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Working with the local community
Kieran Murphy | 25th January 2021
Since 2002 Phase has been a key part of the Hitchin community with our focus being building the wellbeing and resilience of children and young people – our vision is to see them thrive! We may be the ones doing the face-to-face work however there are many others across Hitchin who support Phase to keep making a difference. They range from individua
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Christmas giving
Kieran Murphy | 1st December 2020
As we begin December, we have had Black Friday, Cyber Monday, but now we get to the most exciting day - Giving Tuesday! As we approach Christmas and you and I prepare to give presents, I wanted to encourage you to think about other ways you could give this year that would mean we could make a difference to children and young people in Hitchin and b
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Our Amazing Fundraisers!
Amanda Maylin | 9th November 2020
Three of our wonderful fundraisers tell us a little bit about themselves and why they decided to do some fund raising for Phase…Ellie Scott - going the distance…Can you tell me a little about yourself?I am currently a secondary school music teacher, working in Hitchin. I spent more than 10 years as a youngster singing as a chorister in my church ch
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An Enchanted Evening of Song
Rebekah K Bacon | 28th February 2019
Saturday 23rd March, 7.30pm-10pm at Walsworth Baptist Church Come and join us for ‘An Enchanted Evening of Song’ to raise money for Phase, bringing well-being, hope and transformation across Hitchin. On Saturday 23rd March, 7.30pm at Walsworth Baptist Church, you are cordially invited to join us for a concert from the Felici Opera, with songs both
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Raffle Winners!
Kieran Murphy | 13th September 2018
Local Young People to Feel the Love from Fair in the Square Hitchin’s youth support charity Phase have been delighted by the response to this year’s Fair in the Square event which was sponsored by local businesses HRJ Foreman Laws Solicitors and AZ Autos. The crowd-pleasing event took place in the town’s Market Place, saw cheese eating, strength t
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London Marathon
Kieran Murphy | 27th February 2018
Meet David Alvarez, Director of AZ Autos and who is using our Charity place in the London Marathon to fundraise for Phase as well as the Barcelona Ironman*. We asked David a few questions and here are his replies: Tells us something about yourself. My passion is improvement. I try and achieve this through my business and my hobby which is triathlo
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Hitchin Rock Choir
Kieran Murphy | 24th February 2018
Come and enjoy a night for all the family with The Hitchin Rock Choir. An evening of classic rock songs like you’ve never heard them before. This great event is happening on Friday 23rd March, at The Priory School, doors open at 7:15pm with the performance starting at 8pm. Tickets are just £10 each and can be purchased through our Eventbrite page,
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#240in24
Kieran Murphy | 23rd February 2018
They came, they saw, they conquered! We have been raising funds for our work with the young people across the town by arranging a 240km run - completed in just 24hrs, non-stop through the day and night at Archers Gym. The heroic runners from local companies, schools and charities stepped up and actually made 251.8km in the time and have raised hu
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240in24
Kieran Murphy | 8th February 2018
10am Friday 16th February will see a team of people including Kieran Murphy, Director of Phase are taking on a huge challenge of running 240KM in 24hrs! It will all be happening at Archers Gym, in Hitchin. Why such a challenge I hear you ask? It is all to raise money to continue and grow the work of Phase. Almost everything Phase delivers is free
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Fair in the Square
Kieran Murphy | 8th September 2017
On Saturday 23rd September 10am - 2pm we have an exciting event happening in Hitchin - Fair in the Square! There will a whole host of stalls and activities to get involved with. There will be something for all the family - bake stall, great quality second-hand books and DVD's to buy, some physical challenges to pitch yourself against others, bounc
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Local company put Phase in the driving seat
Kieran Murphy | 24th May 2017
Local car sales and service business AZ Autos recently took on an exciting challenge to support young people and give two local students an opportunity to experience business in the driving seat. AZ Autos donated a car for Luke and Tom, two students from The Priory School to renovate, source parts, prepare for sale and then sell the car, with all
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Amanda goes the distance
Kieran Murphy | 28th April 2017
You may or may not know that Amanda, our office manager has taken on a huge challenge in aid of Phase. Kieran took a few moments in between Amanda's busy schedule to find out what she is doing and why. In the year that I turn 50 I've decided to finally go the distance & run a Marathon! Training started in January (I’ve now run over 350 miles i
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MAD ;)
Kieran Murphy | 10th February 2017
Something that we are working on is how we can help young people go MAD!! I should probably explain, MAD stands for Make A Difference and it is a project where young people will be able to apply for small amount of seed funding to run their own project or activity to raise money for Phase and a percentage of what they make will be given to another
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Diana smashes her target!
Kieran Murphy | 5th August 2016
Back in May Diana Seller took on a personal challenge in memory of her son Mark and raised a whooping £2286 for the work of Phase! Diana's original hope was to hopefully reach £1000, but has been blown away by peoples support. This money will enable Phase to deliver four support courses for young people struggling with difficulties such as self-har
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Volunteering is good for you
Kieran Murphy | 13th June 2016
There was a great article on the BBC News website this morning about the positive impact of volunteering for individuals and for organisations. You can read the article here. Do you have some time and some skills that you could offer to Phase? Could you organise and run a fundraising event - cake sale, sponsored run or something else? To find out
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