223 - Bed and freezer for a family in need - October 2025
With our latest donation we have helped a family - a parent and 2 adult children, one of whom has a disability - who are living in financial hardship, with significant debts. They are receiving advice and working with a debt charity to get on top of this, but despite 2 of the family being in work there just isn't any money left to put aside for any larger household items. St Vincents were recently able to provide 2 single beds, but this left the 3rd adult on a blow up mattress, which she was struggling on, and they were also in need of a chest freezer. Our member, who is involved with the organisation supporting them, asked if we could send £390, which would pay for a single divan bed and mattress as well as a freezer. Of course we were happy to help. As always, we send out a big thank you to you all for continuing to support us at 500 together. We do believe that now more than ever, our small acts of collective kindness are so valuable - not just...