Urgent: help wanted

Nearly all the activities listed would welcome new volunteers (subject to safeguarding checks).  Please click through to the relevant website for contact details, or contact us.  There are a few particularly pressing need that we would ask you to consider:

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Alternatives Charity – Would you like to make a difference?

Alternatives Stamford has the privilege of coming alongside people with unplanned pregnancy, baby loss and miscarriage or post abortion. Our Education Team provide an extensive programme in local schools and colleges, delivering high quality Personal, Social and Health Education. We also have a very successful and extensive clothes and equipment ‘library’ service for babies and children 0-5 years, which is completely free to anyone in need.

As Alternatives Stamford is approaching its 10th anniversary, we are looking to recruit committed and capable Christians to join the dynamic trustee team of this developing and successful charity.

Alternatives Stamford has a Christian ethos. Our work with clients, children and young people is non-secular and non-directive. If you are interested in helping to further our work we will be delighted to hear from you. Please contact Helen Walton 07775 845808 helenmorkelwalton@gmail.com for further information.

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Donations for Food Bank

We urgently need donations of a wide range of food and personal hygiene items.  From the start of the winter season we have seen a very significant increase in the number of vouchers being issued and the increase over last year is currently in excess of 30%. Families on already low disposable incomes are seeing reductions in benefits putting them in real hardship and unable to put food on the table. Homelessness, and people being rehoused into empty properties with no available cash, are also rising.

With the Stamford Tesco Metro store changing to an Express format it is no longer able to partner with us and this means that we have overnight lost about 15% of our food supply.  We need: Tinned tomatoes, Tinned meat (ie stew), Ham, Corned beef, Pasta, Tinned spaghetti, Long life fruit juice, Coffee, Puddings, Cereals, Pasta sauce, Savoury rice, Sanitary towels, Shampoo, Shower gel, Razors.

Donations can be delivered to All Saints Church hall (corner of Scotgate & West Street) on Monday mornings 9.30-11.00 or during normal operating hours (13.00-15.00 Mon, Wed & Fri). Other arrangements can be made if you contact the food bank.