Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset and seven Deputy Lieutenants visit 3SG!

3SG was honoured and delighted to welcome Mr Mohammed Saddiq, His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset and seven Deputy Lieutenants - Edward Bayntun-Coward, Suresh Ariaratnam, Neil Dowdney, Robert Drewett, Thomas Sheppard, Ian White and Alison Vowles on Tuesday this week to find out more about our organisation.

The meeting was kindly hosted by the St John's Foundation, and St John's new CEO, Catharine Brown, joined the meeting, alongside 3SG Chair of Trustees and CEO of Bath Mind, Kate Morton and the 3SG Director, Becky Brooks and Project Managers, Alfiya Khan and Toni Green. We spoke at length about the work that 3SG is currently doing and hopes to do in the future and the importance of an infrastructure charity like 3SG, to support the amazing work of the Third Sector in B&NES.

Becky Brooks, Director at 3SG said:

"The meeting was a wonderful opportunity for us to showcase the huge amount of work that 3SG is doing to support its 250 members across Bath & North East Somerset. We spoke at length of the challenges the organisations that we support are currently facing and the work that we are doing to better advocate for the Sector in light of this. As well as our everyday support, including a 1:1 service, we also spoke about the networks, training and events that we run to bring the sector together and our more strategic work around social prescribing, social economy and connecting charities and local businesses.

"The Lord Lieutenant and the Deputy Lieutenants were incredibly generous with their time and support and we hope that they will spread the message about 3SG and the essential work of the Third Sector here in B&NES far and wide."

Catharine Brown, Director at St John's Foundation said:

""It was a pleasure to host this important discussion at St John’s and to highlight the crucial work 3SG does to support charities across Bath & North East Somerset. At St John’s, we are deeply committed to strengthening our community through collaboration, and our partnership with 3SG - particularly through initiatives like the Ageing Well Network - helps to drive meaningful change working with charities to help everyone who needs support in our community”

Thank you to Lord Lieutenant, Mohammad Saddiq and the seven Deputy Lieutenants for their generosity and interest in our work and the current landscape of BANES 3rd Sector!