Sainsbury's Hastings Local

Our mission is the relief of poverty among the street homeless/rough sleepers and homeless through the provision of items to support basic needs such as sleeping bags, ground sheets, survival sheets, blankets, clothing, food and toiletries. We also aim to improve the individual’s welfare through our welfare and advocacy team.We endeavour to prevent harm to health by referring to emergency and similar services as and when necessary throughout Hastings, Bexhill, St. Leonards, Eastbourne and Lewes. We provide a satellite food bank delivering in excess of 200 food bags a week to rough sleepers and the vulnerably housed homeless. We also have a baby bank and a Vegan bank plus our Homestart scheme, set up to provide those in emergency and temporary accommodation who often have nothing, not even a kettle. We provide these items. We work closely with our local Women's refuges and emergency accommodation hostels and provide books and toys to the children.

Every Thursday lunchtime, Sustenance's volunteers prepares and serves a nutritious three-course meal and a bag of grocery shopping to local people in Hastings and St Leonards experiencing food poverty. We prepare and cook the meals and fill shopping bags with quality surplus produce from local supermarkets and restaurants. We are passionate about reducing food waste, addressing food poverty, championing healthy eating and supporting the community. May 2021 till Jan 2026; 😃 handed out 10,181 full bags of shopping 😃 served 8807 three-course nutritious meals 😃 saved nearly 95.83 tonnes of surplus food from landfill 😃 saved 268+ tonnes of CO2 from going into the atmosphere

Education Futures Trust supports children, young people and families in Hastings and Rye to improve their life chances. The charity offers 1-1 therapeutic support, family keywork, courses for children, young people and vulnerable adults; expertise in outdoor learning, sport and youth work and the delivery of innovative practice in education. The charity works with its 21 member schools and with partners to share best practice and to promote partnership working in the area. EFT is currently developing a therapeutic, outdoor learning centre at its base, The Firs, in the deprived Baird ward, to support children, families and vulnerable adults. In April 2019, we were proud to be granted a 50 year lease for the land around our office, and we have recently been awarded European Regional Development Funding to create spaces for the delivery of enterprise and employability skills for vulnerable, unemployed adults: both are significant achievements. We are proud of our reputation to make a difference. The charity holds East Sussex's Women in Business Award for Contribution to the Community, whilst the appointment of the Chief Executive as the Chair of the Local Strategic Partnership and co-chair of the Town Deal Board demonstrates the regard in the town for the charity and its achievements.