£14,000 Donation from Stafford Borough Council

SDBLSS was thrilled to receive a donation of £14,000 from Staffordshire Borough Council at the end of last month.

Council leader Aidan Godfrey presenting the £14,000 cheque to Lesley Bailey of SDBLSS

(photo courtesy of Stafford Borough Council).

The Borough Council filters out the valuable metals used to create artificial joints, with permission from families, as part of its cremations. The money raised is then used to support local charities.

Our chair of trustees, Shyamali Fenton, said:

“This money will enable us to provide in house training of more bereavement support workers, buy in specialist training for our existing volunteers and support a volunteer to become a supervisor.”

Read the full article on BBC Local News.