Sue Maunder, from the Milton Opportunities Charitable Trust, was our guest speaker at the last meeting.The trust has been formed to run the Milton Opp Shop, as well as provide opportunities for the members of the Milton community.
The Milton Opp Shop hopes to open in November – directly across the road from the chemist where they have two shop fronts. One will house the shop, the other will be used for meetings and workshops. All profits from the shop will go back in to the community – groups or individuals can apply for the profits for a month to be used for an activity within the community or where there is a need for funding which can’t be gained elsewhere.
Sue Is a qualified certifier for retail training and the store will be used to provide people with the opportunity to develop their retail skills and gain qualifications.
One of the other initiative they are setting up is the Good Morning Sunshine programme. Elderly people iving alone in the community can register. Trust members and volunteers will drive by their homes at 9.00am each morning. If their curtains are not open emegency contact will be notified. As an add-on, there will be a weekly visit from a trusted contact person, just to ascertain how they are and have a bit of a catch-up.
This will be a great asset for our community. If you have any items to donate to the Op Shop, they can be delivered to the motor cycle shop until the Op Shop opens.
Thank you to Sue and her team for the wonderful work they are doing setting up this great initiative
PS There is a working bee at the shop on Sunday 17 October - if anyone is available to help out with a bit of painting, fixin floors, cleaning etc.