Aid Box Community is a Bristol-based charity which provides support, supplies, and sanctuary to refugees & people seeking asylum in & around the area.
Our services are threefold;
We run a Free Shop & Welcome Hub on 174b Cheltenham Rd (BS6 5HA, Bristol), where we welcome forcibly displaced people & provide a choice of free, quality items - from clothing, toiletries & toys, to household & electrical items. Our aim is to alleviate poverty and help reinstate dignity by providing choice.
From here, our service users also have the opportunity to volunteer, gain training, and integrate more easily into their local community.
We run Activity Groups & Trips, which are safe spaces where our members can come together to learn new skills, foster community, and take care of their wellbeing. We have six regular groups, including social groups, football, yoga, swimming & cookery, and we run day-trips and weekend retreats for our members and their families throughout the year.
We run a 'Connections' befriending service, which is a 10-week programme where we connect local people living in Bristol with our community of refugees and people seeking asylum for friendship & support.
Within each of our services, we signpost our service users to partner charities & organisations for support with their educational, legal, housing and medical needs.