The Together Trust and the Doctor

Regular readers to this blog will know we’re about to hit a special day in the Together Trust calendar once again. On Saturday 4th January our charity sees its 144th birthday and once again we look back with pride over our illustrious past.

Refuge Band, 1900

Over the Christmas break as we poured over TV channels our eyes picked out the familiar and much loved films and TV programmes that herald the festive season; Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Sound of Music, Elf and of course the return of the Christmas episode of Doctor Who. And as I watched the latter programme it reminded me of the Together Trust. Now I’ve been know to make superfluous links before, but our little charity is very much like ‘the doctor’. Ok I’ve never seen cracks appear in the atmosphere and very few of our staff have mentioned fighting Cybermen or Daleks (unless it’s been a very long shift!) but other links do spring to mind, not least the theory of regeneration.

Passing the ‘Refuge Doctor’, 1900

Like the Doctor the charity has seen many things, lived many years and fought off the ‘evils’ of this world. And as its usefulness in one area appears on the wane, it regenerates itself into something new, puts on a fresh face and steps back out into the world to continue its work.

So as we look forward to 2014 and the new challenges it will undoubtedly bring, we sit safe in the knowledge that the charity has regenerated before under many new faces and will continue to ‘give aid, assistance and care to those with disabilities or in need’.

Happy New Year!