Cooksmill Green Church is fundraising over the month of December to help the Sanctus Café and Support Hub provide a safe environment, support services and food to the homeless and vulnerable in Chelmsford.

We are trying to raise £999 please help its an emergency!

Message from Sanctus:

Sanctus is incredibly grateful to have been chosen as the charity for the Cooksmill Green Church Christmas Appeal 2020. Your kind donations mean a lot to us and will help many people, especially during this difficult time. Sanctus has remained open throughout this year and we currently support between 200-250 people This donation will go directly towards supporting our frontline services which include some of the following activities:

The café and kitchen service which offers a hot meal, snacks, hot and cold drinks, and a food bank. This service is currently run as a takeaway service 7 days every week. Over the Christmas period, this will also help with Christmas meals for our service users.

Basic essentials such as, tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pods, toiletries, rucksacks, and clothes.

1:1 person-centred support including, a tenancy sustainment programme, support with independent living, housing and benefits applications, addiction support, counselling, advice and advocacy services.

Items to furnish accommodation for someone who is re-housed from being on the streets.

Support with returning to work such as, training and development, CV writing sessions, looking for work and applying for jobs.

Our motto is Love All Serve All, which means we will always support anyone in need. Our service users predominantly consist of, rough sleepers, sofa surfers, those at risk of or recovering from homelessness, mental health suffers, those in recovery, ex-offenders, the elderly who cannot afford heating and food, veterans from across the service, those with disabilities which prevent them from finding work and anyone in the community needing food and companionship.

Sanctus is a small charity and without the support and generosity of people such as yourselves, we would not be able to offer all that we do to those in need. We are truly grateful for your donations.