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The Christmas Hamper Project is one of our annual flagship fundraising initiatives created for the purposes of supporting hundreds of the most economically vulnerable families in our local community throughout the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
My friends and I are doing this to collectively raise £4,000. My personal contribution to this would be to raise a minimum of £1,000.
For the most economically vulnerable families, December invites feelings of dread and anxiety as they think of ways to prepare to ensure their families not only stay warm, but stay fed in the coming winter months. With many families within our own boroughs and across the UK having to choose between paying for the heating or eating, Christian Life Fellowship (CLF) Greenwich and Thamesmead Christian Fellowship (TCF) works hard to ensure this is one less heartbreaking decision they’d have to make.
We want to get ahead of this issue by distributing hampers this Christmas to those experiencing poverty and destitution in the borough of Greenwich, where about a quarter of families live below 60% of the median household income (London’s Poverty Profile, 2022).