When kindness is shared, it grows
We have been overwhelmed by the support received during Festival of Kindness 2024.
With housing emergencies being declared across the country, your kindness is valued now more than ever. If you haven’t had a chance yet, you can still donate and support the mission to end homelessness.
Community of kindness
We were delighted to collaborate with 110 charity partners across the UK to share kindness.
As well as this, the generosity received from families, community groups, schools, and organisations across the UK who banded together to collect donations for our Trees of Kindness has been incredible to see.
Volunteers across the country have given 774 hours of their time to accept gifts at our Trees of Kindness, sort them in our warehouse, pack them into vans, drive them to charity partners for distribution, and much more. A huge THANK YOU to everyone one of you for being wonderful “elves!”
Packed with kindness
Thanks to your generous support, in addition to thousands of gifts distributed across the UK, we were able to pack hundreds of these gift backpacks and distribute them from Social Bite coffee shops on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
The items in the backpack were selected based on feedback from individuals with lived experience of homelessness, and their advice on which items would be most useful. Each backpack included:
- Slipper socks
- A power bank
- Waterproof trousers
- A supermarket voucher
- A thermal underlayer
- Hygiene wipes
- A scarf, gloves, and a hat
- Signposting information to useful local services
- A chocolate selection box.
Words of kindness
“We are beyond grateful for your support and generosity.” – Community Partner
“Thanks to you we have served 131 yummy Christmas meals to our rough sleeping, homeless and vulnerable guests.” – Community Partner
“The donations we got were amazing and they will make such a difference to so many of our families.” – Community Partner
“We are so proud to be supporting an inspirational charity and we are also super excited to be coming to the Festival of Kindness Tree” – Primary 5/6 Pupils
“Thank you very much to all the guys at Social Bite yesterday. I had a lovely meal and received much appreciated gifts. Made my Christmas.” – Social Bite Guest
“The best present I’ve ever received.” – Christmas Day Attendee
Thank you for all your support!
There were so many amazing moments of kindness during Festival of Kindness 2024 – too many to list here on this page. Below are some pictures of our favourite moments. Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who participated, supported and donated.
Your support makes a difference all year round, not just at Christmas
We work 365 days a year to provide homes, jobs, food and support to people experiencing homelessness. If you didn’t get a chance to lend your support during Festival of Kindness, why not donate today and help fund our long-term projects that work to break the cycle of homelessness.