Leicester Welcome Project Appeal

Dear friends and supporters,

We realise that due to the economic downturn we are all beginning to feel the pinch and this has also had a tremendous impact on our ability to give food, particularly dry goods and tinned food.

We still have a reasonable amount of soup but this is unpopular with most of our clients. It is not something that they are accustomed to. The same used to apply to baked beans but because of the children socialising with English children this is now not such a problem.

We are gaining new clients each week and we will have to buy food in in order to give them something worthwhile. We are able to obtain some food that is very close to its ‘best by’ date from Sainsbury’s and Aldi and this does help, however, last week we only managed to get one coconut and five litres of water from Aldi although we fared better at Sainsbury’s.

The most requested items are:- rice, pasta, mainly spaghetti, oil, sugar, tea, coffee, tinned goods – tomatoes, fruit, meat, fish, baked beans and sweet corn.
Toiletries. Shampoo, shower gel, toothpaste, deodorants, shaving cream/gel and blades.

Even a few items could make a difference to some of the poorest members of our society and some of these are destitute relying totally on the goodwill of friends.

Regards,

Christine Kilbourne (Chair)
Leicester Welcome Project
21 St. Martins
Leicester
LE1 5DE
Tel: 0116 248 7466
Email: [email protected]

* The Welcome Project is open for all asylum seekers every Thursday from 10am to 1pm