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…
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…
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…
Gratitude is a proud supporter of the Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT)
‘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…
“Thank you Gratitude…”
“The date was 13 February and it was a very cold day. It hasn’t gone well for me. Maybe it had something to do with the date?! I have decided to take my son to the park. He took his brother’s electric skateboard with us. He was having so much fun with it so I…