Registered charity number: 1160989
The Fine & Country Foundation’s autumn grant programme awarded the King’s Arms Project in Bedford £350 to provide two Christmas dinners to their clients. Find out how your generosity helped the homeless and vulnerable people of Bedford to enjoy the festive period with our grant update below. The first meal was served at the Friday Night Meeting and welcomed 61 guests. They each received a Christmas meal, along with a gift bag of presents. This event was hosted in the Guild House in Bedford Town Centre. The King’s Arms Project hosted a second Christmas meal at their Nightshelter on Christmas Day. The Nightshelter provides 18 emergency bed spaces for rough sleepers and homeless clients. Similar to the Friday Night Meeting’s Christmas dinner, this meal was prepared by a team of volunteers. Guests were given stockings full of presents donated by the local community. Some clients have not received presents for as long as 20 years; the impact of somethi...
Read more >>As the devastating situation unfolds on the site of the Turkey-Syria earthquake, rescue workers continue to dig through the rumble and ruins to free survivors who have been trapped for days. The death toll has reached over 50,000, with multitudes of people injured, homeless and in the need of urgent help. In an effort to assist those who has been impacted by the disaster, the Fine & Country Foundation will be donating £10,000 to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Turkey-Syria earthquake appeal, as well as setting up a fundraising page for agents within the network to add to donation through their fundraising efforts. The goal would be for the network to be able to match the £10,000 and donate a total of £20,000 to the cause. Jon Cooke, Trustee of the Fine & Country Foundation, says: “At its core, the Foundation is about assisting those afflicted by poverty and homelessness, and right now thousands of people in Turkey and Syria ha...
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