Help End the Cycle of Poverty, Feed the Hungry and Help the Homeless with Big Help Project
This April you can help people in need from those who are struggling with poverty to people who are unable to find housing, all with The Big Help Project. This incredible charity is taking part in the My Favourite Voucher Codes charity poll this April, competing to win a donation of 20% of our profits. If you want to help feed the hungry and help people to look forward to a brighter future, then learn more about the Big Help Project below and cast your free vote today.
Who Are Big Help Project?
Big Help Project (BHP) is a multi-award-winning national charity. Over the past 10 years BHP has formed a social impact ecosystem, providing on-the-ground wrap-around services to make sure nobody is left in crisis. Every day of the week the Big Help Project is making a difference and helping people break the cycle of poverty. Their mission is to feed the hungry, overcome poverty, free people from the burden of unmanageable personal debt, help people into affordable housing, and to assist people into a better future.
Last Year, Big Help Project continued its hard work to make a positive impact on the lives of those in need. Focusing on providing support for vulnerable communities, tackling poverty and inequality, and promoting sustainable practice . Their activities ensure that they are able to make a real difference in the lives of those they serve.
1 Year at Big Help Project: What has Big Help Project Achieved?
This year has been like none other. A tumultuous year, where the only constant seemed to be change. Big Help Project oversaw the challenges birthed from a historical Cost-of-Living crisis. The Crisis has worsened the living standards of those already in a position of financial instability and has pushed entirely new demographics into financial hardship. Last year also saw food shortages, near unprecedented inflation, devaluation of the pound and the War in Ukraine – all of which placed intense additional pressure on ongoing service delivery and caused logistical challenges
Despite this they are delighted to confirm that they once again achieved their core mission. Ensuring nobody is left in crisis and making a difference in helping to break the cycle of poverty. It is important for organisations like the Big Help Project to regularly assess their impact and measure their success to ensure that they are effectively fulfilling their mission and values. So, they thought they would share a few of their achievements from the past 12 months.
Big Help’s Food Projects
Throughout 2022 Big Help Food and Knowsley Foodbank was faced with extraordinary demands placed upon their services as a result of the external crises within wider society. Big Help Food is now operating 16 unique Food Clubs across the Liverpool City Region. Through Big Help’s food projects, a total of 134,208 individuals were fed by the charity providing a staggering 655,857 meals. The project also oversaw the redistribution of 261.67 tonnes of surplus food which otherwise would have entered UK Landfills as waste stock. Repeated studies have shown that every 1kg of food wasted and placed into landfill emits 2.5kg of C02 into the atmosphere through the process – therefore they can estimate that their Food Redistributive Projects have prevented the equivalent of 654,195kg of Carbon Emissions.
Community Painting Initiative
Painting Green, Big Help’s community paint initiative also had a successful year. The project's ambition repurposes landfill bound paint into affordable paint packages for those in need. Throughout 2022 they delivered 1497 individual paint packs, containing a combined 34,997.5 litres of remanufactured paint. Studies have shown that commercial grade paint waste takes on average circa 700 years to decompose after it has been dumped in landfills. Big Help Project are proud to report that through their Painting Green project in 2022 they have prevented upwards of 98327.35kg of CO2 emissions. The practice of remanufacturing paints is an excellent way of managing waste and protecting their environment from toxic substances while opening new doors of opportunities and innovation for Big Help Trading.
Support for Ukrainian Refugees
In February 2022, we saw the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces. In that time there have been over 16,000 civilian casualties, with 6,700 killed. Over 6 million people have been forced to flee the country with a further 7 million displaced within it. More than 150,000 Ukrainians have come to the UK since the war began. For those who settled in Liverpool and Merseyside, Big Help Project has become a place to meet others in the same situation and build a new community in unfamiliar surroundings. Big Help Project has become a thriving community for Ukrainians seeking support and socialisation with a support network of over 120 individuals, and they cannot wait to continue their support in the build up to this year's Eurovision festivities.
This is just a few examples of what a year at Big Help Project looks like, but there is so much more that the charity has achieved. Big Help Employability supported 79 people into paid employment; Big Help Wellbeing hosted over 800 active classes; Big Help Welfare recovered over £47,000 in backdated payments; their Money Advice department closed over 100 debt cases; and their Baby Basics team distributed over 40 Moses baskets to expecting mothers in need.
Big Help Project works tirelessly to improve the lives of those in need through a variety of programmes and initiatives. They understand that times may be tough right now and they want you to know that you are not alone. Their charity is here to offer support and resources to those in need. Whether you're struggling to make ends meet, dealing with a difficult life circumstance, or just need someone to talk to, they are here to help. Their team of compassionate volunteers and staff are dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of those they serve.
If you want to help Big Help Project to provide more support to those who need it most then don’t forget to cast your free vote in our April charity poll. You can help them to get more people into paid employment, support more refugees, feed more hungry people and offer more people hope in these turbulent times of social and financial crisis. Head to our homepage to vote now and help the Big Help Project today.