Instant Neighbour is lucky enough to be one of the three nominated charities – alongside Cornerstone and the Archie Foundation – for ActivityMix in 2015. As part of this, we set the teams a challenge to collect food and textiles so that we can provide food parcels and clothing to our clients. We are pleased, and very grateful, for the… Read more →
Chevron’s VIP spouses visited Instant Neighbour’s St Machar Drive offices today, Monday 27th April, with donations to help support the most vulnerable citizens of Aberdeen. Read more →
activpayroll, the Aberdeen based global payroll and tax compliance specialist has made a significant donation to Instant Neighbour food bank. Following our appeal to the people of Aberdeen last week, activpayroll were encouraged by its Senior Management Team to support our food bank. Read more →
ESS Support Services Worldwide (ESS), part of Compass Group, has responded to our appeal for more food by raising £2,500 in food. After we publically announced last week that we were in desperate need of food donations after giving our the last of our food parcels, ESS food operations manager, Graham Singer, made it his business to gather donations. Read more →
We have once again been overwhelmed by the positive response of the Aberdeen public to our annual Giving Tree appeal. To the Aberdeen public: thank you so much for your generosity once again. Your kind donations of gifts have made Christmas special for so many disadvantaged children across the North East of Scotland. As is becoming an annual tradition, we… Read more →
We have now launched our Giving Tree appeal for 2014. Our thanks to our long-term supporters Chevron for kindly hosting us at their Hill of Rubislaw offices for a very successful launch. Many people living in and around Aberdeen get in touch with us to ask about the appeal, how they can participate – either through volunteering or donating a… Read more →
An excellent (and a little sweary!) article about poverty and food banks. We would echo a lot of what is said: http://nationalcollective.com/2014/08/18/editorial-food-banks-the-new-normal/ Read more →
We have had a team from TAQA with us at our Home Comforts shop doing a bit of (well overdue!) painting. They are doing a great job giving the place a fresh lick of “Home Comforts blue” paint. Thanks for all the hard work! Read more →
