Young Patron Campaign
In October 2009 we launched our Young Patron campaign with a special event at 11 Downing Street. To date 60 young professionals in their 20’s and 30’s have become Young Patrons, donating a minimum of £250 a year.
The Young Patron Board was set up in May 2010 with the object of raising awareness of the campaign amongst young professionals and reaching out to new Young Patrons.
Our Young Patrons are vital both to the charity’s future and to the future of the disabled and vision impaired in our community. £21 a month (or £250 a year) helps to pay towards wet floor shower rooms in each apartment in our latest development in Bushey. These cost £4,500 each and by helping to fund them our Young Patrons will make it possible for tenants to maintain their dignity in all aspects of their daily lives, as our shower rooms are specially designed to enable our tenants not to have to ask for help with what is an essentially private activity.
As a way of saying thank you our Young Patrons are offered complimentary entry to Young JBD events in addition to exclusive invitations to our bagel brunches, where you they have the opportunity to socialise with tenants as well as with other Young Patrons, as well an invitation to our special annual Young Patron main event.
We are very proud of the fact that a number of our Young Patrons have become personally involved with some of the tenants that they have met in this way, helping with various aspects of their lives and careers.
You can also influence the future of the charity itself as our Young Patrons are our future. So please join us now and unlock the future today.
For more information about the Young Patron Campaign, please call Gemma on 020 8371 6611 or email gemma@jbd.org.
