Janis Winehouse And Mayor Of Camden Celebrate Anniversary Of Borough’s MS Society
Amy’s mother Janis accompanied Mayor of Camden Jonathan Simpson to the 40th anniversary of the Camden Branch of the MS Society, an evening reception held at the Charlie Ratchford Centre which is in Belmont Street, NW1. Janis said: ‘We were honoured to attend the 40th Anniversary celebrations of the Camden Multiple Sclerosis Society with Jonathan. It was enlightening […]
Education Must Be Effective If We Are To Tackle These Shocking Health Statistics, Says Amy Winehouse’s Father
Mitch Winehouse has stated that education around drinking is ‘inconsistent or non existent’ in response to new Government figures on health inequalities and premature death rates in the UK. The figures were published today (11th June) by Public Health England, via its new Longer Lives website (http://longerlives.phe.org.uk/). On BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, Health Secretary […]
‘Why Drug and Alcohol Education is so important’
Our friend Jonathan Simpson, the Mayor of Camden, recently wrote an article about the Amy Winehouse Foundation for the Huffington Post. In his piece, he explains the importance of our Resilience Programme for Schools in educating young people about drunk and drugs. “When the Winehouse family started work”, writes Jonathan, “they spoke to people in […]
The Amy Winehouse Foundation Resilience Programme Launches
Only a third of parents believe government doing enough to prevent addiction issues. New Amy Winehouse Foundation secondary schools programme to focus on emotional resilience of pupils, and root causes of drug and alcohol problems Foundation set up in late singer’s memory joins forces with treatment charity Addaction Amy Winehouse’s father has demanded a change […]
AWF Donates £19,815 To Pilion Trust
Towards the end of 2012, the Amy Winehouse Foundation was delighted to be able to award a grant of £19,815 to the Pilion Trust’s CrashPad Project, a venture by the London-based homeless shelter that we had previously supported the year before, and have built up a close relationship with. The grant will fund the full staffing […]
AWF Donates £38,000 To Centrepoint
The Foundation were given a warm welcome by staff and young people at the Centrepoint Camberwell Foyer on February 30, where a cheque for £38,000 was presented to fund a Dual Diagnosis Specialist Worker as part of Centrepoint’s Health & Wellbeing Team. The funding will be used to employ a practitioner who specialises in ‘dual […]
AWF Donates £30,000 To Roundhouse Radio
The Amy Winehouse Foundation was delighted to award a grant of £30,000 towards The Roundhouse’s Radio Roundhouse project recently,the first of what we hope will be many collaborations between ourselves and the iconic London music venue. Roundhouse Radio is an online radio station broadcast direct from Camden’s historic Roundhouse by a new generation of radio […]
Watch Team AWF At The Centre Point Sleep Out!
Staff members of the Amy Winehouse Foundation bonded at Centre Point’s recent Sleep Out, raising £1500 for the charity into the bargain. The Sleep Out took place in Broadgate’s Exchange Square, along with another London event and one near Centrepoint’s North East service in Durham, and saw more than 850 brave and hardy souls brave […]
AWF Salutes Its Fundraisers!
The Amy Winehouse Foundation would like to extend its thanks and congratulations to a selection of individuals who have gone above and beyond in order to raise money for the charity. Laura Butler, who has in the last few months done more than most in the name of the Foundation, deserves special mention for her […]
Nas To Donate £1 From Every Ticket Sold To His UK Show To The Amy Winehouse Foundation
Multi-platinum recording artist Nas will be donating £1 from every ticket sold to his London 2013 show to the Amy Winehouse Foundation. Nas, who will be performing at London’s O2 arena on 19th March 2013 had a close personal friendship of Amy, which led him to make the decision to support the charity set up […]