Holymead Primary has gotten involved with Aidbox over the last 3 years completing a donation drive to support them with their mission. It all arose from our Year 5 citizenship project where we learnt about the lives of refugees and people seeking asylum and wanted to find a way to help in our community.

This year we are running for Aidbox to help raise vital funds! If you can donate any small amount to help this fantastic charity, then please do.

Why Aid Box Community (ABC)?

Aid Box Community provides support, supplies and sanctuary to refugees and people seeking asylum arriving or living in Bristol and surrounding areas.

ABC’s Welcome Hub and Free Shop is open 5 days a week and is a place that refugees and people seeking asylum can use to choose the essential items they need: clothes, toiletries, household items, etc. Importantly, the Free shop provides choice, just like any other shop, so that people can reflect their identity and feel a sense of self-worth, dignity and pride.  

They also offer refugees and people seeking asylum multiple opportunities for social interactions through volunteering opportunities, a befriending service, and an activity programme that aims to reduce isolation and loneliness, improving people's mental and physical well-being, encouraging integration within the local community, and creating belonging.