Rachel & Ben

It may be a cliché, but we'd like your presence on our wedding day and not your presents! 

We have lived together for several years and feel that we already have everything that we need. If you really want to give something, we would be touched if you would donate to a worthy cause - OnSide Youth Zones. OnSide is a charity committed to helping younger people to set themselves up for the future. We're both lucky to have wonderful families and we'd like to do something to help those that don't.

OnSide Youth Zones are designed to give young people (8–19) somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk to in their leisure time so they can socialise in a safe, positive way. The Zones are there for young people in deprived areas, where the alternative for many is spending their evenings on the streets or isolated in their bedrooms, surfing the internet.

We’ve been to visit one of the Zones in Dagenham and it was really great to see so many people benefitting from it. The Dagenham Zone hosts up to 180 young people every evening. It offers mentoring, CV writing classes, music lessons, cooking tutorials, ping pong, sports halls and places just to hang out and chill with friends.

Check out the OnSide website if you’d like to know more: https://www.onsideyouthzones.org/

You can donate here: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/rachelandben2021