Sainsbury's Brightlingsea

From August 2021, we welcome 32 families who came from Afghanistan after the Taliban problem in Kabul. We work with the local churches and local community groups to support us with donations for newly arrived families. The churches have been very supportive for the mission. St. John the Baptist church at Mt Bures, Hope Community Witham, Castle Methodist church, Fordham church and most of the local community groups in Colchester. We visit the newly arrived families after they got home from the refugee centre, which they provided them with basic items such as: fridge, freeze, washing machine, cooker, sofas and a bed. We are involved with these newly arrived families to provide them with all their needs, like: clothes, shoes, toys for the children, food in a weakly basis, kitchen devices, beddings, gardening tools, hoovers, mirrors and hair driers and we visit them regularly to support them and give them advise for education and NHS and the rest of the rules in UK. We also connected them with families through churches, so they can befriend them rather than being isolated. All of our services to our clients are provided free of charge.

It is the aim of of Colchester Foodbank to help people, who for various reasons are in crisis and may not have enough money to buy food - we make it possible for them to receive a food parcel. Over 200 agencies in Colchester, including health and care professionals, social agencies, job centre, schools and churches, identify people in crisis and issue a client with a Foodbank voucher, which can be exchanged for a 3 day nutritionally balanced emergency food parcel approximately - 10 meals. We also listen to our clients needs which are often many and varied - we can then try and signpost them to other organisations that can hopefully give additional support in their time of crisis. We are a registered charity.