Sainsbury's Avenue Local

We are DOORWAYS MIDDLESBROUGH we are a non-profit registered charity run by a small group of dedicated volunteers and we run from our cafe/hub at 9-11 Princes road in Middlesbrough TS1 4BD ❤️We serve a hot, homemade & filling meals and desserts (including halal & vegetarian to be inclusive) ❤️We have a range of hot & cold beverages too. ❤️We make up food parcels for individuals or families. ❤️People have the choice whether they want to eat in or take out, whichever they feel most comfortable with. ❤️We have an open door policy so we do not turn anyone away. Anyone who comes to us in need eg homeless, near homeless, veterans, refugees, students, ex offenders, needy, vulnerable, benefits sanctioned, the elderly on low pensions, families on low income etc will be fed and looked after. We have people of all ages and all walks of lives who use our services and we open our arms out to anyone. ❤️We are a safe space with the relevant safeguarding training. Everyone who comes to us is treated with dignity & respect. We do not judge here. ❤️We work at a grassroots level and alongside lots of other organisations such as; Cleveland police, the council, the homeless team, hepatitis team, sexual health services, nurses, job centre, substance misuse workers, social workers, mental health workers. This is so we can refer our service users to the appropriate services so they can get the best possible help. ❤️We make up hygeine bags made up with items such as shampoo, conditioner, body wash, body bath wipes, toothpaste and toothbrushes etc and hand out period products whenever asked. ❤️ We hand out clothes and shoes for adults and children (including school uniforms) ❤️ We give out blankets, pillows, sleeping bags and tents. ❤️ We are open 3 times a week 11am-2pm and 1 Sunday a month for a Sunday dinner. ❤️ We do one evening a week with Cleveland police for our local sex workers, vulnerable women and Trans women where we give them hot food, a safe space to talk and work with the police and sexual exploitation team and have services coming out doing sexual health tests and handing out condoms and other essentials. ❤️ We get over 75 people each time were open and with the current cost of living crisis we are getting more and more coming to us . ❤️Our premises has a walk in shower/wet room so our service users can get themselves cleaned up and get a fresh, clean set of clothes on. ❤️We have laundry facilities so people can get their clothes washed and dried. ❤️ EVERYTHING we provide is FREE for our service users. ❤️ We rely solely on generous donations and always need help with things such as - - More food & drinks - Takeaway boxes/cups - Utilities - Premises rent - Toiletries - Blankets - Pillows - Sleeping bags - Tents You're welcome to checkout our Facebook page for more info & pics: Doorways Middlesbrough Thank you for reading and thanks for any help. We appreciate everything xxx

We are a community centre working 7 days and 5 nights a week with vulnerable people and families. We run groups and support for people including food bags for families in the area. In this current situation we are running a food bank and feeding 90 pensioners ensuring they have fresh food and prescriptions are collected for them. We live in a deprived area and have a lot of people struggling at this time. We are a self supported centre and as you can imaging at this time we are getting no income from groups which is making funding hard.

The message trust is a worldwide movement with a passion to share the love of jesus christ in words and actions with the hardest-to-reach young people, through creative mission, community transformation and christ-centred enterprise. We are supported by Fareshare, fareshare go and Northpoint housing. Middlesbrough council support and we work on a weekly basis with the drugs and alcohol teams and homeless We have accepted donations from Middlesbrough football club and Northpoint housing for free shops. Co-op offer donations to us on a weekly basis and help with there landfill scheme. The donations we collate from supermarkets we give away free with no charge, these go to families who struggle to complete a supermarket shop http://communitygrocery.org.uk is our charity link the Message Trust http://communitygrocery.org.uk/middlesbrough https://www.facebook.com/CommunityGroceryMiddlesbrough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y00-hEr-4mM ITN news report