B&Q Wisbech

We provide more than just a place to sleep. The extra support we give changes the lives of our clients, and helps them to find a future where they don’t have return to the streets. We are open 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, helping homeless people move forward with their lives while providing them with a safe and supportive place to live. Our clients are provided with supper and breakfast, use of shower facilities and toiletries, hot drinks, a clean bed and bedding, warmth and security. They are offered support including assistance with claiming benefits, accommodation, training and education, searching for employment, and help with any drug and alcohol issues.

The prevention or relief of poverty - Provide advocacy/advice/information - Other charitable activities Provide a safe place with the offer of a drink and a biscuit - Stop hunger Offer guidance for those suffering from financial instability and signpost. Our main aim is to stop hunger and cease the need for foodbanks. However, at this moment in time, we continue to provide an invaluable service to our community. We want to give people in our local community, such as our foodbank clients, the homeless, the jobless and the disadvantaged, a chance to enjoy an act of kindness. We hope to improve self esteem, even for a day, by giving back something into the community. We are always in need of donations in order to help our community improve their daily lives. Basic things such as toiletries, washing up liquid, washing powder, kitchen items, clothes, cupboard items, tea, coffee. We would appreciate donations for the children and pets to help our clients. Many would go hungry in order to ensure their pet doesn’t! Our support will help the community set up a better and more comfortable place to live. DIY items will help. From lighting to living space to paint. Just thinking out the box. We can utilise and make our donations work. Every client has a different story. We have recently been fundraising for our foodbank. We’ve already had two giveaway days, car boot mornings, a bric-à-brac and a cake sale. We are looking forward to our first Christmas Raffle and hope to get some amazing donations. We all want to keep our community safe and happy. We would really appreciate all things garden, toys and home. From plant pots and plants to art and craft materials to home accessories. All these things will really give our clients a great opportunity to make their daily lives better. We would deem it invaluable if we could link up with the surplus donations and the B&Q Reuse Programme. Many of our clients/community need the very basics to set up home. To feel safe. To be respected. Self esteem is low and they are acutely embarrassed to have to visit the foodbank. But with careful handling, understanding and kindness, we greet our clients with a warm and welcoming environment where every single volunteer really cares! We all hope we can make a difference. We can do this by working with local businesses as well as Neighbourly and the B&Q Programme. No man is an island. We need to join forces to stop hunger. We hope we can do this together.

We are a group of community volunteers who create, plant and maintain flowerbeds all over Wisbech Cambridgeshire. We welcome all donations of plants and materials to help us create new project gardens. Our aim is to make Wisbech a nicer place for the community and nature alkke.