News
13 Jun 22
Tesco Collection 30th June-2nd July
We’re looking for volunteers to help us during the annual Tesco food Collection. With food and energy prices soaring, this collection will help us gather donations for our emergency food parcels for people in Clay Cross and surrounding areas. Our figures from the first of January show we fed 72% more this year than last […]
9 Mar 22
Exciting News!
We have been awarded funding through Trussell Trust to employ an advice worker to support our clients to improve their financial situations and help them get back on their feet. We are working in partnership with North East Derbyshire Citizens Advice to provide this support and they are recruiting for a new member of staff […]
9 Mar 22
Volunteer Training Dates
We have arranged for volunteer training sessions to be run on two different dates in the near future. We are running an evening session 6:30-8:30pm on Thursday 31st March, and a daytime session 11am-1pm on Monday 4th April. Both sessions are taking place in Clay Cross, please email us on [email protected] or give us a […]
31 Jan 22
Most Needed Items
We are most in need of carrier bags to pack our parcels in, if you have spare at home or can arrange a collection at work or at a club that you attend that would be brilliant. (We do ask people to return the bags we give them, but they can only be used so […]
16 Dec 21
Christmas Opening
We are open tuesday 21st December at St Bartholomew’s between 1-3pm for our last session before christmas, we will reopen on friday 31st December 1-2pm at Community of Christ. Our referal agencies may have different opening times to usual, Citizens advice are available 0808 250 5702 and Help through Hardship on 0808 208 2138 until […]
25 Oct 21
Tesco Christmas Collection
We are looking for volunteers to help us collect food at Tesco Clay Cross on 18-20th November between 10-3pm. We are looking to have two people in store on each shift, and shifts are 10-12, 11:45-1:45, 1:30-3pm. You will mostly be talking to people about what we are short of and thanking them for donating. […]
13 Sep 21
Virtual London Marathon – October 3rd 2021
Update : Our awesome teams have raised a total of £1,209.05 We have a variety of different activities taking place as part of our Virtual London Marathon event. Andy Skelling is completing the full marathon distance by a mix of running and walking, Susie Hanley and Jo Grant are a team doing a relay run […]
15 Jul 21
St Bartholomew’s Reopening
On Tuesday the 20th July we will be running our first session at St Bartholomew’s since lockdown was announced. We will be open from 1-2pm and you will need to use the main church door. Parking is available behind the church.
5 Feb 21
Dignity or Destitution Report
The ‘Dignity or destitution’ report from the Trussell Trust found that keeping the £20 Universal Credit uplift, and extending it to legacy benefits, will provide an anchor from poverty for those who need it most – providing essential financial security and helping to protect local economies in some of the poorest regions. It is a […]
10 Dec 20
Christmas Opening
We are open as normal up to and including Tuesday the 15th December. Friday the 18th December we are open from 1-3pm Tuesday the 22nd December we are open from 1-3pm Christmas Day we are closed Tuesday the 29th Decemeber we are open from 1-2pm New Years Day we are closed Tuesday 5th January we […]