Christmas Angels

Heart of Bucks Community Foundation is a registered charity and part of a network of 47 community foundations across the UK, all committed to making a difference to the lives of local people.

The foundation works to provide quick access to valuable funds – a lifeline during difficult times. Your support will help individuals and families facing food, shelter, fuel or digital poverty access the immediate help they need, as well as help to turn their lives around and make a change for themselves and their families.

Inspire Bucks is a Buckinghamshire based registered charity which provides disadvantaged children and young people with gifts throughout the year.

In particular, the Inspire Bucks’ Christmas Appeal helps to helps raise money to buy presents for Buckinghamshire children whose families are facing difficulties or for families that have broken down, as well as young people leaving the council’s care - ensuring every child experiences the magic of Christmas.

The One Can Trust foodbank provides free, weekly emergency food parcels to anyone in High Wycombe and South Bucks who finds themselves in need.

One Can Trust also offers other services, including toddler groups, cookery classes, supper clubs, a clothes bank and a community café.

Financial donations help to keep the food bank running at a time of severe pressure; they support other services such as lunch and dinner clubs and provide support to parents with young children to help local people who are struggling with poverty

Bridge the Gap are a community hub working to help ‘bridge the gap’ between the different members of the community.

Starting back in 2016 in response to the needs of the local people, they are based in the heart of the Southcourt estate - an area of high social and economic deprivation, where people often struggle to make ends meet.

Chiltern Foodbank provides emergency food supplies (and toiletries) to individuals and families in crisis in Chesham, Amersham, Missenden, Prestwood, Wendover, the Chalfonts and Gerrards Cross.

The organisation is run by local people for local people – and with the support of the community, they help to relieve the poverty that leads people into food crisis in the area.

The council’s Helping Hand service is there to support Buckinghamshire residents facing hardship and has managed nearly 2,500 applications since April of this year alone. If you can help support others struggling with the cost of living, consider being part of Buckinghamshire's 'community food chain' by making a donation, volunteering your time or supporting our initiatives.

Find out how you can help others.

Buckingham Clothes Bank is a community-led initiative run by local residents who are passionate about making a positive impact in their town. Their mission is to reduce clothing waste that might otherwise end up in landfill, and to give garments a second life by redistributing them to those in need. They are open to everyone regardless of need, offering an environmentally friendly, free alternative to shopping.