Network Peterborough : Care Zone: showing care to our communities

Care Zone is a local Christian project that aims to alleviate poverty within Peterborough. It provides food parcels, furniture, household items, clothing, toys, bed linen, curtains and other items for free to underprivileged, disadvantaged or needy people in the community.

“Our hope is that in meeting their basic needs, we may be able to reach out to show them just how much God loves them, and also meet their spiritual needs”. Comments Gill Day, Centre Manager. “It’s not just about supplying furniture, but also touching hearts”.

This year from Jan – July we have already helped over 600 families, and had 2154 visitors. Do you feel inspired or motivated to get involved? We are always looking for support from other churches or organisations.

We are urgently in need of food donations particularly during this economic crisis, as we are receiving more and more requests from agencies who know of families who cannot afford to buy adequate food. We would love to receive food hampers containing non-perishable food items.

These can be delivered direct to the Care Zone warehouse during opening hours, or alternatively at the collection zone within Kingsgate Community Church which is open 8.30-5.00 Mon-Fri and on a Sunday.

We have a high turnover of furniture so are always in need of sofas, beds, mattresses, tables and chairs. We only accept furniture that is in good condition and meets necessary fire regulations. If you live within Peterborough we will collect free of charge. Please call the number below.

Although we operate mainly with volunteers, we do still have overheads such as rent, heating, lighting, maintenance of delivery van etc. As we do not charge for our service, we rely completely on donations, gifts and funding from local churches and other organisations. We would be delighted to receive any financial support, be it a one-off gift, or a monthly contribution. It could be that Care Zone could be your nominated local charity for the year. Your support will make all the difference in reaching out. Please do contact us.

Dynamic prayer is so effective. We would appreciate your prayer support, please pray for the work that we do, for protection over the project and the volunteers, and for hearts and minds to be touched by the love of God. We would love to see this project have a real impact on the City and in transforming lives.

Please do feel free to come and visit the warehouse to see the good work that we do first-hand. We would kindly ask that you call us beforehand as we do escort people around, particularly during busy periods.