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Harvest festival gifts have gone to help young people across the area at the Step by Step charity in Aldershot
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Schools and churches fill homeless charity's shelves

By Pete Castle
November 27, 2009

SCHOOLS, churches and individuals have helped an Aldershot charity for homeless youngsters with generous gifts of food.

Residents at Step by Step, the Aldershot-based charity which supports and accommodates homeless young people have a special reason to give thanks for local Harvest Festivals this year.

Over 45 organisations in the area donated the fruits of their seasonal celebrations to the charity and as a result, the organisation's food store is now replete with such things as pasta, rice, tinned meat, fish and fruit, sauces, cereals, tea, coffee and other non-perishable items, ensuring a continued supply of basic foods for the coming months.

“As ever, we are grateful for the tremendous generosity of schools, churches and individuals,” said Amanda Dubarry, Step by Step's Chief Executive.

“Their collections enable us to provide good quality, healthy meals for our residents while we focus our resources on providing fresh produce to supplement the basics.”

Steps by Step's aim is to empower young people to become independent and this includes fostering an understanding of healthy eating, cooking and budgeting. The Harvest Festival donations go a long way to supporting this ethos.

The full list of organisations that gave their harvest donations this years includes:

Schools

All Hallows Catholic School
All Saints Junior School, Fleet
St Augustine's Junior School, Camberley
Beaumont Junior School, Aldershot
Connaught Junior School
Edgeborough School
Farnborough Hill School
Fernhill Primary School
Grove Primary School, Frimley
Holly Lodge Primary School, Ash Vale
Hook Infant School
Lyndhurst School, Camberley
St Michael's Junior School, Aldershot
St Michael's CE Infant School
St Nicholas' School, Church Crookham
Park Primary School, Aldershot
Ravenscote Junior School, Frimley
Tweseldown Infant School
Walsh CE Junior School, Ash
Yateley Manor School

Individuals

Mrs M Ashton (Fleet Baptist Church)
Sgt Hughes, RMP

Churches

All Saints and St Philips & St James, Fleet
St Andrews Church, Frimley Green
St Anne's Church, Bagshot
Bethel Baptist Church, Farnham
Christ Church, Church Crookham
Church of the Good Shepherd
Cove Parish Church
Farnborough Baptist Church
Fleet Baptist Church
Fleet Baptist Church Ladies Fellowship
Hale Parish
Hartley Wintney Methodist Church
Hawley Parish
High Cross Church, Camberley
Holy Angels Church, Ash
Holy Family Church, Farnham
St Mark's Church, Bordon
St Mary's Church, Camberley
St Michael's Church, Camberley
St Paul's Church, Camberley
St Paul's Church, Tongham
St Peter's Church, Wrecclesham
St Peter's Parish Church, Farnborough
St Peters Church, Ash
St Peter's and St Francis' Church, Frimley

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Unfortunately if you're over 25 you do not qualify for anything. I was homeless in the area for two years. A single male with no children & over 25 gets zero support! Fantastic effort for those that have donated however. Superb to see such generosity & kindness on display. Being homeless is an absolute nightmare.