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Jennifer Hearle raised £6,070 from 110 supporters
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Closed 16/12/2023
Iʼve raised £6,070 to for Darwen Food Share by our volunteers sleeping out at Whitehall Park, Darwen on Saturday 11th November.
- Darwen
- Funded on Saturday, 16th December 2023
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We are Darwen Food Share a CIC that provides a hot meal, support and friendship to vulnerable adults of Darwen every Monday evening at St Peters Church. We are all volunteers and every penny we raise goes back to our guests. During the 5 years we have been running we have been proud to see that our guests have formed their own community and now help and support each other. We believe that our food share does make a difference to people who are often overlooked in society.
We have been lucky to have support and donations from local businesses and the people of Darwen but we are now in need of more funds to continue our food share. We have 2 local businesses that generously provide our hot food at cost but we still need approx £10,000 per annum to run. If you would like to donate to this worthy cause please click to donate. Thank you your donation makes a difference!
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- 1 year ago
Jennifer Hearle
1 year agoWe did it! 18 volunteers survived a night under the stars. Very cold, woke up in frozen sleeping bags, little sleep but a night we will never forget. Once again thank you to everyone who slept out & for all the helpers, especially Fiona and everyone who provided the delicious food. A huge thanks to Lee Banks from Whitehead Butchers, Edgworth for donating supplies for our cooked breakfast and to Emma for getting up at 6.30am to cook it for us. And finally to everyone who donated, our next year of funding is now secure!! You are all amazing x
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- 1 year ago
Jennifer Hearle
1 year agoTonight is the night when we brave the chilli temperature and sleep out at Whitehall Park. Wish us luck! Thank you for all your fantastic donations, the JustGiving page will stay open until the end of November so still plenty of time to support us. Thank you also to our wonderful volunteers and their family and friends for braving the elements in support of our Food Share. Our guests have definitely benefited from our Monday night food share and we have seen them grow in confidence, made friends and become part of a community.
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- 1 year ago
Jennifer Hearle
1 year agoThank you so much for everyone that has donated, its only a couple of days away from the Big Sleep Out so wish us luck and keep donating!!
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110
Caitlin Drain
Dec 4, 2023
£5.00
Ali
Nov 18, 2023
Well done!!
£20.00
YATES AND COMPANY LTD
Nov 16, 2023
£50.00
Angie tatts
Nov 16, 2023
£5.00
Andy chatburn
Nov 15, 2023
Well done
Mat
Nov 13, 2023
xxx
£5.00
Andy Wood (Superglass Insulation)
Nov 13, 2023
Well done all - Great cause!!
£100.00
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Jennifer Hearle
Darwen
I am the founder/Chairman of Darwen Food Share which was set up 5 years ago with my best friend Gail & sister Diana. We offer a hot meal, support & friendship to vulnerable adults of including people with Mental Health Issues, Learning Difficulties, Addictions & the lonely.