Donate
CHESS is only able to continue their work with the Homeless because people like you understand that Homelessness is a community issue that requires a community response! Whether you are an individual, business owner, or member of a church or other organisation, there are so many ways you can help us open doors for the homeless.
Your donations enable us to provide necessary services to vulnerable adults. Our social audit last year estimated the total economic impact of the work to be 450%. That means that for every £1 put into the work of the charity, there was £4.50 of benefit to the community! So, whatever the size of your donation, you can be assured that it will go a long way to helping the homeless and the wider community.
Payments can also be made directly through our bank at: Cooperative Bank plc Account no: 65107375 Sort Code: 08-92-50 Account Name: CHESS Homeless R/C 1093901
Monthly Donations
The CHESS service is only possible thanks to our amazing supporters and generous donors.
If you would like to make a donation to CHESS you can either do this via the website through Kindlink or alternatively please contact the Fundraising Team to discuss other ways of donating fundraising@chesshomeless.org
Regular Donation – Regular donations are a great way to support CHESS and can help us in the following ways:
- £5 a month provides hot meals and drinks to our service users
- £10 a month funds Welfare and Counselling to help individuals move on positively
- £20 a month helps provide a bed for one night at our shelter
How it works
When you make a purchase with one of the participating retailers, the retailer provides a donation for you to give to your chosen good cause. You can then choose which good cause to give it to. Sign up now at Easyfundraising and start shopping! Every penny raised will go towards our work with homeless adults in Chelmsford & Essex and costs you nothing – apart from the cost of your shopping!
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Donate Online
Click on the QR code to be redirected to our secure online portal KINDLINK
You have the option to make a one-off donation by changing the field to an amount of your choice. Alternatively you can select to make a regular monthly payment using the pre-populated buttons.
Thank you so much – your donation will make a different to homeless adults in Chelmsford & Essex.
Donate Harvest Goods
Could you donate any harvest goods for the homeless?
Each year CHESS Homeless collect food items during the Harvest season. These are used for meals in our main sites and provided to service users in our move-on properties if needed, as well as to rough sleepers. On average, we need to feed around 60 service users and more each day.
During the past 2 years we have seen a steady decline in donations for Harvest so if you are able to support us in this way we would be very grateful.
Any of the items below would be most welcome and help us to keep a supply of food available for current service users and rough sleepers alike. You can download the following shopping list here Harvest Donation flyer
WE DON’T NEED Baked Beans, Pasta, Tea Bags thankyou!
Donate Food & Goods For Rough Sleepers
We have an urgent need for various specific items to give out to rough sleepers in the 8 local authorities that we work in. These are Maldon, Chelmsford, Braintree, Epping, Rochford, Brentwood, Castle Point and Uttlesford. We need:
- Bottled Water
- Tents (small waterproof pop-up)
- Sleeping Bags and/or Lightweight Blankets
- Baby Wipes & Deodorants
- Hand Sanitiser & Antibacterial Wipes
- Men’s Toiletries
- Tissues
- Female and Male pants and socks
- Trainers
- Food: crisps, biscuits, snack foods
- Drinks: Fizzy or flavoured water
In addition to this we would always seek to find a longer term solution, offering emergency accommodation if possible in the first instance.