Getir Barnes

Free, confidential support for mental health, alcohol, drugs, housing and related areas in friendly, local places. Humankind and Richmond Fellowship have merged to form a new charity, Waythrough, with Aquarius as their subsidiary. Humankind remains the legal entity operating as Waythrough pending legal and regulatory finalisation of our name change.

We offer a morning drop-in Monday - Friday, 9am - 11am, providing casework, a hot breakfast, surplus food, clothing, showers, nursing, telephone, internet and postal services, tea and coffee and connection to a supportive community. All our services are complimentary. We are also a hub for other outreach services who we work closely with, e.g. Glassdoor, St Mungo's, Salvation Army Employment Service, RCDAS (Richmond Community Drug and Alcohol Service), Spear Homeless Charity. Our charity shop sells affordable clothing and bric-a-brac and supports vulnerable guests with free clothing and items for setting up a new home. All profits are used for the benefit of our charitable work. The Richmond Foodbank provides emergency food for local people in crisis. It also operates at other locations across the borough. We work with local referral partners who assess people's needs and issue free vouchers to use at our foodbank. We also host other groups and services in the afternoons such as Citizens Advice, Mind Craft Group, Ukrainian Support Group and a Women's Hub.

I run a Food Charity - mainly in the London Borough of Wandsworth. I interact with ALDI, M&S, Getir and LIDL via this page. Away from this page, I partner with Co-Op, Deliveroo, Five Guys, Wagamama, Wasabi, Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza, Papa Johns, Chipotle, and Krispy Kremes. It's a very busy life! I previously partnered with Greggs, Tesco, and Sainsbury's. During the Covid lockdown, I focussed my project on London's homeless community. Sadly, I reached the conclusion that they were undeserving of my time, so now, absolutely anyone in my catchment area is able to access my project. People do say, "but surely someone needs this more than I do," and I respond, "as long as you are thankful for this milkshake / sandwich / chow mein etc. that's the important bit!" I get no funding from government / business / general public. I do have a bank account for this project. Over the 4 years of this project, it has received about £250. This project relies on my goodwill. It will continue as long as I am not burnt out.