We believe everyone should feel Warmth this Winter; whether it’s through the clothes they wear, the warmth of feeling cared for and through the wonderful feeling of gifting.
The cost-of-living crisis continues to impact more and more people across the UK, with many households having to make tough decisions whether to heat their homes, pay the rent, eat or be clean.
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As we start to move into winter, and the weather gets colder, we know you will continue to be valuable sources of warmth and support to your communities. To help you with this, we’ve rounded up these cold-weather related information and resources for you.
Last week our whole team came together to transform a mixed donation of toiletries and dental products from Colgate, into columns of shippable boxes of toothpaste and shelves of toiletries ready for re-packaging.
We are working in partnership with Business In The Community (BITC) to maximise the good that businesses can do in supporting communities.
Thanks to the People’s Postcode Lottery, we received dedicated funding of £30k to help smaller organisations in our network access essential products, which encourage more people to take up other support services such as counselling, debt support and refuge services. Recognising that the cost-of-living crisis is having an acute impact on the smaller organisations in our network, we topped up this funding to award a further £10,000 in account credits.
Our new report maps the systems behind hygiene poverty, and crucially, outlines a Roadmap to Change with concrete steps we can take to help end hygiene poverty. Every person deserves to feel clean. But for those forced to make the daily decision whether to heat, eat or be clean, this human right is simply beyond their reach.
The crippling effect of the cost-of-living crisis is impacting charitable organisations across the UK. More and more organisations are experiencing a reduction in income compared to the start of the year.
The LEGO Group arranged for two organisations from our charitable network, H.O.P.E. at Morningside and Stow Residents, to bring 80 children, parents and carers to a private event at their flagship store in Leicester Square, London for an afternoon of play, fun and imagination!
The cost-of-living crisis is having far-reaching effects. Here’s our pick of the resources, tools and guides available to help.