Sainsbury's Hoddesdon

Hearts and Helpers is a grassroots charity set up to support people affected by poverty, homelessness and insecure housing. Based in, Ponders End, North London, we help people both on and off the street by providing practical goods, services and events to positively impact their lives. We are local people working to empower other local people. We have a Green space based at the falcon fields allotment in Pondersend and host weekly workshops run by local people for local people. These include: allotment skills training, healthy eating on a budget, woodwork projects, children’s garden, messy play, Art therapy, Meditation sessions, young person’s growing group and poor housing support.

Our aim is to offer ongoing support through emergency food parcels, basic hygiene essentials and a range of mental and wellbeing support to families, vulnerable adults, schools and the general community struggling to stay afloat. As a grassroots community project we are primarily staffed by local volunteers of diverse groups across the town which makes our services completely free and open to anyone who needs this the extra help. We empower residents to offer their time as volunteers who come together to simply inspire, invigorate and entice others out of their homes to join in various activities, share a coffee through our forums, make new connections and take their minds off worrying - whether young or old, shy or socially awkward, new to the area, retired, divorced, feel restricted, lonely or isolated - our services pride in making our wider user network feel part of the wider community. Since July 2017, we have been able to support over 5k families and delivered well over 12k food parcels both within and beyond Harlow

We are a Charity Organisation Restoring Outdoor Space for Our Community We are transforming abandoned wasteland into a community outdoors space for Biodiversity and Permaculture, as well as studying Herbalism and Agronomy. We want to use Ayurveda to: 1. Work with local members of the community and beyond to ignite interest in saving and generating new life to the land​ 2. Use our Wellness Garden to create opportunities for therapeutic gardening, mindfulness and healing​ 3. Raise awareness and promote educational opportunities with the public and hopefully schools; not only through fun fact boards, but also through hands on gardening experiences, practical demonstrations, and skills, knowledge and exploration sessions 4. Create a safe public space available to use for events and gatherings, public hire, and wild camping as well as providing a weekly food bank service with any gifted food donations received. 5. Be an ever expanding home to a wild variety of plants, flowers and local wildlife, as well as provide a place of sanctuary and peace for all with and without garden access We are a Local group of volunteers changing this waste land into a Family Friendly outdoor space to study Permaculture, Herbalism, Agronomy, Horticulture and Ayurveda. Our vision is to connect people with nature again, by transforming the land into a safe, self sufficient and flourishing green environment for all to enjoy visually, emotionally and practically, as well as reconnecting with the local community. We are holding our Food Bank Service every Sunday 7pm - 8pm, and welcome Surplus Food donations. We are also looking for Product Donations please. Anything from exterior wood and metal paint, Wood, Plants, Seeds, Fruits, Garden furniture, Gardening tools and Accesories, Solar lights, Paving slabs, Buckets, White spirit, Wood off cuts, wheelbarrow, Exterior paint, fig tree andplan. The items on our wishlist range from outdoor seating and storage solutions to lighting and plant care tools. These items are not just furniture or accessories, they are the tools we need to make this space functional, inclusive, and inspiring.