After a ton of nominations from all of our lovely friends and followers, Liverpool Twestival is pleased to announce we have chosen Lister Steps as our supported charity for the 2011 event.

Lister Steps is a community based organisation, founded by parents for parents back in 1997. They offer family support services and childcare to families living in and around Tuebrook. Tuebrook is in the top 1% of disadvantaged UK wards.

Lister Steps care for over 700 children aged between 6 weeks and 14 years each week.

Spokesperson Gaynor McKnight said " Its great news and just the uplift we need at the moment - The money is much needed and the publicity that comes with it 'the icing on the cake'."

Lister Steps operate from a series of 29 leaky portakabins on the site of the Old Lister Drive Primary School. Many of the children who go to Lister Steps experience disadvantage and the organisation works extremely hard to redress the balance and give the children opportunities to learn skills that will help them achieve their potential both academically and socially.

Lister Steps also enables parents to go out and find work, training or continue with their education and achieve their own potential. As well as supporting local families into work they employ 24 local people, many of whom were unskilled and unemployed before working with the charity.

During 2011 Lister Steps need to fundraise £10,000 to carry out essential repairs to their buildings and grounds to ensure that the building is safe and that the children who currently benefit from the services are able to continue to do so in the future.

 

Liverpool Twestival will take place on 24th March 2011.  Please see here for further details.