Richmond Foundation

Richmond Foundation
.............for mental health in the community

Richmond Foundation was founded in 1993 and is a non-governmental, non-profit making organisation providing services for persons already experiencing a mental health difficulty as well as services aimed at preventing mental illness from developing.

The Foundation offers five different services which are:

• Villa Chelsea: A rehabilitation facility offering day and residential programmes, to persons with mental health problems. Clients have the opportunity to (re)learn the necessary skills which will enable them to live an independent life in the community.
  
  Villa Chelsea has now been providing its services for these last ten years. The running of the house incurs a very large cost and currently the refurbishment of Villa Chelsea is taking place. It is for this purpose that ZAK Zabbar are organising this table-tennis marathon.
  
• Home Support Service: Clients are holistically supported in their own homes within the community. They are assisted in attaining and maintaining skills which help them live a good quality life in the community.
  
• Supportive Housing Scheme: Clients who do not have accommodation, are helped to find suitable housing. Tenants are supported to live independently, maintain their tenancies. They are empowered to achieve a good quality of life.
  
• Supported Employment Programme: This programme is run in collaboration with ETC. Persons with mental health problems are supported in order to find suitable, paid, employment. Training and support on the job are provided.
  
• Staff & Organisation Support Programme: Through this programme which is offered to different organisation, the Foundation is helping to prevent mental illness from developing. Employees have the opportunity to make use of a confidential and voluntary counselling service and other support services.
  
• Self-Help Groups: Richmond Foundation has supported the setting up of two separate self-help groups. One of these self-help groups is run by persons with mental health problems for persons with mental health problems whilst the second self-help group is run by family members of persons with mental health difficulties for family members.
  
• Reaching the Kids Programme: This project targeted children in years 5 in 40 Primary Schools across Malta and Gozo. Through this programme, children were provided with skills which would help them to become more resilient in the face of stress.
  
• Hostel: Recently, Richmond Foundtion has opened a ‘hostel’ in Floriana. The hostel offers 24 hour supervised ‘accomodation’ for males with mental health problems who had been residing at Mount Carmel Hospital for a number of years but who are now ready to move out from the hospital setting.
  
• Leisure Centre: This EU-funded project serves as an entertainment centre for all youths and is particularly sensitive to those youths who are at risk of social exclusion and isolation. This centre hosts activities such as sports, reading, crafts and games.
  
• Raising Awareness and Preventing Mental Health Problems: In order to promote awareness of mental health issues and prevention of mental health problems amongst the general public, the Richmond Foundation utilises radio, television programmes and the major local newspapers to disseminate information. National Conferences on mental health issues targeting different populations are also regularly held. Talks in towns, villages and even in schools are also held.

Fund Raising Lottery

As has happened last year, we are organising a lottery in order to raise funds for the Marathon. This year the prizes are larger and more numerous than last year. The winning tickets will be drawn on Sunday 10th December, prior to the marathon closing, in the presence of a notary from the Lotto Department.

Tickets at 25c each can be purchased from the Marathon Venue itself (De La Salle College Victoriosa) till Sunday 10th December, the day of the draw.

The Prizes for the lottery (DPL 104/06) are listed below:

• 1st: Trip for 2 to any destination in Europe thanks to Directions Travel Agency


• 2nd: Valuable Holy Mary Statue from Vascas


• 3rd: Fresh Water Pearls (necklace & bracelet) by Gram Collections


• 4rd: Weekend Break at the Bella Vista Hotel


• 5th: Weekend Break offered by Robert Arrigo & Sons


• 6th: Four Decorations made by Mdina Glass


• 7th: 4 Wine&Pizza at Ir-Rokna Pizzeria & Rest.


• 8th: Meal for 2 at The Marina Hotel

We would like to thank our sponsors who made this lottery possible.

• Bella Vista Hotel
• The Marina Hotel
• Robert Arrigo & Sons Ltd.
• Mdina Glass

Press Releases

Below are the Press Release published by ŻAK Żabbar in order of Date.

20th December 2006

ZAK Zabbar raise Lm 7, 800 in aid of Richmond Foundation

The tenth edition of the Malta Table Tennis Marathon which was organised by ŻAK (Żgħażagħ Azzjoni Kattolika) Zabbar, has come to its end with the group managing to collect an amazing Lm7,800 for Richmond Foundation.. The marathon was held at De La Salle College in Vittoriosa between Thursday 7th December and Sunday 10th December and consisted of a record of 75 hours of non-stop table-tennis.

The event was opened by a mass which was followed by a table-tennis game between Hon. Dr. Charles Mangion (MLP Deputy Leader) and Mr. Franco Azzopardi (Chairman Kunsill Malti ghall-Isports) and another game between Hon. Helena Dalli and Mr. Anthony E. Guillaumier (Chairperson of the Richmond Foundation).

Besides continuous table-tennis playing, there were several other activities in the college premises such as massages and blow-dries to raise more funds for the cause. ZAK Zabbar helpers were also very busy in collecting funds from various localities in Malta. Every day was concluded with entertaining performances from Malta’s top dancers and singers such as J Anvil, The Hooligan, Nadine Axisa and Olivia Lewis.

The collected funds will help Richmond Foundation (RF) in restructuring Villa Chelsea in B’Kara. RF was founded in 1993 and is a non-governmental and non-profit making organisation working in the field of community mental health. Villa Chelsea provides a model of residential and day community-based care for those suffering from mental health problems. The programme aims to help clients learn the necessary skills to be able to live an independent life in the community.

“On behalf of all the management, staff and clients at Richmond Foundation, I would like to thank ZAK Zabbar for the organisation of this marathon. Their hard work and dedication were rewarded through the amount of money that they raised. I would also like to thank the general public for their generosity”, stated Doris Gauci, CEO of the Richmond Foundation.

“We are very glad that we managed to collect this sum of money for Richmond Foundation. We raised a record sum of Lm 7,800, the largest sum ever collected during the past editions of The Malta Table Tennis Marathon. We would like to thank our main sponsors: Powerade, Carter’s Supermarket and Dew Fresh Meat Products”, said Robert Abela from the administration team.

ZAK Zabbar would also like to thank all the local media for helping them making this marathon a success.

Website: www.zak-zabbar.org/maratona | www.richmond.org.mt
Email: maratona@zak-zabbar.org | info@richmond.org.mt


4th December 2006

• Maltese
• English

20th October 2006

• Maltese
• English
  

Applications for Players

Applications are out for players to partecipate in the The Malta Table Tennis Marathon. We suggest players to form their own team to partecipate in the marathon, however we are willing to accept single players and form the teams ourselves. Applications will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis.

Food packages with good discounts will be available for both players and helpers.

The deadline was extended to Sunday 3rd December to participate in the Marathon. Fixtures will be formulated on Tuesday 5th December at ZAK Zabbar centre at 8pm.

For any questions about anything that has to do with players contact Franklin Buhagiar on 79909864, Robert Abela on 99853051, or email maratona@zak-zabbar.org

Fine Lunch

As part of our effort to raise funds to cover the initial costs of The Malta Table Tennis Marathon a fine lunch was held on the 12th November at noon. The very nice sum of Lm 525 was raised during this event. Below are the menu and some pictures of the event.

Antipasto

A platter consisting of baby mozzarella, kiwi mussels, chorizo salami, arrosto, stuffed olives, baby tomatoes set on green leaf salad, served with a red wine and balsamic reduction.

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Starters

Fussilli with sun dried tomato pesto and cream sauce

Cream of vegetable soup served with garlic croutons,
and a cheese stuffed tortellini

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Main course

Orange crusted roast baby chicken stuffed with its own fillet and vegetables, served with a rich chicken veloute, set on a bed of cabbage.

Loin of pork stuffed with spinach and bacon and served with a rich onion gravy, set on a bed of grilled peppers.

Grilled swordfish fillets marinated in olive oil and garlic set on a bed of buttered leeks and served with a prawn sauce

Grilled tomatoes
Boiled carrots sticks
Chateaux potatoes

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Dessert

Chocolate sacher
Tiramisu
Strawberry gateaux

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Tea or Coffee

Call for Helpers

Application for Helpers are now out. More information about helpers can be found here, as soon as they are available. An information meeting for all the helpers, including those who are still thinking about it, will be held on the 13th of November at 7:30 pm at “Sala Ragħaj it-Tajjeb”, Mediatrix Place, Żabbar. For further information, just contact Stephanie (99243459) or Sue (99692220) or send a mail to: maratona@zak-zabbar.org.

• For the time being download and fill the Application.

Thanks to Christian for the artwork.

One Day Football Tournament

ŻAK Żabbar is up to carry out the 10th edition of The Malta Table Tennis Marathon. This year the money collected will be donated to Richmond Foundation Malta to help them in their refurbishment project for Villa Chelsea. The 75 hours long marathon between the 7th and the 10th December and will be held at De La Salle College.

As part of the fund raising effort to cover the initial costs of the marathon, we are organising a One-Day 5-a-side Football Tournament on the 5th November. The venue chosen is the Kordin Grounds and the first games kicks-off at 1.30pm.

For Additional information do not hesitate to contact Clyde Saliba (79992430).

• An application can be downloaded from here

Special Thanks to our Sponsors

Special heart-felt thanks goes to the sponsors who made this marathon possible

• Audrey`s Health and Beauty Centre
• Creative Arts
• Dew Fresh Meat Products
• Jesper's Danish Bakery
• Powerade (General Soft Drinks)
• Carter's Supermarket
• Fantasy Radio (listen live)
• Rudolph's Motoring School
• Air Malta
  
• Berger
• Sedqa : Agency Against Drug & Alcohol Abuse
  
• 5th Avenue
• Technoline
• Bibas Fabric Gallery
• Cartoon Characters
• Tiziana Baldacchino, Beauty Specialist
• Vanita', Birkirkara
• CP Models

Sponsors for the Fine Lunch

• Peel 'N' Go Potato Products Ltd
• Bugeja Fisheries
• P.J. Sutters Company Limited
• John Bladacchino
• Aquatess Limited
• Nero Restaurant
• C. Camilleri & Sons Ltd. - Info
• Elia Borg Bonaci Limited
• Chain Supermarket

Prizes for the lottery

• Directions Travel Agency
• Vascas Jewellers
• Gram Collections
• Bella Vista Hotel
• Robert Arrigo & Sons Ltd.
• The Marina Hotel
• Ir-Rokna Restaurant & Pizzeria
• Mdina Glass

Audrey's Health and Beauty Centre Helping the Marathon

Audrey's Health and Beauty Centre (located in a farmhouse in Mtarfa, opposite to Mdina) offers courses for persons who would like to become Beauty or Holistic Therapists. The courses are Internationally recognised and are within the EU and persons studying with this school can actually work in Malta and also abroad. The courses are all Diploma level. During the courses chosen, students will learn the Practical side and also the Anatomy and Physiology needed for each individual course chosen. Courses offered are as follows:

• Holistic massage
• Beauty Specialist Diploma
• Reflexology
• Electrology
• Stress Management
• Diet and Nutrition
• Indian Head Massage
• Baby Massage
• Sports Massage
• and very soon TuiNa.

During the Malta Table Tennis Marathon Audrey's Health and Beauty Centre will be offering services by qaulified persons who have studied in this school. The costs of the services will be reduced and all the proceedings from there services will be donated to the Marathon. Below is a description on the services that will be offered between Friday 8th December and Sunday 10th December:

• Treatments: Back massage Lm 3
• Indian Head Massage Lm3
• Stress Management Lm3
• Reflexology Feet Lm 5
• Sports Massage Lm3
• TuiNa (Chinese massage) Lm3 (for painful areas)

For more information about the school and the services offered during the Marathon please contact Audrey on email: falzon@onvol.net or browse to the website http://www.audrey.rabatmalta.com.

Hand Drawn Advertising Board

Thanks to Pierre, Ryan and Stef amogst others, the board in the pictures below was hand-drawn in about a week and fixed near the Zabbar bus terminus on the 4th October. It will do the job of promoting the Marathon for the next two months to all those getting a bus from Zabbar.

Well done guys!

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A flag was also done by the same people, below are a couple of pictures