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C H E L T E N H A M<br />
Local community and business magazine<br />
for you. by you.<br />
Your community, your magazine...<br />
<strong>May</strong> <strong>2014</strong> Edition<br />
Inside: Local stories,<br />
people and businesses<br />
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Local events<br />
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unique introduction<br />
“<br />
Hello and welcome to <strong>May</strong>s edition of <strong>Unique</strong> Cheltenham the only Interactive,<br />
community based digital magazine. Thank you all once again for the input and ideas it<br />
is greatly appreciated :) <strong>Unique</strong> has gone through some major transformations in the<br />
last six months as I wanted to ensure that we created a relevant and current digital<br />
magazine for the people of Cheltenham.<br />
<strong>Unique</strong> really is your magazine, so we want and need your stories, from personal<br />
stories, local events or happenings or in some cases help and advice. We really want to<br />
encourage interaction between <strong>Unique</strong> and its readers.<br />
The continue to support our two charities Emmaus the charity for homeless people and<br />
Winstons Wish the charity for bereaved children and they both continue to motivate and<br />
inspire us.<br />
If you are a Cheltenham business owner we do have space available to advertise with us<br />
from as little as £50 pcm. Please email me steveunique@yahoo.co.uk and take a look at<br />
http://www.uniquecheltenham.co.uk/ to see how we can help your business.<br />
Come and join the <strong>Unique</strong> Community, its fun to be <strong>Unique</strong><br />
”<br />
Steve Taylor,<br />
<strong>Unique</strong> Publications<br />
inside...<br />
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PAGE 5 animal shelter<br />
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printing<br />
business security<br />
advertising benefits<br />
coffee and cake<br />
charity<br />
recommendations<br />
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photography<br />
jobs<br />
what’s on<br />
recruitment<br />
networking<br />
technology<br />
weddings<br />
memorials<br />
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We are<br />
Winston’s Wish<br />
Winston’s Wish is the leading childhood<br />
bereavement charity in the UK.<br />
We offer practical support and guidance to bereaved<br />
children, their families and professionals.<br />
Find out more, visit...<br />
www.winstonswish.org.uk<br />
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Cheltenham Animal Shelter<br />
Gardner’s Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL51 9JW<br />
Providing shelter for homeless domestic animals from across the county whilst<br />
attempting to locate appropriate new homes. We also aim to educate members of<br />
the public and professionals in correct and appropriate animal husbandry through<br />
humane education programmes.<br />
Rehoming • Boarding • Grooming • Training • Pet Shop<br />
visit www.gawa.org.uk<br />
www.facebook.com/cheltenhamanimalshelter/info<br />
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unique advertising benefits<br />
• Independent • Local • Targeted • Fresh & interesting<br />
1) <strong>Unique</strong> Community <strong>Magazine</strong> will be shared and promoted with<br />
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Media, our aim is to encourage our readers to interact with the<br />
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Try <strong>Unique</strong> from £50 per month for all of these benefits? Or carry on<br />
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To advertise contact Steve Taylor 07731 899854<br />
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Hilary and Rob of Emmaus Cheltenham<br />
a unique approach to homelessness<br />
Tucked down Henrietta Street,<br />
behind the Brewery the Emmaus<br />
Charity Shop might look like any<br />
other, selling furniture, bric a brac<br />
and clothing. But did you know that<br />
this shop is part of an international<br />
movement that has a UNIQUE<br />
approach to homelessness?<br />
Emmaus Gloucestershire is one of 26<br />
communities in the UK providing homeless<br />
people with a place to live and work.<br />
The shop in Cheltenham is one of four in<br />
Gloucestershire that supports 23 formerly<br />
homeless people, called companions. It is<br />
UNIQUELY staffed - in return for board and<br />
lodging companions give up the right to state<br />
benefits and work 40 hours in the shops and<br />
furniture warehouse.<br />
We have a UNIQUE way of using the surplus<br />
that we generate – we give it to others<br />
who need it more than we do. This can be<br />
local charities, individual families in need,<br />
and international aid projects. Currently we<br />
are supporting homelessness services in<br />
Gloucestershire and several projects in India.<br />
It’s not about the money we generate and<br />
the excellent shops we provide in four<br />
communities, it is about changing lives.<br />
We have believe that in helping others we<br />
help ourselves, and that meaningful work<br />
restores dignity and inclusion in society.<br />
The perception of people who are homeless<br />
is that they are a drain on society, but the<br />
residents of Emmaus Communities turn this<br />
perception on its head. Not only do they work<br />
to support themselves, but they also work to<br />
help others.<br />
It is a UNIQUE and successful business<br />
run much like a co-operative. All goods<br />
are donated and are sold on at low prices<br />
with a high turnover of stock. We don’t<br />
sell new goods or pay for our stock. The<br />
people of Gloucestershire generously give<br />
their unwanted goods and larger items are<br />
collected free of charge. Emmaus rarely<br />
says no to goods offered and we dispose of<br />
the things we can’t sell in way that doesn’t<br />
damage the environment – last year we<br />
saved 415 tonnes from landfill.<br />
It is a UNIQUE business and successful<br />
business model. In 2011 UK research<br />
(Just Economics) forecast a Social Return<br />
on investment (SROI) of £11 for every £1<br />
invested. The savings to taxpayers for every<br />
companion living and working at Emmaus<br />
Gloucestershire is calculated to be £47,442.<br />
The first Emmaus Companion, living with<br />
the founder Abbé Pierre in 1948 in France<br />
helped to build temporary homes for those<br />
in need, first in the priest’s own garden,<br />
then wherever land could be bought or<br />
scrounged. He later said; “Whatever else<br />
he might have given me - money, home,<br />
somewhere to work - I’d have still tried to kill<br />
myself again. What I was missing, and what<br />
he offered, was something to live for.”<br />
It’s UNIQUE – but it works! It works because<br />
companions work 40 hours a week to make<br />
us independent and surplus generating. It<br />
works because the people of Cheltenham<br />
and Gloucestershire provide us with the<br />
goods to sell and come and buy from us.<br />
Most importantly it works because we work<br />
for others and make a difference to lives<br />
home and abroad.<br />
visit us at 19 Henrietta St Cheltenham GL50 4AA Tel: 01242 269734<br />
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unique cheltenham<br />
events in <strong>May</strong><br />
Selection of events and happenings in<br />
the Cheltenham Community:<br />
Jazz Fringe Festival<br />
Montpellier Gardens<br />
1st - 4th <strong>May</strong><br />
Birmingham Royal Ballet<br />
Everyman Theatre<br />
9th <strong>May</strong> - 10th <strong>May</strong><br />
As You Like It<br />
Everyman Theatre<br />
13th <strong>May</strong> - 17th <strong>May</strong><br />
Gloucestershire Graduate Job Hunting<br />
Park Campus 22nd <strong>May</strong> 12:30 - 19:00<br />
Cheese Rolling<br />
Coopers Hill 26th <strong>May</strong> @ 12:00<br />
Wychwood Festival<br />
Cheltenham Racecourse<br />
30th <strong>May</strong> - 1st June<br />
Got an event you want to see featured here?<br />
Please email us at steveunique@yahoo.co.uk<br />
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