NEW - Update from the Need Project

On Wednesday we are in Shefford at the Methodist Church f rom 9 to 11am We are also in Sandy on a Tuesday f rom 11am to 12 30pm

Presently we are looking to locate a larger, more permanent home. We would like to stay local to Sto tfold and have found a place that we could run our project f rom, which could also be a great community space for the to wn o f Sto tfold. For this reason, we have star ted a separate building fund and need an additional £500,000, to fund this.

If you have any f irst-hand experience o f fundraising on this scale, or kno w anyone who does, we would appreciate a conversation to give us some advice Please call Gordon on 07496 833940 If you can help

Statistics:

*1370 parcels o ver the last two months

*331 top- up-bags collected f rom our Pop- up sites in April

*£90,000 the estimated value o f food for the last 2 months

*£6,602 50 the average monthly cost to run the charity (Rent, Insurance, Fuel, Van, Staff related expenses)

This month, with your help we have managed to make a difference to 903 adults, 42 pensioners and 733 children

The amount o f food parcels delivered has increase by 26% on the same time last year - On top o f this, we have helped ano ther 1,031 people with our top- up-bags

The main headquar ters for the project is in Sto tfold as you will all kno w We do ho wever also have o ther hubs throughou t Central Bedfordshire Ou t o f this small shop f ront, we help Central Bedfordshire to the value o f o ver £500,000 a year (roughly 600-700 parcels a month). This includes our volunteer labour o f 57 people and 291 man hours ever y week!

We give away on average, food to the value o f £50,000 per month. We work strictly via a referral system and work alongside Central Bedfordshire Council, Nor th Her ts Council, Housing Associations, Schools, Doctors, Probation Ser vices, Homeless Charities, Pathway to Reco ver y and Hospitals. We also work closely with Feed Up Warm Up. On top o f this, we also give away ‘best before’ food, averaging o ver £3,300 per month We give away the ‘best before’ in Sto tfold on Mondays (no t including Bank Holidays), Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between 11am and 12 30pm

If you would like to visit our centre in Sto tfold, please call Gordon on the number abo ve If you would like to donate to wards this fund, please go to our donation page on our website (www theneedproject org/donate) and give your donation the reference ‘Building Fund’ Thank you Gordon