Gratitude 2022 – Review of A Year in Service

To our Trustees, Supporters, Volunteers and Friends, We would like to take this opportunity, as the year comes to a close, to reflect on the wonderous acts of kindness that is – the magic of Gratitude and thank our amazing volunteers and supporters for making a difference to our wonderful community. We are blessed with…

Christmas with Santa in Gratitude’s North Pole Grotto

Our kind and magical Gratitude volunteers were very busy this week setting up our North Pole Grotto in time for Santa’s visit to the hub to greet our local children. Our grotto was open over two days, we had 3 super Santa’s and 3 excited elves (p.s. don’t tell the kids!). Over 140 cute children…

Mayor of Hertsmere visits Gratitude Hub

On Sunday 18th December we were delighted to host a special Grocery Giveaway at the Gratitude Hub with a special VIP guest; the Worshipful, the Mayor of the Borough of Hertsmere, Cllr John Graham.John has been a Hertsmere Councillor for Aldenham East in Radlett since 1998. He was a founder member of the Hertsmere Executive…

Chanukah Service at Gratitude’s Hub

Dear friends,We are excited to host Rabbi Levi, (head of the Edgware Lubavitch) for a Chanukah service on Tuesday 20th December 2022📅 @ 2.30pm at Gratitude’s Hub. Chanukah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and fried foods. The Hebrew word Chanukah means “dedication,” and is named this because it celebrates…

Gratitude to all who helped to Celebrate Christmas with our Community

The team of wonderful volunteers have been busy organising donations and running a host of events during the run up to Christmas, when they will take some time-off for a well deserved break. Spotlighting the tremendous support we have received in recent weeks is truly amazing. Thanks to local businesses for donations We would like to…

Gratitude – Celebrating Christmas with our Community

The team of wonderful volunteers are looking forward to a host of events during the run up to Christmas, when they will take some time-off for a well deserved break. Please take note of Gratitude’s Christmas🎄 opening hours and dates of our Grocery Giveaways. Gratitude’s Kids Corner Gratitude’s Kids Corner👶 are participating in several gift…

Celebrating Mitzvah Day 2022 with Gratitude

On Sunday 20th November Gratitude celebrated Mitzvah Day, the UK’s largest faith-led day of social action. A Mitzvah is a good deed and on Mitzvah day our wonderful neighborhood comes together to support the local community. Gratitude proudly celebrates Mitzvah Day together with all faiths and would like to share special moments of the wonderful…

Halloween Fancy Dress Parade @ Gratitude

Following on from our hugely successful Halloween Fancy Dress Parade on 30th October, we would like to announce the winners of our best dressed ghouls. There were so many amazing costumes we chose 6 to win our wonderful prizes.The winners are Hannah and Demir who went above and beyond to scare our volunteers into sharing…

Grand Opening of The Community Kitchen

Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire Visits Gratitude for the Official Opening of the Community Kitchen On Tuesday 25th October 2022, Gratitude was proud to host a ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of our community kitchen. We were honored to welcome a special guest; the Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire; Mr Robert Voss CBE CStJ together with our…

The Gratitude Community Kitchen

Showing our gratitude for support received by our kind friends and commercial partners to build the Gratitude Community Kitchen Gratitude began as a community kitchen in 2013, with the primary aim to fight hunger and it was our pleasure to use food otherwise going to waste to feed our community with nutritious meals.Unfortunately, during the…