CARING AT CHRISTMAS

IMPACT REPORT 2019

Caring in Bristol’s vision is of a city empowered to solve homelessness. Our mission is to work in imaginative and creative ways with people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, with the public, and with community partners to bring about lasting change in Bristol and beyond. This Christmas we took over the Trinity Centre and the Julian Trust Night Shelter from the 23rd of December to the 1st of January, and provided shelter, food, warmth, company, wellbeing activities, and medical support for those experiencing homelessness at an acutely difficult time of the year. Responding to the needs of our community, we opened our day services for an extra two days this year and expanded the range of medical and wellbeing services we offered. To see the full range of services, check out the stats on page 6. This year marked huge strides towards ensuring the project is as sustainable and environmentally conscious as possible; we teamed up with food charity Fareshare South West to use as much surplus food as possible to produce our delicious meals, and The Community Farm to make the most of their fantastic local fresh produce. The project also tapped into Bristol’s flourishing food scene as Josh Eggleton and some of Bristol’s best chefs and restaurants came together to produce a full restaurant-quality menu for our guests, helping to bridge the gap between what’s available for the city’s most affluent and most vulnerable at Christmas. You can read all our food stats, including Co2 saved from using surplus food, on page 5.

GUESTS

—

429 individual guests

accessed the project —

364 bed nights

in total

—

86 individuals stayed

the night

429

364

86GUESTS

STAYS

PEOPLE

85% of guests told us that

what they most valued from Caring at

Christmas was having a space to be in

that was around people.

Saved my life this Christmas. Guest

“

Filled with warmth and kindness. Guest

“

VOLUNTEERS

807VOLUNTEERS

7350HOURS

1747SHIFTS

£68355VALUE

*value of volunteer time at living wage

Fab experience, friendly team and environment. Volunteer

“

Incredible organisation, very positive experience. Volunteer

“

I’ve loved every single minute of it. Volunteer

“

COMMUNITY FARM DONATED £1700

WORTH OF FRUIT & VEG

2930

434 1600 900 1100

2500HOT MEALS

BREAKFASTS LUNCHES DINNERS DESSERTS

SANDWICHES

YEO VALLEY DONATED 300 LITRES OF MILK

65 KG OF BUTTER 30 LITRES OF CREAM

WARBUTONS DONATED 350 LOAVES OF BREAD

ESSENTIAL DONATED £550 WORTH OF FOOD

ARTHUR DAVID DONATED 1400 EGGS &

370 KG OF FOOD

SURPLUS FOOD STATS

OVER ½ TONNE DONATED

WITH A RETAIL VALUE OF OVER £1000

SAVING OVER A ¼ TONNE OF CO2

FOOD

COLLABORATED WITH Pony & Trap, Pasta Loco, Box-E, Romy Gill, Bravas, Tare, Salt & Malt, Adrian Kirikmaa, Dela, Poco Tapas, Gambas, Emmeline, Pearly King Cakes, Bartlett & Sons Butchers, Flying Fish, Caterlink, Crescent China Hire and Wogan Coffee.

Fantastic food, you’d pay top dollar for that. Guest

“

SERVICES

OVER 300 ACTIVITY & SERVICES

SESSIONS

OVER 60

MEDICAL SERVICES

SESSIONS*80

MASSAGES

80

HAIRCUTS

5

IN-PERSON

ADVICE

SERVICES*

Lots of stuff that’s not normally on offer. Guest

“

Makes a massive difference. All other services are closed. Guest

“Thank you for these precious lifelines and community connections. Guest

“

WE COLLABORATED

WITH 13 LOCAL

ORGANISATIONS

*Podiatry clinic, HEP C screening, acupuncture, general health check.

*Bristol Community Help, Samaritans, Bristol City Council Housing Advisors, Somewhere Safe to Stay, Cocaine Anonymous.