Causes & Partners  

The local cause we have chosen for 2025/26 is The Larchfield Community. Many of you will be aware of this charity which is based on Stokesley Road, Hemlington. They offer adults with a learning disability the opportunity to make both their home and work-life on site, or to attend their workshops as a day placement.

The Larchfield Community

We provide food parcels to local families in need during school holidays. We work with local schools to identify families. 

We aim to provide nutritious food, and currently support around 96 families each school holiday delivering substantial food parcels seven times per year. 

The Local families supported live in the most deprived areas of the United Kingdom, and it is heart-breaking to hear of the many challenges and struggles families are continuing to experience.  Until things improve we will continue the food provision. Urgent food parcels are delivered when there is a crises. 

100% of funds for the food parcels are spent on food; we have no overheads. 

ABCD Bethlehem continues to improve the lives of children with disabilities, regardless of faith, race or gender, in the Westbank despite the extremely challenging conditions The charity helps fund four health centres in refugee camps as well as an Outreach team to support families in remote rural areas. They offer life-changing therapies for children living with disabilities, and crucial support and education for their families. They supply and distribute hundreds of emergency parcels including essential food and medicine.

Action around Bethlehem Children with Disability - Home (abcdbethlehem.org)

 We have already issued an appeal to raise the $15,000 needed to fully repair Nour Shams centre, which was raided, and the sensory room vandalised in January.

We are now appealing for funds to extend the monthly emergency parcels to all centres for a further three months.

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Interplast (affiliated with ReSurge) is an international organization of Plastic Surgeons and associated professionals who provide free reconstructive surgery for underprivileged patients in the developing world. 

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Music for the Mind is an hour of fun and music for people living with dementia, their friends and carers. Trish McLean is providing an hour of music and fun every 2nd Monday of the Month at 2pm. 

Dementia-friendly services, including a carol service, are held at the Cathedral and led by clergy.

The ethos of the organization is that nobody in our community should have to face going hungry. The foodbank provides three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people in crisis who are referred for help.

Eco shops prevent surplus good food from the food industry from going to landfill. They ensure this in-date, quality food is offered to the local community at a much-reduced cost, thus helping those struggling to get food on the table.

Anyone can come to the Eco shop and buy ten items for £2 as well as other good food at much-reduced prices. We operate on a no-profit basis. You are welcome to call in for a cup of tea and have a look.

Open- Tuesday 2-4pm 

The Coppice Community Centre

The Coppice

Coulby Newham

Middlesbrough

TS8 0RH

MAP offers welcome, practical support and social opportunities to refugees and refugees seeking asylum in Middlesbrough. We support their work by donating food, clothes, and household goods and organizing walks and day trips with hot meals for groups of refugees locally.

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Middlesbrough Catholic Fellowship is a voluntary, non-denominational group offering social support and friendship to members who have varying degrees of disability. Members are able to socialise with friends and volunteer carers who offer support. Regular activities include social groups, a monthly mass celebrating the Eucharist in different Parishes across the diocese, and an annual residential holiday.

As part of the ‘Feast of Fun’ partnership, we offer holiday activities with healthy food for children and their families facing challenges without sufficient resources during the School Holiday periods. We offer day trips to Danby through the summer and other local activities such as activities, food in the Cathedral Hall, and food demonstrations.

The food parcel deliveries during school holidays are still needed for between 90 and 100 families but are now provided by the parish community and funding applications.

Their mission is to eradicate Human Trafficking, based on the vision of Mary Ward, which inspires people to reach their full potential.

Our core values of FREEDOM, JUSTICE and TRUTH underpin it. MWL will be known, in the local situation, for giving hope through strong advocacy and operational excellence.

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