We were delighted to hear that Gratitude has been nominated by Kenilworth School to be the recipient of their Harvest Festival charity collection this yearOur lead trustee John Carlisle was invited to the primary school in Borehamwood to give a presentation to the students about the work and ethos of our charity. He took the…
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Supporting victims of crime
Sadly it came to our attention a couple of weeks ago that a member of our community had been a victim of crime. He was understandably in shock from the incident and was unable to go to the shops for provisions. We were alerted to this by some charitable police officers who visited us at…
Gratitude for Her Majesty’s life of service
Gratitude is something that was born out of encouraging us all to have a sense of appreciation for life’s blessings and miracles, to be grateful for the gifts and gestures that we experience from each other every day. To honour this sentiment, we encourage each other to pay it forward with gestures of kindness and…
Frozen Food Friday
Gratitude Supporting families during the school holidays Every Friday during the summer holidays, you are welcome to the hub between 10am & 3pm to collect a selection of frozen foods. Stock up on vegetarian family friendly frozen meals to feed your hungry little ones! No need to contact us. Free parking. Bring your bags. Gratitude’s…
Spotlight on Valéria – celebrating 5 years volunteering with Gratitude
Today we are putting a spotlight on our incredible volunteer Valéria. She has made an amazing impact on the charity and been an inspiration to others over the years.Brought up in Hungary, little Valéria was only 5 years old when she started supporting her community. Her debut was singing with her family for a charity…
Welcome to Gratitude Kids Corner part of the Gratitude Hub
Gratitude Kids Corner provides support to hundreds of young families through the redistribution of baby/toddler essentials, kids’ clothes, shoes, toys, and arts and crafts. In light of the increased demand for shoes in the community, we were delighted to receive an incredibly generous donation from Sal’s shoes. @SalsShoes is an amazing charity that aims to…
Re-Distribution of Kitchen and Bathroom Cleaning Products
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…
Egg-citing Easter update from Gratitude – April 2022
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…
Christmas Gift Boxes
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…
Gratitude’s Afghan Refugees support
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…