Co-op Warm Spaces Funding Boost has provided £896 of match funding
Warm and Welcoming Meet and Eat
Paignton, Torbay, United Kingdom
Aim
We want to welcome people into our warm friendly space. Offering IT support, company and hot food and drinks, all with a big smile!
Who are we?
We are local volunteers at the Crafty Fox. The hub is community led. We want to help our community and provide a welcoming warm space and support when needed. We have been supporting locals for over 6 years and want to continue helping out especially in these hard times.
Community impact
We believe that the local community are experts on what is needed in their own neighbourhood. We encourage peer support and know how projects like this have a ripple effect. Friendships flourish and others locally benefit from the confidence in helping each other.
Why are we crowdfunding?
We are crowdfunding to enable us to buy ingredients for hot soup making and hot drinks and enable us to heat the cafe and welcome locals in for friendship and support as we know many are struggling to heat their homes and pay the bills. IT support is desperately needed by many who feel very left behind. Signposting to groups, organisations and The Torbay Community Helpline
How we’ll spend the money raised
We want to buy ingredients for home made soup and hot drinks to give away to those needing an extra boost.
We also want to purchase some tablets and simple smart phones to teach others how to use and go online as many community members feel left behind when it comes to technology. They want to be able to log into their local GP surgery and do online banking and job searches.
Also to provide benefit support and volunteer training when required.
This project successfully funded on 13th March 2023