B&Q Hereford

Incorporating Hereford Homeless Support & the Living Room. Things are a little different at Ethos we are different, we are grass roots organisation that has developed organically responding to the needs of the community. All of our work focuses on an asset based approach, we don’t see labels and problems we see people going through tough times who need to still feel human connection and that they have a place in the world with space to reconnect through human relationships not as a service user who needs to complete numerous personal information forms just to be seen. Helping people to navigate their way through disadvantage and hardship from whatever means by providing timely but brief additional support to help prevent issues such as homelessness, poverty related issues such as poor physical health, mental health, isolation and loneliness which all pose a huge strain on our society. We do this through a range of offers The Living Room inc - Community Larder and food parcels Community Space with training Community Café Hereford Homeless Support we support homeless people in our community, this is done through being part of the food providers network in Hereford as we provide a hot meal to homeless people, items like tents and sleeping bags, clothing a shower facility and washing facility for homeless people. we also help support access to grants to help people into housing. We also work with people at risk of homelessness or experiencing poverty and disadvantage by providing advice and guidance, access to debt advice and grant assistance along with food parcels and access to our community larder. Our community larder works on a donation basis that when people can afford to its suggested £5 donation, this helps with the our collection costs with fuel and volunteers and also our subscription to partner organisations buying in food weekly. Food donated through Neighbourly is never charged for, donations given go towards buying in food from Fareshare weekly.

At Leominster Primary School, we are really enthusiastic and passionate about recycling and reusing. We will therefore be using the materials for exciting school projects with our Eco club and School council. We would also like to use some interior paint within the school building to make it a brighter and more engaging environment for all. this would include nursery rhymes in the toilets and paintings of inspirational figures in our school hall. Another element of our school that we would like to develop is our KS1 playground. We would love to use the materials to create shaded areas for the children to use when it is raining or too hot and we would like to allow for imagination areas such as a mud kitchen.

Herefordshire helpers support their local community by offering free food boxes with the hope of extending to other essentials in the future. We collect food from supermarkets and share the collections we receive with those who need it, such as providing food boxes with delivery to the elderly and those who aren’t able to independently shop as well as other community members and families who struggle with the rising costs of living which also prevents landfill to help protect our environment. Any food we can’t donate, we compost and recycle containers. We do not accept any money for the food we donate. If we are offered a donation, we decline and suggest that these individuals and families donate to a charity of their choosing themselves.