Pelican Parcels

It's #smallcharityweek let's celebrate all the small charities doing amazing work in #Brighton and #Hove plus up and down the country. Pelican Parcels is small but mighty, supporting thousands of children in our city. Why not get involved? email volunteer@pelicanparcels.org.uk

🚨 Child poverty should not be normalised 🚨 Today, new shocking figures from @DWPgovUK show 100,000 more children are living in poverty than last year. There's no excuse for children to go without food, warmth, or basic necessities. It's time for the UK government to scrap unfair policies like the #SiblingTax and improve the lives of thousands of families 👉bit.ly/47HZJaV #EndChildPoverty #HBAIStats

We’re over the moon to be the recipient of @HomityTrust’s only 10th anniversary grant 🎉 Support like this enables us to helps even more children and families in our community #childpoverty #Brighton #hove #sussex

@CriSerenChris Funding for a developmental item like this is amazing and will absolutely be transformative. Thank you for supporting us and ultimately local children and families in our community 🙏

Very pleased yesterday to transfer the funds for our first grant to @PelicanParcels . It’s supporting their new CRM system which is going to be pretty transformational. Keep an eye on this brilliant baby bank. They are going places!

“No society can or should be at ease when children are being brought up in houses without heating, kitchens without cookers, bedrooms without beds, floors without floor covering, or toilets without toilet roll or soap.” @GordonBrown we have to provide items like this daily 😢

"Big thanks and huge applause to Niall Wynne for his incredible dedication and hard work in completing the #BrightonhalfMarathon🏃‍♂️🌟 and raising vital funds for Pelican Parcels, making a real difference in the lives of children in need in our community 👏 #CommunityHeroes

Our CEO was thrilled to be a part of Newsnight on the road last night and to ask some tough questions to politicians in the lead up to tomorrow’s budget - Families need support! 💙 @BBCNewsnight @vicderbyshire

@BabyBasicsUK @BBCNewsnight @vicderbyshire We’re seeing the same, a constant rise in demand for support for basics like beds. We’re in dire shape and we’ll said about the professionals who are working so hard for families 🥰

We're so grateful for funding received from @DCMS and @TNLComFund Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund delivered by The National Lottery Community Fund. It's supported us to help even more local children living in poverty. Thanks to the Government for making this possible.

The combined impact of the benefit cap and two-child limit on welfare support are set to increase child poverty rates in families with at least three children from 34 per cent in 2013-14, when the benefit cap was first introduced, to 51 per cent by the end of the decade.

@EBT_UK Such a great event, thanks for hosting and bringing the community together :)

Our East Brighton Community Leader's Lunch took place earlier this month, with guests enjoying some informal networking and delicious food. Find out more here: eastbrightontrust.co.uk/blog/ If you're a local community group and would like to attend next time, please get in touch.

Declutter with purpose this January! 🧤👖 Your preloved children's items can bring smiles to little faces in need. Donate 24th & 25th Jan to make a positive impact on a local child's🌈👶 #DeclutterWithPurpose #SpreadTheLove #childpoverty Wishlist is here: facebook.com/PelicanParcels…

Can your or your work team be a Secret Santa 🧑‍🎄for a local child this Christmas? 🙏🎄#sussex. Why not arrange a collection and help children in poverty in our city? Here's some suggested items you could get; amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls… Deadline for donations 30 Nov so act quick!

Are you an amazing, efficient #fundraiser💰with #crowdfunder experience? 🙋‍♀️Then we need you! See our website for the freelance crowdfunder project manager full JD to support our Crowdfunding project planned for Feb/March: pelicanparcels.org.uk/crowdfunder-fr… #brighton #hove #charitytuesday

So grateful to the @AsdaFoundation for this support, our charity costs on average only £16 per child that we help so their money will help a LOT of children :) #childpoverty #charity #Brighton #Hove #sussex

Stark reporting on struggles families are facing daily. Babybanks like foodbanks shouldn’t be needed 😢

Sending a huge Thank You to @BrightonHoveBus Brighton & Hove Bus Company for their generous donation of daily bus passes, which we will distribute to our volunteers who travel in to our warehouse for their shifts. We are always incredibly grateful for their continued support 🙏

We know nobody wants to think about it getting cold again - however over winter we give out a large blanket in every parcel to every child. So if you know any #knitting groups who could support this, or your nan is the speediest #knitter in Britain, please get in touch🙏 #charity

A survey of 1,000+ school staff in every role in England shows child poverty is ripping through school communities. @CPAGUK is calling for urgent government action on child poverty. Read the full survey here: bit.ly/3sZxrtT @JasonElsom