Our mission statement
What are we dedicated to?
The defined objectives of our charity are:
- To relieve in cases of need, hardship or distress persons who are resident, whether
temporarily or not, in the County Borough of Hastings or the Rother District in
the County of East Sussex
- The provision for such persons of food and shelter or allowances or vouchers therefore.
- The provision for such persons of clothing and heating or allowances or vouchers
therefore.
What is our official constitution?
Objectives
To relieve in cases of need, hardship or distress of persons who are resident whether
temporarily or not in the county borough of Hastings or the Rother District in the
county of East Sussex and in particular but not so as to limit the generality of
the foregoing, the provision for such persons of food and shelter or allowances
or vouchers therefor, the provision of such persons of clothing and heating or allowances
or vouchers therefor Area of benefit in practice the county borough of Hastings
or the Rother District (area prescribed by governing document).
Area of Operation
The charity operates in locations in East Sussex - Hastings, England.
Registration History
17 Feb 1994 Registered Classification
What
Relief of Poverty
Who
Other charities/Voluntary bodiesGeneral public/Mankind
How
Makes grants to organisations(incl. schools, charities etc) Provides human resource(eg
staff/volunteers)
How do we do it?
The committee of Surviving Christmas meet at monthly
interval throughout the year in order to plan - and raise funds for - our annual
Open Christmas three day event held at the YMCA. The event
is open to everyone, everything is free, and no questions are asked.
We have a clothing store offering new & clean second hand clothing for men women
and children in a huge variety of sizes.
There are tea bars open all day dispensing tea, coffee, soft drinks, cakes, biscuits,
sweets etc.
Volunteers provide a range of services including hairdressing
and sometimes chiropody.
Showers and hair washing facilities are also available.
Each day we serve a cooked meal - complete with a pudding - for up to one hundred
and fifty visitors.
In addition to the Open Christmas three day event we
also run the Voucher project and the
Hamper project.
