Big Help Project

From Wikitia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

About

Big Help Project is a NGO non-profit registered with the Charity Commission[1] in the United Kingdom, founded in 2011 as Knowsley Foodbank [2]. The non-profit is now run by Peter Mitchell, who is also the councillor for the Croxteth Ward in Liverpool City Council. The charity has goals to break the cycle of poverty,[3] as well as aiding those impacted by the housing crisis. [4]

In 2016, the charity opened a funiture and white-goods store, for the poorer regions of Merseyside .[5] The purpose of the store is to offer people the opportunity to purchase a wide range of household products at competitive interest rates, whilst also being an outlet for Community RePaint, retailing recycled paint to suit all budgets.[6] The store was featured on an episode of BBC's Inside Out North West.[7] In 2019, one of Big Help Project's charity shops was broken into, in which food and cash was stolen. CEO Peter Mitchell then told the BBC, "If someone had needed help, if someone had needed food and support we'd have given them it."[8]

In the same year, Big Help Project gifted 250 festive food packs in partnership with COLBALT housing.[9]

The charity fronts the Baby Basics scheme in Knowsley as part of the national Baby basics network. Providing mums-to-be with essentials for their baby, including clothes, bedding and toiletries.[10]

Big Help Project campaigned against the Mersey gateway bridge in 2019. The charity suggested that vulnerable families were falling into debt and being forced to use foodbanks as result of the fines they had incurred. Charity CEO Peter Mitchell suggested the toll company Merseyflow should be "ashamed" of the misery they inflicted on the region's most vulnerable.[11]

In 2020, the Liverpool Echo recognise the charity as a “pillar of the community” really making a change in the local community.[12] and was also listed amongst Knowsley’s community heroes bringing hope throughout the pandemic.[13] Coordinating food support for 77,000 people in 2020/21.[14]

In 2021, Big Help Project marked its 10 year anniversary with key supporters, when they held the first Patron’s Lunch at Knowsley Hall.[15] With Guest of Honour Mr Mark Blundell DL, Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside. The event was also attended by Big Help Project’s Patrons, Edward Stanley, and Stephen Twigg, Secretary General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

In July 2022, Wigan Athletic announced that their parent company Europa Point Investment Corporation (EPIC) was gifting the front of shirt sponsorship to Big Help Project for the 2022/2023 season.[16] In 2022, The Drive a partner under the Big Help Group received BBC Children in Need funding to set up a 'safe space' following the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel. A community hub close to where Olivia was killed giving local children affected by the shooting a safe space to socialise.[17]

Awards

  1. Social Enterprise of the Year - Knowsley Business and Regeneration Awards 2015[18]
  2. Greatest Local Impact with turnover above 250k - Steve Morgan Foundation 20th Anniversary Awards[19]
  3. Finalist for Employer of the Year - Merseyside Independant Business Awards 2022[20]
  4. Finalist for Responsible Business – Environment Award - Innovation in Business Awards 2022[21]
  5. Assistant CEO Colette Goulding nominated for Merseyside Woman Of The Year[22]

References

  1. ↑ "BIG HELP PROJECT - Charity 1141024". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  2. ↑ "The Challenge - Your Local Independent Community Paper". www.thechallenge.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  3. ↑ "Big Help Project". Knowsley Chamber. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  4. ↑ "Liverpool outfit tackles housing crisis across England". Liverpool Business News. 2021-10-03. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  5. ↑ Echo, Liverpool (2016-12-19). "Big Help Project brings new retail option to Huyton". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  6. ↑ Echo, Liverpool (2016-12-02). "The Big Help Project hopes to help local community". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  7. ↑ BBC's Inside Out North West, retrieved 2022-09-01
  8. ↑ "Bootle charity 'would have helped' thieves who stole food and cash". BBC News. 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  9. ↑ Echo, Liverpool (2016-12-19). "Festive food packs for Alt Valley families". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  10. ↑ Echo, Liverpool (2017-08-18). "Baby Basics Knowsley gives out 200th Moses basket". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  11. ↑ Brown, Faye (2019-03-23). "Vulnerable families being driven to use food banks because of Mersey Gateway". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  12. ↑ Molyneux, Jess (2020-01-14). "Pillars of the community who are making Knowsley proud". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  13. ↑ Molyneux, Jess (2020-07-13). "Over 100 days since lockdown: Knowsley's community heroes". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  14. ↑ Rigg, Danny (2022-01-29). "Single mum in tears after reaching out for help". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  15. ↑ @KnowsleyChamber (2021-11-29). "Big Help Project marks ten years with Patron's Lunch at Knowsley Hall". Knowsley Chamber. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  16. ↑ FC, Wigan Athletic. "Wigan Athletic parent company, EPIC, to gift front of shirt sponsorship to Big Help Project, to promote the award-winning national charity's work". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  17. ↑ "BBC Children in Need: 'Safe space' set up after Olivia shooting". BBC News. 2022-11-18. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  18. ↑ Contributor, Community (2015-12-03). "Knowsley's Big Help Project wins award". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2022-09-21. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  19. ↑ "Winners announced for Steve Morgan Foundation 20th Anniversary Awards". Steve Morgan Foundation. 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  20. ↑ "MIB Awards 2022 Finalists". MIB Awards. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  21. ↑ T: 0151 227 1234; [email protected], E; Us, Join; Savings, Member; Views, News &; Events; Us, About; Do, What We; Service, Export. "Innovation in Business Awards 2022 in Association With Blok 'N' Mesh". Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  22. ↑ "Cherie Blair to open Merseyside Women of Year Awards - finalists named". www.liverpoolworld.uk. 2022-06-06. Retrieved 2022-12-05.

External links

Add External links

This article "Big Help Project" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical. Articles taken from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be accessed on Wikipedia's Draft Namespace.

Retrieved from "https://wikitia.com/index.php?title=Big_Help_Project&oldid=173768"