GAIL’s Askew Road

Our mission is to help transform the lives of homeless and vulnerable people in LONDON - from ALL walks of life. WHATEVER your situation, income, race, ability, gender or sexuality - rich or poor - we are here to help build a community where all are welcome - to eat, drink, laugh.. and talk. A place where you can discover yourself - through supportive friendship and genuine community. We are a new Charity aiming to provide a safe and secure space for people to be together, create simple shared experiences, and to end the legacy of isolation in this post-Pandemic era. All are welcome. Please support us - as we try to build a meeting place - and sanctuary - for all. Rudi Director Open Souls Be Part of The Solution We are currently looking for a hall or church building to host once a weekly event - for six hours during the day on the same day of each week on an ongoing basis. If you are inspired by our mission, and can offer hall or church space, or would like to contribute financially - little or large - we would like to hear from you. Please get in touch with me, and I would love to hear your story and chat to you personally. We would like to provide both volunteers and community members with time to stop - and just be. A place to sit and relax - with hot foods and drink. An invite for ALL - for those who want to come - there is a place at our table.

With the levels of unemployment, along with the number of low-paid employees living in Brent, many residents find themselves at a crisis point. They are unable to feed their families and provide for life’s basic needs. There may, however, be many other challenges within the family, which may contribute to the family crisis. It is bearing this in mind that the Centre of Help and Hope was conceived. The Centre provides the following services: Food bank Clothing hub Befriending service Gardening services Counselling services Light domestic help Vocational skills Intentional parenting courses

Our vision is to eradicate food poverty and its causes in Hammersmith & Fulham. We will do this through empowering people by providing emergency food and other services to tackle the root causes of poverty for those in need Our values are Compassion, Integrity and Inclusivity. We are led by our clients needs and are community focussed. We run 8 Foodbank sessions across 6 days a week around Hammersmith and Fulham. We work with hundreds of local agencies who refer those they know are in need to a Foodbank session via an online Foodbank voucher. This entitles those referred to a 10 meal, 3 day emergency food parcel. At our sessions we speak to everyone to find out the root cause of the problem and have Citizens Advice onsite to give advice and information and we follow up with referrals or signposting to a huge range of other support organisations. Our Hub at 75 Bloemfontein Road, W12 7DA is open Tuesday to Friday to help support in more depth or just for people to drop in for a hot drink, use our computers, browse donated clothes or have a chat. We run Art Therapy classes, employment support and a range of other activities for the community.