Open Arms Spiritual Haven

The Open Arms Spiritual Haven in Grays hosted a very special charity evening on Sunday the 25th of October, when they donated a thousand pounds to two local mental health and rape crisis charities.
The donation was made possible through the generosity of celebrity medium Mandy Masters, who provided an evening of clairvoyance and trance mediumship to a packed hall of over 100 people.

MANDY AND HAVEN ORGANISER, JAY GAGE

Mandy, who lives in Chadwell St Mary, was born without arms as a result of the Thalidomide scandal, and overcame her disability to build a successful life and career as one of the country’s most loved mediums. She has a monthly column in a national magazine, and regularly holds sell-out shows all over the UK.

Mandy's work amazed Haven visitors, with her accuracy, and the amount of detail she provided, with many messages containing information about the recipient's activities that day - proving that Spirit had really been around them before they came to the event. Names, dates, and situations were all uncannily accurate, and every recipient of a message was given a crystal angel by Mandy to remember it by.

Mandy also gave away several private readings to lucky recipients, and raffled further readings during the interval to raise money for her own charity, Mandy's Box, which donates funds to local people in need.

The second half of the evening involved Mandy's own unique trance work. Five audience members were selected to join her on stage, and Mandy's Spirit talkers communicated information to them about their loved ones in Spirit and their lives and concerns here. The audience were amazed at the trance process, which was very different to their previous experiences, and left them in no doubt that Mandy really was relaying trance mediumship.

Further dates with Mandy in Grays are planned for next year, and tickets, and further information can be obtained from Jay at inspiral@live.co.uk. Jay is also arranging a series of further shows, and will be happy to receive enquiries from organisers interested in booking Mandy for future events. Please visit www.inspiralmediums.com

OPEN ARMS HAVEN WOULD LIKE TO THANK MANDY MASTERS FOR HER OUTSTANDING GENEROSITY IN PROVIDING HER SERVICE TO OUR NAMED CHARITIES -WE ARE PROUD TO WELCOME HER TO OUR CENTRE !

COLIN PRESENTS THE CHEQUE TO CHRIS JONES FROM MIND AT OUR MEETING AT THE END OF MARCH

 Open Arms Haven, Thurrock's newest Spiritual and Alternative Therapy Centre, were proud to present a cheque to Thurrock MIND on Sunday the 29th of March for 400.00. The money has been raised over the past few weeks by their visitors who attend the Haven every week and enjoy demonstrations of clairvoyance as well as a wide range of stall and healers. The cheque was collected by MINDs Chris Jones, Counselling and Group Manager, who gave a talk explaining how the money would be utilised for refurbishing their consultation rooms.
 
The Haven are regular donors to MIND, and since opening last June have donated a total of 1,500 to the charity. They are also making a donation next month to their second charity, SERRIC (South Essex Rape and Incest Crisis Centre) also based in Grays.
 
Haven founder, Jay Gage, said " We work hard to take the benefits of the Haven out into the local community, and are proud to support two very worthy causes in the Grays area, thus reaching Grays people who may not attend our centre, but still need support. Im delighted with the hard work of our team who have made this generous donation possible"

The Open Arms Haven, Grays Spiritualist and Alternative Therapy centre, donated 100.00 on Sunday April 26th to “Give Amy Sight”, a fundraising campaign set up to help Southend 8 year old Amy Jarrett, who was born with a rare brain disorder called Septo Optic Dysplasia, which prevented her optic nerves growing and caused blindness. 

 The Haven heard how Amy also suffers from autism and a hormone deficiency which prevents her sleeping, and how her parents have found a hospital in China that can offer treatment which could restore her sight.

 Using non-controversial umbilical stem cells, the hospital has performed the procedure on other children, enabling them to see their family for the first time. To send Amy for the treatment will cost 35,000 and the family are working hard to raise the funds through a variety of fundraising methods.

Open Arms Haven donates all its profit to two local charities, Thurrock MIND and South Essex Rape and Incest Crisis Centre, both in Grays, and so far this year has donated just over 800.00 to these causes. Haven organiser Jay Gage said “We feel it is essential that the Haven gives something back to the community and reaches people who maybe cannot come along to our centre for support. In Amy’s case, we felt this was a worthy cause to pass our profits onto – we can only imagine how hard life must be for the family, and are grateful for the chance to help”

Open Arms is open every Sunday evening in Grays, and details can be found at www.open-arms-haven.com or by calling 07908 632092. Amy’s family can be contacted via their website www.giveamysight.org,uk

Open Arms Spiritual Haven is completely non-profit making. Each week, once our hall and medium are paid for, and any minor costs (refreshments etc) are covered, ALL remaining money raised from the evening is put aside to be donated on a quarterly basis for charity.

Open Arms is proud to announce our support for two local charities, Thurrock MIND and SERICC (South Essex Rape and Incest Crisis Centre)

Based in Grays, Thurrock MIND is affiliated to the National organisation that provides support to people experiencing emotional and mental distress in our community. However, they are responsible for all their own fundraising, which is why we are happy to make them our chosen charity.

The facilities provided by Thurrock Mind include : a Drop-In, Befriending Scheme, Work Training/Experience Project, Counselling and Groupwork. They also provide information and advice, and Crisis Advocacy for people in hospitals and other care environments.

Their website, for more information, is www.thurrock-community.org.uk/mind/index.htm

SERICC provides a service to women and girls over 13 years old who have been raped, sexually assaulted, experienced child sexual abuse, sexual harassment or who have experienced any form of sexual violence or attempted sexual assault.

Based in Grays, they provide counselling, support when dealing with police and courts, and sexual health advice and support for the families of victims. We are proud to support them.

SERICC can be found at www.serric.org.uk

A local Essex charity got a well-deserved boost on Sunday, when The Open Arms Spiritual Haven in Grays presented a cheque for 600.00 to Thurrock MIND. The Haven, which is a modern Spiritualist centre and alternative therapy venue, has raised a total of 1000,00 for MIND since they opened six months ago, and made this latest presentation at a special evening on the 7^th of December.

Service Users Manager Gerry Cook accepted the cheque, presented by the Haven’s founder, Jay Gage, and explained that it will be used for MIND’s befriending service, where volunteers provide friendship and one to one support to people in the community who maybe lonely and isolated through severe and enduring mental health problems.

The Open Arms Spiritual Haven meets every Sunday at Belmont Hall in Parker Road Grays, and presents a different clairvoyant medium each week, as well as a range of tarot and card readers, Reiki and alternative therapists, and regular Spiritual healers. The Haven welcomes visitors from 6.30pm each week, and entry is just £3.

Jay presenting the cheque to Gerry

The Open Arms Spiritual Haven in Grays hosted a very special evening on Sunday the 24^th August, when they presented a cheque for £400.00 to local charity, Thurrock MIND.

The Haven has been open for just three months, but has already proven very successful with local people, attracting an average of 30-40 visitors a week,   who enjoy a range of holistic and alternative practitioners, card readers, healers and clairvoyant mediums. The Haven is totally non-profit making, aiming purely to provide a spiritual service to local people, and where possible benefit the community on a wider basis by donating all profits to local charity.

Thurrock MIND were represented at the evening by their new Chief Executive Officer, Lynne Evans, who gave an inspirational talk on the services offered by MIND in Bridge Road, and explaining how the money raised by the Haven would go towards some much needed new seating.

Jay Gage, of Open Arms Spiritual Haven, explained “We want to be able to give back to the community by supporting local charities. At the Haven our sole aim is to provide comfort and spiritual upliftment to our visitors, and if we can take that one step further by working in the community with Thurrock MIND, we feel that our work is reaching people who may not be able to visit us. Many of us have been touched by mental illness either directly or indirectly, and we can think of no more useful purpose for our money than to support this worthwhile cause.”