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We believe every person has value! We are a small but mighty not for profit rough sleeper charity. 100% of what we raise benefits those on the street. We are a street army of unpaid volunteers. It is the belief of Project 16:15, that each and every one of us, regardless of background, social status, religious beliefs, sexuality, gender, finacial status or education has equal value. We all of us matter to someone, and everyone of has experienced pain, heartache, loneliness, even fear in some form. We can spend so much time arguing policies and agendas, theology’s and principles that we miss that moment when another womans son or daughter, another childs mother or father fades away from sight. Lost to isolation and loneliness, fear and depression, ending up yet another life on the streets, where prostitution, abuse and drug dependancy can become the norm. Project 16:15 aims to demonstrate, through an absolute revolution in kindness, genuine compassion and practical examples lived out, that there is hope, that there is purpose, for everyone. We build value from other projects we do such as Northampton Homeless FC where t he rough sleepers play team raising funds for other charities (such as sports relief 2020 and the Lowdown 2019) we also with Anyas wish provide hospital admission bags and welfare supplies to Northampton General Hospital so that if a rough sleeper is admitted to hospital they have some dignity with fresh clothing, sleepwear and toiletries, before we did this often the nurses would raid their own wardrobes to provide the basics.

Revolution Zero began in Northamptonshire, with an environmental mission to stop good food going to waste – and to campaign about the over-supply in our wider food system. We collect surplus food from supermarkets and share it with the community. As our network of Shop Zero and Cafe Zero projects is closed during Covid-19, we are focused on food aid. From the start of lock down, our ‘Bags of Good’ team has delivered thousands of food parcels and taken fresh produce out to charities and food banks for their work to support vulnerable and isolated people, promoting #zero hunger #zero waste. Supermarkets are often left with unsold, but perfectly edible, food. Thanks to an unmatched team of collectors, we pick up from a wide variety of stores and bring produce to our hubs to be stored in our goods area; or frozen or chilled. Other volunteers work in our network of shops (pop-up and bricks and mortar), event stalls and cafes. The chefs and waiting staff create delicious meals, tailoring menus to match our stock. We offer training and are committed to making sure volunteering adds value for our colleagues. Schools, charities and other charities also share our produce and we support new projects to get going. As a Community Interest Company we invest any profits into developing the enterprise.

Hope has been helping address poverty in Northampton since 1974, with an initial focus on homelessness but now widened to many more people in need. Six days a week we feed and help up to 40 homeless people, supplying a hot meal each day with food parcels to go. We also help people on low incomes through our separate the Hope food club, an innovative social supermarket taking food to pop-up shops on out of town estates. We are now currently helping over 180 families with our food club pop up shop in four locations in Northampton and are looking to expand out of the town to reach more in our county, with the help of the local community and local business we aim to ensure if help is needed we are there. We are part of a growing network for other local charities to work together to serve Northamptonshire's people, please get in contact if you feel you are able to help in any way.