Glasgow-based Kindness Homeless Street Team, founded by Laura McSorley, has received a helping hand from Cala Homes (West), after being awarded £1,500 as part of the homebuilder’s Community Bursary initiative.
The organisation, known for its soup kitchen at George Square, also provides foodbank parcels to homeless and vulnerable people, as well as essentials such as toiletries, clothing and certain home necessities like quilts, towels and kitchenware.
The soup kitchen runs three times a week – every Monday, Wednesday and Friday – feeding up to 150 people each night.
Cala Homes (West), which has two Glasgow-based developments, Jordanhill Park and Prince’s Quay, invited entries for the Community Bursary scheme last year, providing organisations, charities and community groups in the Glasgow area the opportunity to apply for a share of £5,000 to help fund local projects.
Kindness Homeless Street Team was chosen as one of the recipients, with money going towards the running costs of the soup kitchen and its food pantry, as well as training for volunteers.
Across the UK, CALA’s Community Bursary initiative has awarded over £100,000 since last year to good causes, bringing the total donated to more than £400,000 since the initiative was launched in 2016.
Laura McSorley, Founder of Kindness Homeless Street Team, said: “We are delighted that we were successful in our application to Cala’s Community Bursary, with the funding helping us to provide our services to those in need across Glasgow and beyond.
“Anyone in need is welcome at our soup kitchen and we work on a non-referral basis for our foodbank to ensure we can provide help to as many people as possible. With the cost of living rising again, we predict an increase in users which is why every donation helps, and this funding from Cala assists us in continuing to do the work we love.”
Emma McBride, Sales Consultant at Jordanhill Park, visited the charity. She said: “It was an honour to meet Laura and the team, and to learn first-hand more about the great work they’re doing. We’re thrilled to be supporting the work of Kindness Homeless Street Team – it provides such an invaluable service to the community in Glasgow and does so much to help those in need.”
The charity is collecting Easter eggs ahead of 16 April, donations can be dropped into its base at London Road, or to donate funds, visit https://www.justgiving.com/kindnessglasgow.
For further information on Kindness Homeless Street Team, visit https://www.facebook.com/KindnessHST/.
For further information on CALA Homes (West) and its Glasgow developments, visit www.cala.co.uk.
Notes to Editor - Cala Homes
- Cala Homes is a major UK home builder focused on building well-designed, high-quality homes in prime locations throughout the South of England, the Midlands and Scotland.
- Cala started as the City of Aberdeen Land Association in 1875 and was the first Scottish company listed on the London Stock Market.
- Today, Cala Homes is part of Cala Group, a subsidiary of Legal & General Capital, the early-stage investment arm of Legal & General Group.
- Cala Group employs 1,200 people across 9 offices and has c.75 live developments at any time.
- Cala was awarded the maximum 5 Star rating in the Home Builders Federation’s National New Homes Customer Satisfaction Survey 2021, for the fourth year running. The independent survey found that more than 95% of our customers would recommend Cala to a friend.
- In Cala’s preliminary results for the twelve months to 31 December 2021, home completions totalled 2,904, resulting in turnover of £1.25bn and pre-tax profit over £130m.
- Cala is proud have Samaritans as its national charity partner. Cala’s support will help to ensure that Samaritans can continue to be there for anyone who is struggling to cope. In turn, Samaritans provides training to help equip Cala’s staff – as well as employees of its subcontractors – with the skills to take care of their own wellbeing and that of their colleagues.
- As part of Cala’s Five Year Plan, ‘Sustainability’ is one of its six strategic pillars, with a commitment to help fight the effects of climate change on the planet by:
- Building homes that are operationally net zero carbon by 2030
- Reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Scottish Government’s 2045 target and ahead of UK Government’s 2050 target.
For further information visit www.cala.co.uk