Sainsbury's Chatham

Thrift & Thrive (Medway) has risen from the ashes of Gillingham Street Angels. We are a new enterprise dedicated to supporting the residents in Medway who are facing challenges such as the cost-of-living gap, social isolation, unemployment, poor mental health and difficulties in accessing health and social care. Our mission is to reduce food waste and minimize landfill while fostering creativity, confidence, and practical skills through recycling, repurposing, and reusing. We provide compassionate, non-judgmental support by offering essentials such as food, clothing, bedding, and companionship during times of crisis. Our services include a free school uniform bank, a community soup bar, hunger relief meals, and programs designed to improve skills and combat social isolation. Through charity shops, recycling initiatives, inclusive volunteering, and free health and wellbeing services, we create opportunities for everyone to thrive. By collaborating with local agencies, we empower individuals with the knowledge and resources to improve their life chances.

The organisation believes that within each person lies a treasure and a solution needing discovery. Since its inception in 2013, BU-Mentoring has been a beacon of hope, transforming lives in our local community. Through our mentoring and training service for our community's youth, adults and vulnerable people, BU-Mentoring empowers the community to take active roles through full-time jobs, part-time engagement, and or setting up and running their businesses with up to 90% success. Your support is not just a contribution but a vital part of our success. We exist to enable young people to take an active role within their community through mentoring and self-employment, and we could not do it without you. BU-MENTORING flourishes because of the active participation of our community members. Your support is not just a contribution but a vital part of our success, and we could not have achieved it without you. Our various projects include the following: 1. Mentoring: support programme for the Youth (NEET), adults and the vulnerable. 2. Career advice: We provide professional CV preparation, support with job applications, and confidence and capacity building for adults on long-term unemployment. We also offer work experience in the community shop. 3. Community Hub: Provide free food parcels daily, coffee, a meeting place for the lonely in the community store, and social care, e.g., responding to personal hygiene, arranging transport, assisting with utility arrangements, online bill payments, and making phone calls. All our services are free without charge. What we need: 1. Food and Clothes supplies, New and used, in good condition 2. Equipment Donations, Computers and Peripherals, Laptops/Desktops, Monitors, Keyboards 3. Bigger premises: Room for the enablement of workshops, computer classroom.

- Education/training - Disability - The prevention or relief of poverty - Other charities or voluntary bodies - The general public/mankind - Makes grants to individuals - Provides buildings/facilities/open space - Provides services - Provides advocacy/advice/information - Sponsors or undertakes research