Sainsbury's Springfield

Building communities and strengthening families

Sanctuary Supported Living is a not-for-profit organisation, delivering a wide range of supported housing and retirement communities, alongside tailored care and support services, to people across England. We have over 650 supported housing services across England, where our amazing teams provide the care and support that our customers need. Working in close partnership with the people we support, their families, carers and health professionals, we deliver high quality services that support people on their unique pathways for independence. AT ANNE KNIGHT HOUSE We are a building block of individual flats for vulnerable young families. We house those who are vulnerable and are seeking emergency and temporary accommodation. We receive referrals via Chelmsford Council, as well as the private agencies who identify those who are in need our support. Once accommodated with us, every resident is appointed a keyworker, who works with them to draw up a personalised support plan. Tailored support, advice and assistance includes signposting and accessing other services, managing finances (such as with budgeting and benefits) and managing mental health needs and alcohol and substance misuse. Our aim is to find residents more suitable, longer-term/permanent accommodation and for them to live successful lives having the new tools they have gained at SSL. With your donations this will be distributed to our residents without charges in order to support them and their families. With over 50 years of experience, we help people to live as independently as possible. We deliver supported housing, Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered services, floating support, retirement communities, and technology in the home.

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 are the branch (known as a Conference) based in Springfield, Chelmsford. We work with families on low income or on benefits and provide regular food parcels, using the food collected from Neighbourly. We also small stock of emergency parcels ready to be delivered to people who are being moved into temporary accommodation, again using food donations collected from stores using the Neighbourly scheme. All food parcels are given free of charge and any surplus food is donated to The Little Free Pantry scheme. Every Christmas and New Year we collect food from supermarkets, with over 200 families provided for last year thanks to a large group of volunteers giving up their time. Some of the food collected this summer will be distributed at our Family Fun Day, for children who will not have a holiday. We work closely with other charities across Chelmsford and share surplus food with them. This means that collected food does not go to waste.