500 together

This latest  donation  of £500 has gone to Kiveton & Wales Community Fridge.  This is an amazing initiative, set up in 2022, aimed at tackling food waste and supporting those who might need extra help to access food. Set up by local businesses and people, the Fridge is open to anyone in the community who would like to  donate  food or have access to it. Users do not need to be referred or have to prove eligibility - anyone is free to access fresh food that would otherwise have gone to waste.  As the organisers explained to us, they are not a food bank - their ethos is for people to take what they can use, because otherwise this food would end up in landfill. The food is  donated  by businesses, initially with the Co-op  donating  surplus food from its stores - collected by volunteers every day. From starting with a small area in a local cafe, the Community Fridge has gone from strength to strength in their mission to 'fill bellies not bins' and now have a commercial fridge

This week we are delighted to tell you about   donation   149   which comes in response to a nomination from our supporter at The Greens - a Sheffield based recovery focussed accommodation.   We sent £300 to allow them to buy a laptop & appropriate software for one of their residents. We are grateful to The Greens for nominating this resident and for taking the time to explain how their nomination came about and the positive impact our  donation  has made: Our resident came to us through being homeless with an alcohol addiction, but is now 4 month alcohol and drug free and was asked to attend an on line meeting with some of our other service users, having never done it before the resident decided to pluck up the courage, and surprised herself by staying to the end of the meeting, having never done an online meeting her in her life.  The opportunity then came for us to ask 500Together if they would help with a laptop, as we knew the difference this would make to the resident. She is

  We are back with news of our latest   donation   - number   148 , which is a £500   donation   to Gambling with Lives, a Sheffield-based charity that supports families bereaved by gambling related suicide, raises awareness of the devastating effects of gambling disorder and campaigns for change.  There are up to 496 gambling-related suicides each year in England alone. Our £500 will go towards Gambling with Lives’ work to provide support to families with expert guidance, access to therapy, support through inquests, and events where bereaved people can meet and support one another. For more information see  https://www.gamblingwithlives. org/ Thank you to our member who asked if we might support this local charity and their important work. We will be back soon with news of more  donations .  As always, thank you for your support - and please do keep the nominations coming in.  Without them, we can't get your money out where it could really be making a difference.