Esther Community Enterprise
Croydon, UK
ln August 2007, ECE recieved a Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of 300,000 members of the IYF (International Youth Fellowship) for our contribution to the UK branch. In September 2008, Esther Community Enterprise was awarded certificates from the Lord Mayor of Croydon, for having carried out 100 hours of volunteering activities. On the 2 June 2011, ECE was awarded with theQueens Award for Voluntary Service, MBE. This is the highest award given to voluntary groups in the United Kingdom, and as such, is equivalent in status to the MBE. This prestigious UK National Honour recognises outstanding voluntary contributions and sets the national benchmark for excellence in volunteering, with the work of those awarded being judged to be of the highest standard.
We aim to meet those who have needs in the local community by redistribution of food and other consumables donated from retailers. ECE makes a worthwhile collective response to the 3 tenets of sustainable development, namely social, economical and environmental needs.
ECE forms a consortium with other charities, faith groups, projects and organisations. We have over 70 Project Co-ordinators. They manage and help to distribute the food/groceries and clothing items within the local communities across the UK, on behalf of ECE. We have sustained our social enterprise through the goodwill and hard work of over 400 drivers and countless volunteers, who contribute their time, transportation and finance to this worthy cause. Near sell by date food is collected on a daily basis from a range of supermarkets and other retailers and diverted to those that need it most
ECE feeds in excess of 40,000 people per week and this is steadily on the increase as we expand across the UK
What we've received
Meals1,191,704
Non-food (tonnes)14.08
Volunteering (hrs)Volunteering (hours)6
Money£400
The Lunch Club (REHOBOTH Community Outreach Club)
London, UK
REHOBOTH COMMUNITY OUTREACH CLUB located 1-18 Allwood Close, Sydenham SE26 4JP is a charity and it has been entered onto the Register of Charities with the Registered Charity Number 1168822.
Rehoboth Community Outreach club started reaching out to vulnerable families in 2013, offering befriending, parenting & life skills training. Over time the services evolved expanding to offer mentoring to young people, employment skills training and a food bank. In March 2014 Rehoboth started receiving requests for support with addressing the increasing issue of food poverty amongst the single homeless living in hostels and the local street homeless, this saw the launch of the Community Lunch Club. Initially the lunch club was feeding 20 people every Monday with a 2 course hot meal. But this number quickly grew to 150 people a week when Rehoboth partnered with Miriam Lodge providing meals to their most vulnerable homeless residents. The partnership has expanded and Rehoboth community outreach club “The Lunch Club” now deliver 200 meals every Monday across 2 hostels. In addition, we have some homeless people living locally in the community who walk-in and collect their meals. The feeding programme also provides a soup social, with home cooked vegetable and chicken soup with rolls to the residents in the hostels on a Friday.
The generosity of our local donors business and others in neighbouring community, with financial donations from the church membership and individuals, make it possible to provide our services free to vulnerable individuals and families. The community outreach service is facilitated by a team of 25 volunteers who cook, serve food, clean, deliver the meals, and provide the befriending, mentoring and training activities. Rehoboth hopes to double its feeding programme to 300 meals a week by the end of 2018; to support at least 50 homeless people to capacity build their employment and life skills, enhancing their potential of accessing employment, education and training opportunities.
The Rehoboth Community Outreach Club aims are to contribute to breaking the generational cycle of poverty and deprivation within families, inspire hope & healing in the heart and soul of vulnerable individuals and communities and encourage peace, unity and respect across generations. We seek and appreciate further financial, time and resource donations that enable us to meet our vision of UK communities free from food poverty and benefiting from sustained upward social and economic mobility for everyone.
A donation of £2.50 provides one hot meal; £10 provides 4 hot meals. For further information please contact.
REHOBOTH COMMUNITY OUTREACH CLUB
Bank: Barclay's
Sort code: 20-57-76
A/c no: 03050181
@RehobothCharity
Email: Rehobothcommunityoutreachclub@rcoc.org.uk
Paula Walker-Litchmore
Founder
Rehoboth Community Outreach Club
07946 354617
What we've received
Meals889,531
Non-food (tonnes)9.15
Money£2,200
Glory Days Community Group
London, UK
To relieve people in South London who are in need, by reason of their age. Ill health, disability, financial hardship or social circumstances by the offering of Pastoral care, counselling and support, addressing issues of loneliness and to promote social inclusion for the public benefit. As a result of one or more of of the following factors. Unemployment, financial hardship, old age or youth, Ill-health (physical or mental.
1) Rehoboth ( NTCG ) Glory Days Community Group. 159 Perry Rise London SE23 2QU.
2) Filling out questionnaires, asking if they are on benefits, church referrals
3) Allotment project, advise for anyone in the community, employment rights, advocacy, guidance
4) No charge for services
5) Yes, Fareshare, Lewisham Local.
6) Yes, Positive ageing
7) Yes we will email reference
Please find an updated statement as requested.
Glory Days Community Group provides information, guidance, advice and support to all members within our community. We are very keen on intergeneration work which encourages the speedy spirit of youth coupled with the knowledge of an elder. Our aims are to relieve people in South London who are in need by reasoning of circumstances, ill health, disability, financial hardship, status and gender. We offer pastoral support and care and can direct you for legal advice. We address issues of loneliness, education, and learning needs. We support social inclusion to build and develop our community. We aim to use culture, recreational activities and an allotment space as tools of integration.
What we've received
Meals100,239
Non-food (tonnes)0.46
Volunteering (hrs)Volunteering (hours)263