Food Bank September/October
The club continues to collect items to donate to the Trussell Trust food bank for Stockton and Billingham
Join Us Help us to Make That Difference to Women and Girls worldwide.
The club continues to collect items to donate to the Trussell Trust food bank for Stockton and Billingham
A tea party in a member’s garden in September raised £500 for Purple Rose Health and Wellbeing charity.
The club has continued to support our local food bank on a monthly basis. We also had a very interesting talk by the manager who explained how the food bank operates.
Susan Mansaray gave the club a talk about her charity Purple Rose, set up to help asylum seekers in the Stockton area. Members have since donated clothing, household items and toys.
We have begun the new club year with more donations to our local food bank. The use of food banks has increased as a result of the pandemic, fuel and food price increases etc.
A Way Out is a local charity supporting vulnerable women, young people and families in Teesside. We have supported them in various ways over the years and this Christmas we supplied hats, scarves and gloves, together with toiletries and sweets.
In December President Chris presented a cheque for £600 to Teesside Hospice from the club.
We were given funds by our local police and crime commissioner to provide new start bags containing basic items of clothing, toiletries etc for victims of trafficking. The last eight bags were collected in December
Since April we have supported our local Food Bank every other month. Members have contributed items or donated money to the lady who coordinates the delivery. We liaise with the food bank manager to establish which items they particularly need. In December we donated £100
Since April we have continued to support the Rainbow Room at North Tees hospital by delivering items such as speciality teas and coffees, chocolates and biscuits, toiletries etc on alternate months to those when we donate to the local food bank.