Sainsbury's Canvey Island

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.

The mission of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society (England and Wales) is to help and support anyone in need. Our volunteers, members and staff act accordingly with Vincentian value trying to tackle the root causes of poverty at a grassroots level. St Vincent’s Community Centre is a subsidiary of the main organisation and is dedicated to helping people in the region of Bradford who are living at a disadvantage. We help everyone regardless of faith, gender, age, physical or mental ability, sexual orientation or marital status. This includes: • English language classes • technology support • debt advice • Food Parcels • migrant drop in service • welfare support • housing advice

A brand new project that the Salvation Army are bringing to Canvey Island which is a mobile social supermarket that will see residents of the island have access to heavily subsidised produce, as well as debt/financial advice as well as other services.