ALDI PITSEA

Homeless help in Basildon is a community group of volunteers that aim to help homeless people. It is a not for profit organisation, no volunteers are paid; all donations are used directly to help the homeless. Please contact the group directly through Facebook if you have spotted someone homeless in the Basildon area and we will get in contact with them. Help for the homeless includes • Providing hot and cold food • Collecting and providing second-hand clothing • Collecting and providing bedding • Collecting and providing toiletries • Assisting with furniture for homeless people who have been found a place. Sky (The founder) won the Essex Pride "unsung hero" award in 2019. We also won 3 Basildon council volunteer awards in 2022: Voluntary group of the year, Peoples Choice Award and Community star.

The objective of the charity is the relief of poverty, both material and emotional in england & wales and abroad through: the person to person involvement of its voluntary members engaged in befriending and through 'special works' , which are projects established to address specific needs in the local community We collect from the following stores: Aldi south Benfleet Lidl. Canvey Island Lidl. Hadleigh Essex M&S. Canvey Island M&S. Rayleigh Sainsburys Canvey Island Sainsburys. Rayleigh Sainsburys. South Benfleet We collect the food six days a week We deliver it to the housebound and elderly and large families in the Castle Point Borough Council Area We also deliver to 3 Food Banks, 5 schools, 3 children’s homes , a senior citizen group and 2 care homes. We give out 51000 parcels last year and delivered 5000 to people’s doors. We also helped with 45 essential housing items, eg washing machines, fridge freezer and air fryers. We run a group of volunteers, that mainly assist with food parcels and essential items for the homes of people in the Castle Point Borough Council Area. The local council also provides us with support in sending their staff to support us, and also ask us to provide spaces for volunteers to help us from their housing list We would love to have more volunteers helping us.

We don’t think anyone in our community should have to face going hungry. That’s why we provide three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to us in crisis. We are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. We have 10 distribution centre across the Thurrock to support those in need. During the past 12 months demand for our services has increased by 40%