Events
All Welcome – just turn up! FREE entry and includes:
Crafts – Gardening – Speeches – Lunch
10 am – 1 pm on Saturday 5th April at our Community Garden, 111 Wellington Road, East Ham E6 6EB
Read more “Interfaith Eid Party”
People Stories
When John first came out of jail, he used Bonny Down’s foodbank. The wraparound advice and support that came with it helped him turn his life around and gain work as a handyman. John wanted a way to give back to the community, so has been volunteering for our Foodbank and Food Club.
Read more “Meet John”
People Stories
Varsha moved to East Ham during the pandemic and struggled with food insecurity and support for her child with SEND. She was referred to our Foodbank, where she received the emergency food parcel and a kind listening ear. This helped her access further support with nappies, children’s clothing, attending skills courses and a supportive community through our Family Hub, where she currently volunteers.
Read more “Meet Varsha”
People Stories
“If I didn’t have Bonny Downs, I’d be sitting at home depressed and lonely.”
77-year-old Rose is a regular at our Zumba sessions and volunteers for our CommuniTEA Café weekly. She enjoys meeting people, telling them about activities that might interest them and making them feel cheerful.
Read more “Meet Rosetta”
Volunteer
We have 100’s of visitors per week come to our hub and that’s a lot of cups and plates to wash! Do you enjoy tidying and keeping things clean and organised? We need someone to load and unload our dishwasher, wash up, put the tea towels on a hot wash and ensure all our surfaces are clean and wiped down after each session.
Read more “Kitchen Champion Volunteer”
Volunteer
We are looking for a driver to collect a trolley full of donated food for our Foodbank from Tesco’s Gallions Reach every Friday and then deliver back to our hub in East Ham.
Read more “Donation Collection Driver”
Volunteer
We have 100’s of visitors per week come to our hub and it’s important for our funders that we capture all of this information. We use the Upshot database system to record all this information, and we are looking for volunteers to help ensure that all our data is up to date and ship shape!
Read more “Database Entry Assistant”
Volunteer
We are proud to be funded by Cadent Gas, who supply us with information and equipment to keep our community energy safe and energy smart. We need someone who can support our community in
giving information and signing onto the Priority Service Register, distribute Carbon Monoxide alarms and information and point them in the direction of energy services available.
Events
Each week Scarlett will lead your child through games that help to build confidence and have fun! We’ll explore different drama techniques together through the element of play and are really looking forward to all the friendships that will be made!
Read more “Bonny Downs Youth Theatre”
Volunteer
At our Foodbank and Family Hub we have rails of beautiful, donated clothing on display for people to browse. We give away these clothes to those that need them the most, but we also offer them at a subsidised rate to those that can afford it so that any money made can go straight back into our charity. We need people who can sort through donations, rotate the stock on the rails and keep a record of the clothes given away.
Read more “Clothes Bank Facilitator”