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Iʼve raised £4,391 to support our homeless and vulnerable during the COVID-19 outbreak by providing essential emergency food packages.
- Penzance, Cornwall
- Funded on Thursday, 23rd July 2020
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GrowingLinks CIC has been forced to suspend the Street Food Project nightly meal service for the homeless and vulnerable in our community amid concerns of the COVID-19 outbreak. With concerns for the welfare of both our guests and volunteers, we have begun instead to provide our guests with emergency food parcels from our Food Store provision which also feeds over 200 people per week by way of shopping essentials.
We are no longer in a position to receive donations of tinned foods and other store cupboard essentials from the general public due to Coronavirus and current 'Lock Down' enforcements. Demand is high and our stores are running close to empty.
We are currently working with Volunteer Cornwall, under guidance and advice of the NHS, and a small team of our volunteers (key workers) are managing an outreach facility to ensure the most vulnerable members of our community are still being supported.
We are asking for financial donation towards the cost of purchasing food items that will be given out in weekly shopping bags. We have access to wholesalers so that we can make bulk purchases of essential items which can be delivered safely to our team of volunteers for distribution.
Please help if you can. Every donation counts!
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- 5 years ago
Growing Links
5 years agoThank you all so much for your continued support. Our volunteers and supporters are doing their very best to continue to reach those who are most in need of our support. Every penny donated via this fundraiser will be spent on essential store cupboard foods to support individuals and families experiencing food poverty in this incredibly difficult time. Thank you so much.
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- 5 years ago
Growing Links
5 years agoThank you so much for your donations and shares of our fundraiser. We are doing all we can in very challenging circumstances to continue to support vulnerable people in our community. Thank you again for your continued support.
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Supporters
137
Daisy Rickman
Jun 24, 2020
Donations from the Lino Print fundraising sales. Thank you for the incredible work you all continue to do, big big love in these turbulent times! xdaisy
£53.00
Emil Kumar
Jun 9, 2020
£30.00
Dawn & Phil
May 31, 2020
Sent with love and blessings xxx
£100.00
Pat Gloyn
May 24, 2020
£30.00
Anonymous
May 22, 2020
You guys do a sterling job. Don't know what people would do without you.
Kieran Towler
May 21, 2020
Anonymous
May 21, 2020
£10.00
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Growing Links
Penzance, Cornwall
Growing Links is a Community Interest Company set up in 2013 as an action against food poverty. Our projects include Street Food Project, Food Store, The Community Garden, PE&T Project, Famallot, and Young Food Activists. Find out more: www.growinglinks.org.uk