SPRINGFIELD Properties has donated £500 to Kinross-shire charity, Broke Not Broken.
Founded in 2013, the charity was initially set up as a food bank and has grown to offer a wealth of services to the community.
The charity runs around 14 projects including offering food packs, with fresh vegetables grown by the charity volunteers in the community garden, and food vouchers, especially helpful for families with dietary restrictions.
Support is also offered to help members of the community with fuel top ups to help with the cost of running a home and have partnered with The Heat Project, which provides expert advice to ensure families and individuals are heating their homes as efficiently as possible to keep heating costs as low as possible.
Springfield donated £500 to the charity which will cover the food bill for at least 10 families of four for one week.
Springfield MD, Andy Curran, said, “I was incredibly impressed when I learned about the vast range of services that Broke Not Broken offer the community with little funding and few staff, but equally saddened that so many people rely on charities and organisations like this one in this day and age.
“It is clear that the staff and volunteers at Broke Not Broken truly care about their community and want to help and support as many people as possible – and that’s why the charity has evolved over the years introducing new services to ensure they are helping everyone who needs it.
“We are delighted to be able to support the charity, and the community they support, with this donation.”
Now, with the school holidays underway, the charity has organised six trips and will cover the cost of travel, tickets and food for 100 local people to help relieve some of the additional financial stress over the summer break. They have also created school uniform parcels, that will be delivered in school bags, ahead of the new term starting in August.
Development officer, Hannah Duncan, one of the two part time employees at Broke Not Broken, said, “Our goal at Broke Not Broken is to tackle poverty in Kinross-shire head on. We work with a number of professional services so that, in addition to the immediate support we are offering, people who have fallen on challenging times are getting expert advice and given the tools they need to get back on their feet.
“This ranges from free, open-ended Counselling sessions, as poverty tends to come hand in hand with mental health, and wellbeing challenges to our Advice Hub where advisory and support agencies such as the Perth and Kinross Welfare Rights, come and meet the community face to face.
“Like many charitable organisations, we rely heavily on donations, especially as demand for the services we offer has significantly increased in recent years. We are very grateful for Springfield’s donation and, as always, to our passionate and enthusiastic volunteers – without them we wouldn’t be able to offer the range of support that we do within the community.”
