Story

Since March the team at REfUSE have been busier than ever, doubling our food collections to 13 tonnes each month and redistributing to thousands of recipients. We’ve seen this increase matched by unprecedented demand amongst communities in County Durham. Increased unemployment, predicted to rise to 7.5% by the year’s end has meant that 1 in 5 children in the UK have gone hungry since the beginning of lockdown.Refuse was able to deliver over 30,000 meals to households around County Durham between March and August. Since opening as a Pay As You Feel shop in July we’ve been able to provide food for many more in a way that gives choice and dignity to those that are struggling. In October alone, we provided 1411 bags of shopping to over 3500 adults & children.

As a small organisation we’ve been flexible to the demands and restraints of Covid19, but after 10 months of providing emergency response to changing circumstances, we’re now planning how we can increase and sustain our provision for the years to come, learning from the rapid growth in activity and demand this year. Along with the need for food, we also expect to see a significant increase in demand for mental health support, and support needs for those who are unemployed. Before lockdown the café was able to provide confidence, training and a sense of belonging to those with barriers to employment, poor mental health or long term unemployment. In order to be able to provide this support for more people, in a safe and sustainable way, we’re planning a new building project which will triple the size of our kitchen. The project will also allow us to increase and improve our food storage so that we are better able to collect, sort and store food that comes in and make sure it gets to the right people.

We’d love your support in building Refuse to have a greater capacity and be more robust to future challenges. You can help us feed, support and equip communities in County Durham long into the future.

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Help us to keep feeding County Durham! from REfUSE Cafe

We're passionate about re-distributing food that would otherwise we wasted to people across the county for years to come!

We're over the moon that you'd like to partner with us in this mission!

Your donation of

£2 will pay for a bag full of shopping at our 'Pay As You Feel' shop.
£5 will buy a specially wrapped hamper of sweet treats the families we support over Christmas    
£10 would pay us to collect and redistribute 20kg food: a week's supply of food for two households
£20 will buy extra ingredients needed for our Christmas dinners delivered to people who are on their own or struggling over the Christmas period
£50 will go towards the building project, paying for some of the essential new cooking equipment

THANK YOU for your generous support.

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£657.50 raised of £1,000.00 target by 35 supporters

£657.50 donated

When

From 18th November 2020. Until 18th December 2020.

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