Joey Tabone from Business in the Community, David Goodfellow from The Kindness Offensive and George Cook from Relief Aid Logistics at Coutts bank where they are busy packing Lush bath bombs (with Ruby Wax!) for distribution in London.
Over the last couple of months The Kindness Offensive and Relief Aid Logistics have been working together, improving the lives of key workers and vulnerable people across the UK. Now, with the help of the national Business Response Network, which is a Business in the Community initiative, they hope to reach even more people than ever before. Here's to working together to make our world a better, happier place!
We at Relief Aid Logistics would like to give a big thank you to Coutts Bank and the Business Response Network (BITC), The Kindness Offensive and, of course, Lush for their generous donation of bath bombs.
Relief Aid Logistics, The Kindness Offensive and Lush have teamed up to reward 60 staff at Ellenor Hospice, in Kent, with Lush gift sets.
A further 76 gift sets were donated for children under the care of the hospice, along with their siblings; the complex needs of the children can make finding activities with an element of sensory stimulus difficult and the hospice is constantly looking for new ways to help them play, have fun and explore. To this end, Ellenor Hospice have been putting together activity packs and requested a further donation of Lush Bath bombs as they present an amazing opportunity for sensory exploration. We were more than happy to oblige!
We would like to send a heartfelt thank you to Lush Cosmetics and The Kindness Offensive for giving us the privilege of distributing this generous donation.
Ellenor Hospice provide hospice care and support to families facing terminal illness in Kent, they provide hospice care for people of all ages. For more information visit their website.
We were delighted to deliver 150 Lush bath bomb gifts sets to St Christopher’s Hospice for their devoted staff to enjoy a little bit of “me time”. A big thank you to Lush Cosmetics and The Kindness Offensive for giving us the privilege of distributing this donation.
St Christopher's Hospice was founded in 1967 by Dame Cicely Saunders, the first patient was admitted on 13 July 1967 and the official opening followed shortly after on 24 July 1967. It was founded with a focus on the development and dissemination of effective practices, pioneering a holistic approach caring for patients physical, psychological and spiritual wellbeing.
Today, St Christopher's Hospice provides hospice care for over 7,500 people across 5 boroughs in London. They have 572 staff and 1,350 volunteers. For more information visit their website.
Relief Aid Logistics, The Kindness Offensive and Lush have teamed up to reward staff at Demelza Hospice, Sittingbourne, with Lush gift sets.
Demelza Kent provides professional, specialist, one-to-one care and support and access to life-enhancing facilities for babies, children and young people up to the age of 19.
We would like to send a heartfelt thank you to Lush Cosmetics and The Kindness Offensive for giving us the privilege of distributing this generous donation.
Demelza is named after Demelza Phillips, the daughter of Derek and Jennifer Phillips, she died tragically from a brain tumour at the age of 24. Demelza had worked at a Children's Hospice in Birmingham her involvement led her parents to establish a children's hospice in the South East of England. In 1994 Derek and Jennifer set up a charity and campaigned tirelessly until, finally, in 1998 the hospice was opened in Sittingbourne, Kent. To learn more visit their website.
Following the donation of bath bombs from Lush Cosmetics and The Kindness Offensive, Relief Aid Logistics have been organising yet more deliveries; this time to Hengist Field Care home for their excellent and hard-working staff.
Hengist Field is a purpose-built centre caring for those who need nursing or specialist dementia care, short term rehabilitation or respite stays. Their facility has 75 bedrooms, a cinema, a hair salon and an orangery! More information can be found on their website.
Following an amazing donation of Lush bath bombs from The Kindness Offensive, we have been very busy organising the delivery of these to local hospices.
We were delighted to deliver 170 Lush bath bomb gifts sets to Heart of Kent Hospice for their devoted staff to enjoy a little bit of “me time”.
We would like to give a massive thank you to The Kindness Offensive and Lush Cosmetics for giving us the privilege of distributing this generous donation.
Following a generous donation of freezers from Iceland, Relief Aid Logistics along with Business in the Community have been busy organising deliveries throughout the country.
We love supporting our local area and were very pleased to deliver a freezer and £50 food voucher to The East Malling Centre for their community larder. We also made another local freezer donation, this time to the wonderful, FareShare Kent; we delivered two freezers and two £50 food vouchers to their Ashford depot.
Paul Underdown, Operations Manager at FareShare Kent & Family Food Bank said:
At Fareshare Kent we are currently serving 208 charities and delivering enough food to create 80,000 meals a week to those at risk of hunger in what has proved to be a difficult period for families and individuals alike. The recent freezer donations as kindly received from the Relief Aid Organisation have now been passed onto several of the charities we work with, which in turn has enabled these charities to further increase the volume of food they are able to accept for distribution to those people most in need.
Iceland very generously donated over 30 chest freezers for distribution to foodbanks throughout the UK to use during the Coronavirus pandemic, when so many elderly and people are in dire need. Iceland have also thoughtfully donated a £50 universal food voucher to each foodbank to help fill their new freezer.
Relief Aid Logistics are pleased to have worked together with Business in the Community to find foodbanks and organise the deliveries, all of which were kindly made by Brakes - free of charge. This project has been hugely motivational, and we would like to say a big thank you to all who have been involved. Particular thanks go to all foodbank staff and volunteers, who work with such selfless determination and dedication to provide food for those who are not so fortunate.
The first freezer was delivered to Cyrenians in Edinburgh, and Craig Buchan, Depot Operations Supervisor, his staff and volunteers said:
Ice to see you to see you Ice! Massive thank you to Iceland for the extremely kind donation of a chest fridge, especially on such a sunny day in Leith. This will help our partner charities store more chilled meals that will go out to the people who need it most during this pandemic. Also a huge thanks to Business in the Community and Relief Aid Logistics for organising, and Brakes for making the delivery.
Following an urgent appeal for PPE equipment, Relief Aid Logistics donated 500 surgical masks to East Kent Mencap at their Ramsgate Day Resource Centre.
Jessica Norman, Trustee of Relief Aid Logistics, said:
We are so pleased to be able to provide East Kent Mencap with this donation. PPE equipment is vital in enabling them to continue to support their members safely. If there are any local businesses in East Kent with supplies they’re not using, please get in touch and help them continue their incredible work.
Jason Gerlack, CEO of East Kent Mencap, said:
On behalf of everyone at East Kent Mencap I would like to thank Relief Aid Logistics for their very kind donation, it could not have come at a better time as our stock of PPE has become worryingly depleted. Their support is a great kindness which will help us to safely sustain our care and support to our Members.
East Kent Mencap are still in desperate need of PPE equipment. You can view the details of their appeal here.
To offer your helpHelp us help other vital charities!
Estates Gazette ran an appeal for warehousing and transhipment space for foodbanks in its weekly magazine and also on its web site, at the request of Relief Aid Logistics.
The Arch Co responded and generously offered FareShare foodbanks the use of two railway arches in Deptford, London, which are now being used to store and supply donations of vital food supplies to Deptford’s elderly and vulnerable residents. All parties are still working together to assist other charities across the UK.
George Cook, CEO of Relief Aid Logistics said:
We are hugely grateful to Estates Gazette for making the need of transhipment space known, for the Arch Co responding with incredible generosity and FareShare for their wonderful work supplying the vulnerable.
Quote from Kris Gibbon-Walsh Head of Network and Operations at FareShare:
We’re doing everything we can to step up our emergency response so frontline charities have the vital food supplies they need to feed those who are most vulnerable. This additional space means we’ll be able to get more food out to people at risk of going hungry during this crisis, and we’re extremely grateful to Arch Company, Relief Aid and Estates Gazette for their support.
The Arch Company Managing Director Adam Dakin said:
We’re delighted to help the community effort against Coronavirus in whatever small way we can. If other charities or community organisations could use one of our unoccupied arches to help with the current crisis, they should get in touch and we will see if we can help.
Estates Gazette Publisher Damian Wild said:
We’ve seen the real estate industry step up during this crisis and when Relief Aid Logistics asked for our help, EG was delighted to do so. We knew landlords would want to help, nevertheless the speed with which the Arch Company responded was fantastic.
