hounslow giving
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Giving Donations
Can you donate items, food or equipment? Many local charities are in need of either items for their projects or for donations to pass on to those in need.
Bedfont Lane Community Centre
Organised and run by the Southern Avenue Residents Association, helping to provide a safe, fun environment for the children and young adults in and around the centre. We are busy at the centre helping people in need with babies & children’s winter clothing. The items are given FREE to people in need.
We are asking for babies and children’s winter clothing, especially items in our wishlist below.
Contact
- Carol & Emma
- Email: bedfont.lane.community.centre@gmail.com
- Phone: 07746 700711
Wishlist items
- Boys winter clothes age 2-3
- Boys winter clothes age 3-4
- Boys winter clothes age 9 upwards
- Boys shoes & trainers in all sizes up to adults size 7
- Girls winter clothes age 4-5
- Girls winter clothes age 6-7
- Girls winter clothes age 8-9
- Girls shoes, trainers and boots in all sizes up to adults size 6
- Winter coats for girls & boys in all sizes.
Brentford FC Community Sports Trust
Brentford FC CST runs a number of projects supporting young carers.
Our wishlist
We are asking for Sainsbury’s vouchers for Hounslow Young Carers. You can post them directly or order them online to be emailed to us. Our address is: Brentford FC Community Sports Trust, Half Acre House, 37 Half Acre, Brentford, TW8 8BH
Contact
- Kathryn Sobczak
- Email: ksobczak@brentfordfccst.com
- Twitter: @BrentfordFCCST
Feltham Foodbank
Feltham Food Bank serves the Hounslow Borough community by providing food parcels to those who have been identified in need of a helping hand.
Please help local families in need this Christmas by making a reverse advent calendar in November! Simply add an item to a box every day and when you’re finished, take it to the collection box/trolley at Tesco Dukes Green Feltham or ASDA Feltham by Monday 7th December. Your donations will be distributed by Feltham Food Bank and Feltham Salvation Army to support local families this Christmas.
Contact
- Email: felthamfoodbank@gmail.com
- Phone: 07448 831297
Wishlist items
- Food items
- Sanitary products
- Toiletries
- Gifts that can be wrapped sent to children
Food with Love
Food with Love is a community interest company developed in the heart of Hounslow as a response to feed the disadvantaged and vulnerable. We provide more than 500 meals a day, 7 days a week with a group of volunteers and in partnership with community organisations.
Our wishlist
- We are looking for daily help with food preparation and volunteer drivers
- We are also looking for food donations – please see our wishlist below.
Contact
- Seema & Maryam
- Email: projects@foodwithlove.co.uk
Hounslow Care Leavers
Hounslow’s Leaving Care Service are in touch with over 300 young people aged 18-25 who were formerly in care to LB Hounslow. These young adults now live in the community and many do not have networks to give them the wrap around support that all of us need. There are also a significant number who are asylum seekers, quite new to living in Hounslow and without any family links in the UK.
Our wishlist
We are giving Christmas presents to our young people and are requesting any store vouchers. You can buy a Sainbury’s voucher here and email it directly to us.
Contact
- Catherine Wilson
- Email: Catherine.wilson@hounslow.gov.uk
Hounslow Community Foodbox
We are a volunteer run registered charity which provides emergency food and support and advice to those who are in need and live in the London Borough of Hounslow.
Our wishlist
Foodbank items and festive treats for school children – see wishlist items here.
Contact
- Email: info@hounslowfoodbox.org.uk
- Phone: 07719 891787 during opening hours, 07718 263614 outside opening hours
Messiah07
We are a youth club based in Feltham, helping to build a better community for the children. We do projects including basic first aid, knife crime awareness, art projects to inspire creativity for the young.
Our wishlist
We need two computers and a printer for the youth club.
Contact
- Natasha Smith-Jones
- Email: info@messiah07.org
- Phone: 07852944424
- Twitter: @Messiah07_
Mum's, Babies & Bumps
Our baby bank is based in Brentford. At the moment we are delivering items directly to vulnerable families and those who are shielding.
Our wishlist
We are asking for donations of the items in our wishlist below to include in our packages.
Contact
- Kim Godfrey
- Email: kim@infomumsbabiesandbumps.co.uk
- Phone: 07393719078
Wishlist items
1) Nappies, all sizes
2) Baby toiletries
3) Baby sterilizers
4) Baby bottles
5) Toiletries for Mum, including sanitary products.
6) Baby baths
7) Baby changing mats.
Riverside Vineyard
Our church is running a number of Christmas campaigns to help the community this year:
Our wishlist
- Items or finance towards for Christmas hampers
- Support at Christmas wrap parties
- Christmas lunch delivery team
Contact
- Hannah
- Email: hannah@riversidevineyard.com
- Twitter: @RiversideVC
Giving Space
Local charities often need office space, storage or rooms for events, projects and training. Can you help?
Sunshine of Hounslow
Sunshine of Hounslow is a local community group supporting isolated men and women in the community through health and wellbeing activities and advice. We also support carers and those in need with food, either fresh from our allotment or ready prepared.
We need a laptop and a phone.
We are also asking for Tesco food vouchers to supplement the food we distribute from our allotment.
Contact
- Sharnjeet Bhalla
- Email: sunshineofhounslow@gmail.com
We Are 1 Community Care
We have been supporting the local community in Hounslow, and especially those with mental health needs and disabilities, for 9 years. In September we signed a lease for Benson Close Community Centre to offer a service to the community but are not currently open due to Covid 19.
Our wishlist
We are asking for donations towards Help out Hampers for the vulnerable and those struggling across Hounslow. Please see wishlist below for items we need.
Contact
- Katrina Foreman
- Email: contact@weare1.org.uk
- Twitter: @WeAre1tweets
Wishlist items
- Food items
- Sanitary products
- Toiletries
- Gifts that can be wrapped sent to children
Brentford Football Club
Brentford FC will be assisting Hounslow Community FoodBox in their Christmas collections again this year. In recent years, players have visited the Hounslow Community FoodBox in Brentford. As part of the visits they were able to support and witness the work undertaken by a team of volunteers in providing food and other provisions for the needy in the Borough.
Collection Dates
11/12/13 December
Time: From 10-2pm
Where: Brentford Morrisons
Contact
- Jon Burr
- Email: jburr@brentfordfc.com
Anne Shine Charity
We prepare freshly cooked meals for those in need.
Our wishlist
We are looking for a new home for our foodbank, ideally in the Bedfont area.
Contact
- Anne Urhoghide
- Phone: 07883609590
- Twitter: @anneshinesupport
Giving Employment Support
Are you able to provide work placements, training, mentoring, skills development or taster days? A number of local projects are seeking opportunities to work with you!
Action West London
Action West London as helped thousands of young people and adults change their lives through employment and enterprise, training and educational opportunities.
Our Wishlist
We are asking for:
- Sponsorship for a stall at our market
- Employment opportunities for our clients
- Donations of equipment, premises, funds and professional expertise
See our partnership menu for further information.
Contact
- Indira Ellis
- Email: indira.ellis@actionwestlondon.org.uk
- Phone: 0208 993 9605
Oaklands School
Oaklands School is a school focusing on children with special educational needs where we believe that our students are capable of making outstanding progress within their individual potentials, and of becoming active members of society.
We are looking to have conversations with employers about potential jobs for our vocational learners.
Contact
- Liliana Sargent
- Email: lsargent@oaklands.uk.net
Wishlist items
- Boys winter clothes age 2-3
- Boys winter clothes age 3-4
- Boys winter clothes age 9 upwards
- Boys shoes & trainers in all sizes up to adults size 7
- Girls winter clothes age 4-5
- Girls winter clothes age 6-7
- Girls winter clothes age 8-9
- Girls shoes, trainers and boots in all sizes up to adults size 6
- Winter coats for girls & boys in all sizes.
West London NHS Trust
Our vocational Recovery Services team supports people under the care of a Recovery Team, due to their mental health, opportunities to explore their potential to find paid employment which may include volunteering or supported employment as a step towards paid work.
Our Wishlist
We are looking for work placements for our clients.
Contact
- Gina Hayden
- Email: gina.hayden@westlondon.nhs.uk