M&S Kingsley Village

At St Petrocs we believe homelessness shouldn’t be an issue in our society. We believe that for anyone facing homelessness, for whatever reason, there should be the care and support they need to help them. We strive to provide the best quality of service possible to those people, aged 16–65, who find themselves homeless and for whom no provision is made within the community, either statutory or otherwise.

We are a registered charity working hard to support our community members regarding their health and wellbeing. As a Trust during these current challenging times, our aim to ensure no individual or family within our community is without basis essentials. In order to achieve this we need to be supported by securing funds, which will help us to deliver this much needed service. We work in partnership with other local organisations who have a shared interest in supporting the community and their needs. We run a Community Larder which is open on a weekly basis where we distribute the food we receive from Neighbourly to help provide basic essentials free of charge in the community.

Working for the families in the Gover Division of St Austell. Distributing food, helping those families who need it and preventing food going to landfill. We collect surplus food from our partners that they no longer need and distribute it to families through our Community via our Larder days, thus reducing hunger and waste at the same time. What started as a post Covid need during school holidays in 2020, we are now into our 6th year and the need continues to grow. We currently operate from a 20ft porta cabin situated on a private premises where there is plenty of parking. The address is 1a Gover Road, St Austell Cornwall. Customers come to us from word of mouth, through the local Health Hub The Food Bank, through posters etc. When a customer comes to us for the first time, I have a chat with them to ascertain whether they have any dietry needs, cooking facilities etc. If homeless and no cooking facilities, we have a stock of ration packs which we can give out that only need water. Similarly with customers who are staying in a travel lodge where there is only a kettle. Because we pay a £3000 membership to Fareshare for a weekly delivery of food which includes fruit and veg, we ask for a small donation of £2. For that the customer has at least one large bag full of food. If they don't have any money, that is no problem as there are a couple of benefactors who pay forward to cover anyone who is struggling financially.