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  Meadowhead Christian Fellowship in Jordanthorpe hosts a number of activities for the local community including the Edge advice session and Drop in every Thursday morning. (Edge Advice centre Jordanthorpe | Sheffield - Facebook  https://m.facebook. com/people/Edge-Advice-centre- Jordanthorpe/100082577201472/ )   Edge is open to all and the advisors offer advice on benefits, housing, debt and assist with a wide variety of form filling. There is also an open to all Drop in where people can just come for coffee and biscuits, a chat and find a warm, safe place. One of our members asked if we might be able to help fund a winter initiative which would allow the Edge to offer people homemade soup with a roll/ baguette and fruit as a healthy, appetising addition.  We were very pleased to support this idea, and are delighted to hear that now it is up and running, the organisers are seeing new people come along, as well as the regulars, as word about the delicious soup spreads.  This means they

  Our £500 donation this week has been given to a mum whose husband has left her and her 3 children. One of the children has recently been diagnosed with a speech and language disorder and has been offered NHS specialist one to one support. Mother and child have to cross the city three times a week for 6 months to attend these specialist sessions. She is not used to public transport and started in taxis, which very quickly became unaffordable. Then she worked out the route and learnt that she could get 2 buses there and back - but even the cost of this was having a big impact on her finances. She is being supported by one of our members who nominated her, asking if we might be able to help fund her bus fares for the next 6 months, which were costing £75 a month. We were pleased to be able to help . She also uses buses the rest of the week as well for job training and classes so this donation is really having a big impact. Our member sends huge thanks to 500 Together for supporting th

One of our members asked if we could help K with a £500 donation. K has recently split up from her partner and she was financially dependent on him. She had no means to cover her household payments when he left. She applied for Universal Credit, but as she waited for this to be approved she was unable to make her rental payments. Unfortunately her landlord was unwilling to work with her on a repayment plan and demanded immediate payment, threatening eviction if this payment was not made. It was becoming an increasingly stressful situation and one that was understandably making K quite ill with worry. Our member explained to us that if she could just pay off the £550 being demanded by the landlord, then going forward K would be in a position to get back on track financially, with Universal Credit covering future rents. K sends a massive thanks to you all for helping her sort this problem out - such a huge weight lifted - because of your kind donations.

One of our members asked if we would make a specific donation to Baby Basics Sheffield . Baby Basics is a volunteer-led project that aims to support new mothers and families who are struggling to meet the financial and practical burden of looking after a new baby. Although there is now an ever increasing network of Baby Basic centres across the country, you may not know that they started here in Sheffield in 2009. They do amazing work providing much needed essentials and equipment to mothers and families - including, but not limited to teenage mums, people seeking asylum and women fleeing domestic abuse and trafficking. Our member asked if we could send £500 to Baby Basics to allow them to buy 5 toddler beds and mattresses for children on the waiting list without a bed. At the time there were 15 children waiting for a toddler bed. It is heartbreaking to think of these children without beds and we are pleased we could donate towards providing some of them with a comfortable place t