Imagine not having enough money to be able to turn the heating on.

Imagine not being able to prepare a hot meal for your family because you can't afford the gas bill or your cooker has broken and you can't afford a replacement...

Dont we all deserve these basics in life?

Charity Link has been working in Leicester for over 140 years. Throughout this time we have been providing essential items such as food, clothing, beds, cookers, along with grants for heating and utilities, to local people in need. We believe that everyone deserves these essentials, no matter what crisis, illness, disability or difficulty they may be facing.

Charity Link helps people of all ages and backgrounds, including those in need in Hinckley, Earl Shilton and throughout Leicestershire. This is vital as Leicester has some of the highest rates of poverty in the whole of the UK (one in three children are estimated to be living in poverty in Leicester right now).

With your help we are there to step in, often when life takes an unexpected turn. Illness, accident, redundancy, family breakdown or bereavement can all be tipping-points into financial hardship. Charity Link supports families struggling to make ends meet, carers, victims of domestic violence, vulnerable elderly people and people with mental health issues or a chronic illness

Whilst the essential items and support that Charity Link provides may not be very glamorous, they make an immense difference to quality of life, self-esteem and belief in a more positive future for those we support.

By supporting Charity Link you will be helping to keep local people warm this winter, and help to ensure that vulnerable people are safe and fed.

Charity Link works in a unique way which means that your donation will do amazing things!

For every £10 we receive we can untap £50 from charitable trusts. All of that £50 goes directly to help someone in need.

This means that:

a donation of just £5 would actually heat a home for a week.

a donation of £10 would feed a family for a week.

a donation of £25 would buy a child a bed.

a donation of £40 would help to provide a cooker for a family so they can enjoy hot meals.

a donation of £100 would buy essentials for a family to set up a new home after becoming homeless...

Your support really will make a difference to local people. Thank you.