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22 Sep 21

Wokingham Volunteer Recruitment Fair Saturday 25 September

If you have time to spare and would like to help the local community then come and meet us at the Wokingham Volunteer Recruitment Fair on Saturday 25 September As restrictions ease and life begins to return to some sort of normality, charities are also getting back to normal. Local charities need your help now! […]

16 Sep 21

Shopping List 16/09/21

10 Sep 21

Affordable school uniforms – First Days

School uniforms can add a significant expense to family budgets at this time of year. If you are struggling to pay please contact us and we may be able to make a referral to First Days, who offer quality shoes and uniforms. https://www.firstdays.net/school-uniform

8 Sep 21

134,000 people in the South East fear they will be forced to skip meals if UK government cuts Universal Credit payments this October

134,000 people in the South East fear they will be forced to skip meals if UK government cuts Universal Credit payments this October Furthermore, 161,000 people in the region fear being unable to heat their homes this winter and 105,000 say they’ll need to use a food bank the cut goes ahead, according to new report by the Trussell Trust Today, the Trussell Trust publishes a new survey that lays bare the […]

8 Aug 21

Bracknell Walk Together

We had a great morning at the Bracknell Walk Together event at South Hill Park. Massive thank you to Easthampstead Rotary Club for hosting such a lovely event, we all had a fantastic time! The sunshine even came out for us to have a cuppa at the end of the walk. Thanks also to our […]

7 Aug 21

Food collection at ALDI

Massive thank you to this fantastic NCS group who organised a food collection outside Aldi this week. They collected a whopping 439.85kg of donations. Our thanks to their team and also Aldi customers who donated so generously.

6 Aug 21

Fuelbank Scheme

In addition to providing food parcels we also run a fuelbank scheme for households who are struggling with energy costs. During July we provided 40 emergency energy support vouchers for households across Wokingham Borough. Our scheme is financially supported by Cotswold Fayre Ltd and we are incredibly grateful for their support. Click HERE to read […]

30 Jul 21

Hunger Free Future poetry competition

In May we asked kids to get creative and help us say ‘Bye Bye Hunger’ in our Hunger Free Future poetry competition. ‘Russell the Robin’ written by Teddy, age 7, was the winning entry, with the judges noting his creativity of language and understanding of what it means to end hunger. A huge thanks to […]

21 Mar 20

Community Support during Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation

We are working hard with Wokingham Borough Council and local charities to ensure that we can continue to support people in crisis. Please see the following link for the latest advice for community support. https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/health/public-health-campaigns/community-support-for-coronavirus-covid-19/

2 Dec 17

#EveryCanHelps!

Thank you so much!! We’ve had a fantastic weekend at Tesco Finchampstead Road, being part of Tesco’s national food collection, collecting your wonderful donations of food, Christmas goodies and money to help us help our friends and neighbours in need this winter. Thank You, everybody who donated, we had some amazing donations, but large or […]

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