The Harley Street BID has donated the food contributions collected during its International Women’s Day celebrations to the Cardinal Hume Centre, helping support the charity’s work tackling homelessness and poverty in Westminster.
The donations will support the Centre’s food store, which provides essential cooking and cleaning products to young people and families facing immediate hardship. While not a food bank, the food store plays a vital role in supporting many of the Centre’s clients and is sustained entirely through community donations.
The Cardinal Hume Centre works with young people, children and families to help break the cycle of homelessness and prevent its long-term impact on future generations. At the heart of the organisation is a belief that every person matters and that every child deserves the opportunity to reach their full potential.
Aimee Kinniburgh Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser from the Cardinal Hume Centre said: “Homelessness can have a profound impact on children’s futures, affecting their physical and mental wellbeing, as well as their emotional and social development. Evidence shows that one of the strongest predictors of homelessness in adulthood is experiencing poverty during childhood. The Centre aims to intervene early, providing support that helps families build stability and independence.”
Through a holistic, wraparound approach tailored to each individual, the Centre offers housing, welfare and immigration advice, employment support, and access to its Family Centre, which provides educational development and wellbeing activities for children and families.
Over the past year, the Cardinal Hume Centre supported more than 1,400 people through its services, more than 100 more than the previous year. This included over 700 families with children, representing a 20% increase, as well as 326 young people aged 24 or under. The organisation also provided supported accommodation for 56 homeless young people aged between 16 and 25.
To find out more about the charity, visit the Cardinal Hume Centre website.
http://cardinalhumecentre.org.uk/
