This summer our Community Benefit Fund supported Pass it On!, a local charity providing vital services to families in Epping Forest District.
Our £2,500 donation helped fund Community Activity Days for families facing social isolation and debt due to increasing costs associated with trips, higher energy bills, rising food costs, increasing childcare expenses, and much more.
Pass it On founder Amy Perridge said: “With the Qualis funding we have expanded what we are able to provide. Families now have access to better sensory equipment, a full set of soft play equipment for children ages 0-4, and those with disabilities, to further their fine and gross motor skill development.
We also have playdough, kinetic sand and slime to encourage sensory regulation, imaginative play, and messy play.
For the home corner, we purchased equipment—pots, pans, and food—to bring the shop and kitchen to life.
The most important part of what we offer is an opportunity for families to make vital memories together without the financial burden that the holidays bring.”
Events have taken place in North Weald, Buckhurst Hill, and Theydon Bois involving nearly 50 families.
Support is available all year round through a food support fund, emergency support with gas/electric, hospital visits, and a Christmas scheme to provide dinner and gifts for children on Christmas Day – which was the charity’s first big project in 2019.
Amy added: “As a team, we collectively have lived experience with hardship, domestic violence, disabilities ourselves or caring for children with disabilities, poverty, food insecurity, benefits, single parenting and more. We are a group of friends and parents that want to make a difference for as many people as we can, especially since ‘we’ve been there’.”
For more information visit passitonkidsukcic.com