Bevendean History Project
Community Effort in Coldean
A great Community Effort is happening in Coldean. The Church, the Residents Association, and many others have come together to provide hot food, 3 x weekly, sandwiches and cold foods 2 x weekly, (using this to tide people over between hot food deliveries). The funding was put together by Crowd Funding and donations, including a grant of £500 from the Police Property Act, having been sponsored by the Police Constable at Varley Halls. We have all pulled together and are able to deliver to local people thanks to all the volunteers who have come forward.
Hot food is now being delivered to us by professional chefs working out of the Ruby. They are being organised by a local catering business, with funding from various sources, to provide meals for homeless and frontline NHS workers; and supplying us is part of the deal for them to use the Ruby Pub, thanks to the local proprietors of The Ruby. This means that from the Church, being used as a Community Hub, hot food, care packages, activity packs for children are all going out several times a week.
It really is an amazing team that has come together in these very unusual times. However we are beginning to suffer shortages in various items, so I’m appealing for donations, ideas, personal care items, child formula, nappies, baby wipes, women's sanitary products, men's toiletries, good quality craft items suitable for children, unused Christmas gifts such as soaps, shower gels, etc.. Food Pantry items, cleaning products, toilet rolls etc etc, anything that would be useful for a household.
We are now benefiting from Food share, and deliveries from Brighton Food Trust. BUT please if you wish to make donations we would be very very grateful as it is enabling us to help local families and isolated people in our village.
Likewise if you know of any person who may benefit from Community Care, please, with their permission, make a referral through Rev Betsy Gray-Hammond, the Vicar of Coldean or Sue Harris in complete confidence. We are aware that many may slip through as much of the work of advertising is done online, and many do not have access to computers or smart phones etc.
We can organise pick up if needed or if you wish you can to leave goods in Rev Betsy's Porch at The Vicarage, Selham Drive.
Sue Harris
Chair, Coldean Residents Association
12th May 2020
Do you have any stories to share about Lockdown, if so please use the contact page on the website.
A great Community Effort is happening in Coldean. The Church, the Residents Association, and many others have come together to provide hot food, 3 x weekly, sandwiches and cold foods 2 x weekly, (using this to tide people over between hot food deliveries). The funding was put together by Crowd Funding and donations, including a grant of £500 from the Police Property Act, having been sponsored by the Police Constable at Varley Halls. We have all pulled together and are able to deliver to local people thanks to all the volunteers who have come forward.
Hot food is now being delivered to us by professional chefs working out of the Ruby. They are being organised by a local catering business, with funding from various sources, to provide meals for homeless and frontline NHS workers; and supplying us is part of the deal for them to use the Ruby Pub, thanks to the local proprietors of The Ruby. This means that from the Church, being used as a Community Hub, hot food, care packages, activity packs for children are all going out several times a week.
It really is an amazing team that has come together in these very unusual times. However we are beginning to suffer shortages in various items, so I’m appealing for donations, ideas, personal care items, child formula, nappies, baby wipes, women's sanitary products, men's toiletries, good quality craft items suitable for children, unused Christmas gifts such as soaps, shower gels, etc.. Food Pantry items, cleaning products, toilet rolls etc etc, anything that would be useful for a household.
We are now benefiting from Food share, and deliveries from Brighton Food Trust. BUT please if you wish to make donations we would be very very grateful as it is enabling us to help local families and isolated people in our village.
Likewise if you know of any person who may benefit from Community Care, please, with their permission, make a referral through Rev Betsy Gray-Hammond, the Vicar of Coldean or Sue Harris in complete confidence. We are aware that many may slip through as much of the work of advertising is done online, and many do not have access to computers or smart phones etc.
We can organise pick up if needed or if you wish you can to leave goods in Rev Betsy's Porch at The Vicarage, Selham Drive.
Sue Harris
Chair, Coldean Residents Association
12th May 2020
Do you have any stories to share about Lockdown, if so please use the contact page on the website.
