission (2023)
Acts Trust is governed by a Board of Directors chosen from a variety of diverse backgrounds, with varying work experience and expertise. Each Director (Trustee) has a specific portfolio which outlines the specific roles and functions they hold to assist the charity to deliver their objectives through the various projects. This article introduces each of the Directors giving details of what experience and skills they offer to Acts Trust, an outline of the portfolio of responsibility that they carry and why they have chosen to be a Director.
I wonder: what would be on your list of values you think a charity should uphold?
It may not be at the top of your list, but I think determination is a core value that keeps us moving forward.
Here at Acts, Determination is one of our six values. We aim to approach everything with high energy and a positive attitude and channel our passions into positive action, focussing on solutions over problems. We have faith that greater things can be achieved than might seem possible and so we make decisions with confidence and boldness and ensure our commitment is thorough and reliable.
Written by Ian Boyle:
Did you know we have a face to face Citizens Advice service running in each of our Foodbank Distribution Centres each week?
Simon, has been in the role now for a few months now and here is what he has to say about his role within the Foodbanks.
Written by Caitlin Russell – Carr
We’ve had lots of exciting things happen over the month of May in our Youth Program. We started the month with our annual youth conference, Captivate. We saw over 45 young people gather together from various Alive locations and other churches in Lincoln. They were a part of our worship team, responded to messages throughout the day and got involved in Q & A’s and games. One young person said it was the best Captivate yet! Others said they really enjoyed the Q & A seminars as they had the chance to ask our amazing panel all their questions about relationships, their walk with Jesus and more. We had guests from our Alive Lincoln locations and The Message Trust.
Written by Joy Velykorodnyy
We’ve all been there! Knowing we need to have a ‘little chat’, but dreading it!
Why are there some conversations which we dread? We know they are important, but we’d rather not have them.
There are a couple of reasons – and when we realise what they are, it helps take some of the heat out of the chat.
Written by Joy Velykorodnyy
We’ve all been there! Knowing we need to have a ‘little chat’, but dreading it!
Why are there some conversations which we dread? We know they are important, but we’d rather not have them.
There are a couple of reasons – and when we realise what they are, it helps take some of the heat out of the chat.
We are absolutely thrilled and deeply honoured to announce that Acts Trust has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious 2024 Lincoln Civic Award!