A massive thank you to all staff & customers at Asda Alloa. The Gate Larder had a pop up donation station last week where we collected 510kg of food in 35 large crates.
It was a very successful collection and will go a long way to helping feed people in Clackmannanshire. Thank you for supporting those in food poverty.
Starting from the 8th of April, we are offering delicious Picnic Lunches for only £5 which include a homemade soup, sandwich (various fillings available), scone and traybake delivered straight to your door!
This service is available to over 65’s however we may make exceptions depending on the circumstances, if you are or know someone under 65 who would highly benefit from this service then please message us and we can discuss). We also include a free welfare check where an emergency contact will be notified if there is no answer at the door.
The service can be set up so that you can receive the Picnic Lunch once, twice or three times a week and you can pay cash at the door or set up a standing order. The delivery happens between 10am-11am on a Monday, Wednesday and/or Friday depending on which day(s) you have chosen.
If you have any questions, please text 07584867362
Thank you all for your patience, we are a week late but we finally have our April timetable! If you have any questions about what services we offer, always feel free to message us on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/the.gate.charity or text Alisha on 07491383441.
We also have strong partnerships with other organisations, charities and groups in the area and can help you with signposting.
There is no confidence and interview skills club this month as we are running it in blocks and there is no block in April, the next block will be in May.
We have also changed it so that our Women’s Craft group runs once every two weeks instead of weekly, this is so that we can run our Memory Café on the opposite weeks. The new times for the Women’s Craft Group and Memory Café are 10:30am-12pm.
We will be having another FREE Family Meal Night with board games included and we will be serving Burgers and Chips!
Please book in advance by texting 07491383441 with your:
Please text as soon as you can so that we know how many to expect, If I don’t get back to you today then I will not be able to reply till Monday.
Our G-Ate Food Van will be out next Friday (29th of March) again!
The meal will be revealed closer to the day so keep your eyes peeled as this post will be updated soon! The meal is completely free.
PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN TUPPERWARE
No booking required. Just show up!
In celebration of the 40th Alloa Half Marathon 2024 we will be opening our café space at 2 Ludgate, Alloa, FK10 2DR.
You can visit our Community Café on Sunday the 17th, open from 9am till 2pm.
We will be serving delicious hot-filled rolls along with any hot drink for £2! Due to popular demand, we will also be serving our afternoon teas at £5 per person, including an assortment of sandwiches and cakes.
We also have one of our volunteers taking part in the half marathon!
Greg has been volunteering with us for around eight months, his role here at the Gate involves maintenance and modelling, for those of you who attended our recent fashion show, Greg was Jan’s accessory. Greg has run many half marathons but none in the ‘Wee County’ Good Luck Greg!
So how can you help?
You can join us on the 17th as a ‘cheer volunteer’, and help to make Greg feel supported by shouting the loudest and proudest along the route… you won’t miss him, he will be wearing one of our T-shirts. To see the route, follow this link: https://www.alloahalfmarathon.co.uk/…/xRoute-Map…
Or you can sponsor Greg. You can do this by texting ‘MARATHON’ to 70490 to donate £5.00
Last night, the Alloa Men’s Social Group had their first meeting and it went great, they would like to thank all who attended and still came along despite the cold weather and it was nice meeting you all. Hope you had a good time!
Hello everyone, December has been a really busy month for us, especially in our foodbank.
We are running low in the following items so if anyone would like to help by donating any food to our foodbank then these items are what we are in desperate need for. Our most urgent items are on the first poster and other items we still need but aren’t as much of a priority are on the second poster. Thank you so much!
We are giving out £30 Farmfoods vouchers to anyone who attends at least 3 out of the 4 days of the Money Coaching course. If you are interested then sign up here: Register for money coaching – CAP money coaching and you better be quick as we only have 10 spaces for this block of classes! THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED
Is your new year’s resolution going to be sorting your finances out? Colin Primrose from Christians Against Poverty Scotland will be running a Money Coaching course at our premises on a Tuesday for 4 weeks starting the 16th of January 1:30pm-3pm (same time every week).
If you are unable to attend the course but are still interested in how you can get your debts under control then check out their website here: https://capuk.org/… or call them on 0800 328 0006 and we also have Fiona in our Devon Room on the first Thursday of every month 1:30pm-3:30pm who can help you with your debts. No appointment needed, just come along!
We would like to thank Chris from the Alloa Advertiser for advertising the article in their paper and online and also a huge thank you to Colin Primrose from Christians Against Poverty Scotland/Tillicoultry Community Larder for volunteering his time and effort to writing the article as well as running the money coaching classes, we really appreciate your hard work and all you do for those in Clackmannanshire. You can read the article here: The Gate Charity to hold money coaching classes this month | Alloa and Hillfoots Advertiser (alloaadvertiser.com)
