Gratitude was fortunate to receive an incredibly generous donation of good quality cleaning products from our suppliers. Throughout the year we have thought of innovative ways to redistribute to the community. Schools, nurseries and healthcare facilities were approached, and during the Christmas Market, set up by Penz, we shared bundles of products with the local…

Due to recent requests from Ukrainian families plus local families in need, we are very short of the following items: 2-3 years boys clothes 5-6 boys and girls clothes 7-8 girls clothes 6-7 boys and girls clothes 10-11-12-13-14 years boys clothes Any school uniforms used in: Borehamwood Radlett Shenley If your children grew out of…

Eid In The Park – hosted by Borehamwood Islamic Society Eid-al-Fitr means ‘Festival of breaking the fast’. It marks the end of the month-long fast observed during the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims around the world celebrate during a three-day festival, and Borehamwood was no exception. We were delighted when Amir from the Borehamwood Islamic…

Our friends at Barnet Hospital reached out to us recently and asked for support to provide children in Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals with up to 200 Easter Eggs. We were delighted with this challenge and our amazing group of volunteers got their heads together and generated ideas for this fun initiative. We were overwhelmed…

The horror of the war in Ukraine is gradually coming to our community. Gratitude is supporting the many local families who have responded to the plight of Ukrainian refugees. A number of sponsor families have opened up their hearts and homes to those affected by the conflict. Gratitude already provided fresh groceries, clothing, toiletries and…

A principle of Gratitude is that we like saving waste and prefer to reuse rather than recycle. A great opportunity came up in recent weeks with the company Canon EMEA as they are moving offices. Due to the resize and restructure of their office space, many office cupboards were retired. Valeria spotted the potential and…

In recent weeks parents were approaching us as their children would like to volunteer at Gratitude’s Hub to do a DofE programme.We have been running DofE programmes for a number of years and are happy to help young people on their life journeys so they are very welcome to join our joyful team. Please see…

Gratitude volunteer, Anu Joshi, shares her Christmas cheer. Please enjoy her story: “When I was at primary school in the 80’s I remember making Christmas boxes at school and delivering them to the local seniors. Arriving at their door and seeing their face light up at having an unexpected young person come to visit with…

Dear Trustees, volunteers, supporters and well-wishers 2021 was an amazing year for Gratitude Charity and you are all to thank for helping us grow through such challenging times. Firstly, we had a change among the trustees; Sarit Cohen joined as a Trustee replacing Kamlesh Patel. We would like to thank Kamlesh for his many years…