A health and wellbeing organisation has provided vital funding to several charities in Northamptonshire to help them bounce back from the pandemic.
Northants Community Aid has financially supported seven local organisations that needed donations, including Breast Friends Northamptonshire, The Food Shack Project, and Café Track.
The donations have increased capacity in counselling resources at the children’s charity Kids Aid, helped The Food Shack Project fund the delivery of Christmas dinners for vulnerable families in Kettering and Corby and enabled Café Track to serve more customers by providing outdoor furniture.
Cancer support group Breast Friends Northamptonshire put on six weeks of outdoor activities in Daventry and Wellingborough thanks to the donation, while Christian charity Spencer Contact used the funds to increase deliveries of furniture to those most in need.
“It is an honour to donate funding to small charities in Northamptonshire as they often support our most vulnerable residents,” says Northants Community Aid trustee Paul Green.
“The support of Northants Community Aid is a great source of encouragement,” adds Spencer Contact manager Steve Scarsbrook. “The funds will help us to continue our work in providing furniture and household items to those in desperate need in Northampton.”
Donations provided by Northants Community Aid also helped the Crusader Boating Community buy seating for its latest narrow boat and helped Northampton and Lamport Railway purchase a new information board charting the history of the railway and its current operations.
Northants Community Aid raises money for local charities which support the health and wellbeing of people who living in Northamptonshire. It supports small charities, which rarely attract funding which larger organisations can access.