Community Support @ Holy Nativity
Holy Nativity’s Community Drop-In and warm space is open weekly. Anyone can come along and find a warm welcome. Free drinks, biscuits and toast are available to everyone.
The Drop-In is exactly that; a place for anyone and everyone from the community to drop by, share a warm drink and some treats and to hear about what sort of support we can offer or just get to know us a bit better. There is free toast for anyone who wants it.
Come to meet with friends or bring the children. Why not play a game or do an activity with them
Some of the ways the Drop-In may be able to provide support:
Warm Welcome
Just drop in and say hi.
- A warm space
- Free tea and coffee and juice for the kids
- Biscuits and cakes to share
- Free toast for anyone who needs it
- Someone to talk to or a bit of peace and quiet
- A warm welcoming space to meet and make friends
Advice
Find help.
- Find advice about benefits and sources of financial support
- Talk to someone about mental and physical health support
- Advice about family life
Urgent Support
Emergency relief
- Referral for monthly support from our food pantry.
- Signposting to advice on emergency support including financial advice and help with bills.
Emergency Food Support
Holy Nativity wants to help as many people in urgent need as is possible. All of our support comes from and through the local community here in Mixenden which means we have limited resources to do this. Anyone in need of this type of support can be referred through one of our partners across the community. These include:
- Ash Green School and Children’s Centre
- Mixenden Stones Doctor’s Surgery
- Healthy Minds
- The Addy
- Holy Nativity Church
The process is very simple. You speak to someone at one of the organisations listed above who can complete a very short referral form with you. All you then need to do is bring that form down to the Community Drop-In between 1pm – 4pm on a Monday to have a chat with us. You’ll get a hot drink and see what other support we can give you as you collect your Emergency Food Parcel.
To ensure that the limited resources we have are able to help those who are most in need, food parcels will be available once per month per household, unless there are exceptional circumstances.