The Rainbow Centre have today announced our Christmas Appeal. We hope to raise £10,000 which will be used directly to help people in the town.
We were established in 1997 to offer practical support to vulnerable people and offer an open door to anyone in need of help with any issues they are facing. The centre also supports street homeless people who can access our cafe, laundry and washing facilities, food parcels and we provide a ‘daytime home’ for the clients where they can find respite after a night sleeping on the streets. Each year we make around 14,000 critical interventions, offering assistance to vulnerable people.
Over the Christmas period, the centre supports the homeless and vulnerable by providing food for people struggling and gifts for primary age children and younger. This year, due to the cost of living crisis, the service has been extended to assist the ‘just about managing’ who have struggled all year, but for whom Christmas is a crisis.
Jo Laking, CEO of the Rainbow Centre, said, “In previous years our staff and volunteers have helped thousands of Scarborough residents. Through the generosity of local businesses and individuals, we provide food parcels or supermarket vouchers which include a few festive treats and gifts for the younger children. Nobody should have to suffer a Christmas filled with fear and worry about how they will feed themselves and their family.”
If you would like to donate to our appeal please go to our JustGiving Christmas Appeal and donate what you can. Thank you.