St. Faith's Hub, Leesland, Gosport.

Aim

St Faith's Hub serves the community in Leesland, Gosport. We help to feed and clothe people, reduce loneliness and provide a safe Warm Space

Who are we?

St. Faith's Hub serves the community in Leesland, Gosport.  We are there to support and encourage all members of our community - irrespective of who they are.  We know that times are hard and we're doing whatever we can to help our community. 

We serve in many ways:

• We provide a safe and welcoming warm space, with hot refreshments available,
• We run a monthly food bank that supports a number of local families,
• We run a monthly children's clothing bank,
• As part of our monthly food bank we offer a hot meal to children and their families,
• We offer free wi-fi and access to power outlets for people to charge their mobile phones,
• We provide a monthly craft club that teaches new skills, supports adults with disabilities, and combats loneliness,
• We offer space for community groups to meet: A 'Young at Heart Club' provides sociable weekly entertainment for the over 50s, and the ‘Bumblebees’ parent and toddler group (for 0 to 5 yrs.) meet weekly for stay and play,
• We recently ran a warm space community workshop enabling people to make their own draught excluders,
• We have longstanding involvement with the 'Greening Leesland' campaign that raises environmental awareness and promotes changes in our everyday lives to both help people save energy and help combat climate change,
• We host community events, such as Santa in the Park for The Friends of Leesland Park, and music and live shows,
• We offer room hire, with kitchen facilities, for both local groups and as a party venue for local families,
• We have compassionate volunteers who offer friendship and a listening ear,

 We care for people and our environment at St. Faith's Hub.

Photo of our Warm Hub in Tribe Road Leesland, Gosport. :)

Our Hub is a vibrant, caring place that supports our community.

Community impact

Leesland is classed as one of the most socially deprived wards in England. 

St. Faith's Hub helps to support families in crisis, and provides a safe space in which people can improve their social bonds and reduce their loneliness. We welcome everyone from our community and support social cohesion. We provide activities for all age groups, from the young, to the elderly, to help improve mental wellbeing. 

"It's a wonderful place to meet, and make, new friends and have a laugh over a cup of tea." says June Hampson, who uses the Hub.

We bring positive impacts to our community.

Advert for our upcoming food and clothing banks. Come along if you need us :)

Some of the clothes at our children's clothes bank.

We have clothes for all children's age ranges.

And we have a children's toy bank :)

Enjoying cuddly toys from our children's toy bank :)

Food bank food bags, ready to be taken away by families :)  

Sausages sizzling for hot snacks!

Preparing drinks, hot meals and snacks in our kitchen facilities :)

Why are we crowdfunding?

St. Faith's Hub is being hit by the cost of living crisis. Rising fuel prices mean that we are facing a threat to our survival as our costs are spiralling. We have a funding shortfall and we don't know if we can weather this storm. People within our community rely on us and we want to ensure that we can continue to be there for them, ensure that our doors remain open.  

Advert for our recent draft excluder workshop.

Photo of the fun people had during our draft excuder workshop. And they got draft excluders to take home at the end of it!

Enjoying a community social event :)

Advert for Undertow: 1982, one of the popular social events that we held recently at our Hub :)

People enjoying our warm space :)

How we’ll spend the money raised

We are crowdfunding to ensure that we can continue to support our community. Not just that, but we want to expand and improve our services to the community. Your donations will help to ensure our survival and enable us to continue to support the people of Leesland.

With the money we raise, we will:

• Offer weekly foodbanks, rather than monthly, as at present,
• Offer weekly clothing banks, rather than monthly, 
• Offer weekly social events, such as the craft club, rather than monthly,
• Increase our provision of hot meals to children and their families, so that children and families are supported on more days including during school holidays,
• Increase the number of sociable community events we hold, 
• Increase the number of days that we are open as a warm space.   

Please donate to St. Faith's Hub and help us to strengthen our support for our community.

Advert for our upcoming craft workshops. Come along!

Photos of children enjoying the crafting activities, and a half munched sausage! :)

Please support our Hub x

This project successfully funded on 31st March 2023