Christmas in Lee
It was a cold and windy day in Lee for this event (our gazebo nearly blew away!) but the sun shone, and we met lots of friends both old and new! Thanks to everyone who helped, not least Kealy Dingley and her team, to the scouts who helped with the gazebo, the Solent Mobility Centre […]
Another family helped
Acts of Kindness helped a family this week by delivering an Item that will help them out! Thank you so much to all at Acts of a Kindness. I know that the item you delivered is going to make a massive difference to how they manage the difficult months ahead. Acts of Kindness is an […]
Solent Singers Choir
All of us at Acts of Kindness would like to thank the members of the Solent Singers Choir for their amazing donation from their recent Christmas Carol Concerts. This will enable us to continue to provide many families within our community the support they need at a time of difficulty. Thank you #kindness#music#solentsingers
Delivery Driver Appeal
A great start to 2023 as our volunteers base remain strong and consistent in the food bank. However, we are appealing for more delivery driver volunteers to come and help Acts of Kindness (Solent) in the local area. How much time you volunteer is up to you but help would be greatly appreciated delivering food […]
A BIG Christmas Thankyou
Well, ’twas indeed the season of goodwill! What we thought would be a pared back Christmas campaign turned out to be anything but. In December we sent out 235 food and/or gift parcels for a total of 344 adults and 311 children, Our advent calendar and Spin the Wheel events were incredibly successful. At one […]
Christmas Spin the Wheel
We are doing things slightly differently this year for various reasons, and we are asking for gift-type donations rather than foodstuffs. We have a list of items which we’d like multiples of if possible, and some more expensive single items which we need regularly for referrals we receive. If you’d like to support us and […]
Asda Food Drive
A special thank you to all of Asda’s Gosport customers who made food and toiletries donations at our ‘food drive’ on Saturday, 8th October. AOK volunteers stood in the entrance to the store and encouraged the already generous Asda customers to add donations to the foodbank trolley situated at the tills in Asda Gosport. Customers […]
Broadlaw Community Centre Clothes Sale
The “fill-a-bag” clothes sale we held on Saturday 22nd October in Fareham was a great success. It was very well attended and 80 huge stuffed carrier bags carried by very happy people went of the door and the clothes are now out with families in the community, where they should be! Thank you to SEHCO […]
Reverse Advent – Dec 2021
There is no better time than now to take part in AOK’s Reverse Advent Calendar Event. We use a significant amount of food everyday when we deliver food parcels, and we always need to replenish the basic supplies. We kindly ask that you consider donating a bag or box filled with some (or all!) of […]
Easter Egg – Apr 2021
This year’s Easter Egg appeal has been truly amazing thanks to an incredible community effort. We collected around 4,000 Easter Eggs which were delivered out to the community. We had donations from so many sources from the Rotary Club through to West Hill Park School, Daisy B’s Kitchen, Morrisons and individual donations. And we must […]
