As it is already posted on the Mitzvah Day’s UK site we also would like to reiterate the same message here: Following our hugely successful “Food Brings Us Together” Mitzvah Day activities last year, on Sunday 21st November 2021 Gratitude, the Borehamwood-based charity will be coordinating an initiative that both fights hunger and food waste,…
We founded Gratitude in March 2013. Primarily to save food from waste and alleviating poverty in our local community. This was all done from a small shed until now. MP Oliver Dowden helped us to find a new, bigger and more suitable home for our rapidly growing charity.Although Gratitude operate from the building since last…
Ladies at Gratitude Knitting for Charity didn’t stop those crocheting/knitting needles going since the beginning of the pandemic … and what an amazing pile of lovely and extremely useful knitted items were made. With great pleasure after a long wait we were able to collect and pack these excellent artworks and donate this week 6…
It became apparent that to bring Gratitude’s saved from waste groceries collections into a wider reach operation a cold room facility will be needed.We identified the garage in Gratitude’s Hub as an excellent place to locate it. Following on from this decision, a plan evolved to turn the garage into a hygienic food standard facility.The…
We are delighted to announce the setting up of the Gratitude Singers. The free sessions will commence Monday 13th September and will run twice a week. Mondays – 10.00am – 11.30 am Tuesdays – 7.00pm – 8.30 pm We are very honoured that the lovely and talented Chel will be leading the group. If you…
Update 1 November 2021; Gratitude’s Afghan Refugees Appeal is over now, thank you for all your support. Donations of clothes and goods will be directed now to help local families in need. 20 August 2021 We are presently directing all our resources, many volunteers hours, media campaigns and networking to be able to serve victims…
Gratitude’s volunteers are very grateful to members of Shishukunj London especially to Navin, Naeshma and Piyush for an amazing seva – act of kindness and service – in support of Gratitude’s groceries distribution. They arranged for donations from their congregation to enable them to purchase much needed non-perishable groceries for Gratitude. We met in a…
‘The Essex & Herts Air Ambulance team, were very grateful when we shared with them hand sanitiser and cleaning wipes to be used within their depo and shops’. – Said Sarah North, Gratitude’s volunteer who delivered the above donation. These products, who were donated by Henkel LTD (see previous posts) are appreciated by all. Not…
Today Gratitude’s Hub had a special visitor from Hertsmere Council. We were visited by Mr James Jeffery; the council’s policy manager, health & wellbeing officer who kindly responded to our funding plea. We are receiving many requests from young families for baby essentials and unfortunately are not able to help much as we are struggling…