SLM In The Community

The Sara Lee Trust has continued to support local people affected by cancer and other life threatening illnesses throughout the year.

This exciting newsletter is an excellent example of the brilliant ways the charity has been helping others during such a difficult time for everyone.

Discover a whole host of remarkable stories, including the re-opening of the trust's services at Rye's Hub on the Hill.

Download the newsletter below.

The Sara Lee Trust has been providing specialist counselling and therapy care and support, for over 20 years, to local people who are living with cancer and other life-threatening conditions, along with their family and carers.

The Trust is also the dedicated provider of specialist counselling and complementary therapy services to patients of St Michael’s Hospice (St Leonards on Sea) and the Rye, Winchelsea and District Memorial Hospital.

All the directors and staff at SLM feel very proud to be involved in raising money for such a great cause that helps our local community.  For every new or used car that we sell across the group, we will make a donation to the trust. So far, we have donated of over £16,000 to the charity, picture below is SLM's latest donation to the Sara Lee Trust.

We are proud to announce the remarkable milestone in our commitment to raising money for the deserving Sara Lee Trust. 

Thanks to our dedicated staff members and customers, we were able to raise over, a staggering £20,000 to the Sara Lee Trust. With every vehicle sold over the past three years, SLM Toyota Hastings and Uckfield, SLM Vauxhall, Sussex Used Cars and SLM Nissan has donated £1 towards the trust. 

This amazing donation has helped a fantastic 200 patients that use the Sara Lee Trust and SLM are exceptionally happy to have helped so many deserving members of our community. 
The Sara Lee Trust is a charity which SLM have supported for a number of years and we are pleased to have made an impact in so many people's lives. We would like to thank our staff for working so hard to sell our vehicles and help raise this remarkable amount for the trust. We would also like to thank our loyal customers for helping us reach this goal and coming back to our dedicated family business, time and time again.

It wouldn't have been possible to raise such an impactful amount with all your help. 

Here at SLM, we are excited to continue to contribute to our surrounding communities as much as we can and we look forward to continuing our support for the amazing Sara Lee Trust. 

Dan Redsull, Chief Executive of the Trust is absolutely thrilled that St Leonards Motors have chosen to support their work.  Not only will the partnership help improve awareness of and access to their care and support, it will significantly assist with their ability to deliver sustainable services in the future and meet the growing level of local need for their services.

Jo, a user of the Sara Lee Trust services, commented: "The Sara Lee Trust were a great support to me during my own breast cancer treatment by giving me someone to talk to and a time for me to be supported and helped through aromatherapy massage. I will always be grateful to them and endeavour now, to give them my time through volunteering in different roles, to try and help others going through cancer and other life threatening illnesses.

"It's wonderful to see St. Leonards Motors making such a wonderful and appreciated contribution to the work of the Sara Lee Trust helping others to benefit from their services - thank you so much."

For more information about the Sara Lee Trust, visit www.saraleetrust.org.

In 2020 St Leonards Motors Group, a family-run local establishment is celebrating its 60 Year anniversary. St Leonards Motors began life as the brainchild of father and son team Graham and Brian Wakeford, the Wakeford family still own the company. St Leonards Motors group is one of the largest local businesses in St Leonards on Sea, now also running several sites in East Sussex, Kent and East Anglia.

 
The coronavirus crisis has had a huge impact on everyone in the country, but perhaps none more so than people who are already unwell, isolated and vulnerable. Local people affected by cancer and other life threatening illnesses are now finding themselves removed from many of the people and services who support them.

The Sara Lee Trust is helping to provide support and respite for people in Hastings and Rother who may be seriously ill; and their families, friends and loved ones.

The Trust usually provides specialist counselling, complementary therapies and group support; but during the coronavirus crisis had to close down its face to face services.

Now, Sara Lee is instead providing safe, remote support which can be accessed from home. From telephone and video counselling to online yoga and carers’ support groups, The Sara Lee Trust is still there for people who need “A (Virtual) Hand to Hold” at this difficult time.

Nelson’s Journey exclaimed “We are thrilled to have been chosen by SLM Toyota. As a growing charity we are in need of support from the local business community to help us deal with the increase in referrals that we are seeing year-on-year.

“This year we expect to receive around 1000 referrals for children needing our support after the death of a special person in their lives, and support from wonderful businesses like SLM Toyota will help us to meet the growing demand on our service and continue to provide our services free-of-charge. We are really excited about this partnership and can’t wait to work together more closely to bring back smiles to bereaved children in Norfolk.”

We will be providing updates in due course about our fundraising progress, so make sure you check our news section for more updates!