COMMUNITY Help Hub Craft in Mind is preparing to officially launch a new store at the Cockhedge Centre in Warrington next month.
Following the success of the last 14 months, continually supporting the community through the Covid-19 pandemic by making masks to raise funds to buy food to give to individuals and families in need, the CIC has helped over 1500 families who have struggled due to job losses and awaiting benefits.
At Christmas, they handed out over 230 Christmas dinners along with presents and toys for children and adults who would have otherwise gone without. Duuring the recent flooding in Dallam and Bewsey Craft in Mind were distributing food parcels, cleaning products, bedding and towels with a grant from Asda Cockhedge.
Funding from Torus helped those who suffered with larger items like white goods and essential items which were destroyed in the floods.
Now Craft in Mind is very proud to announce that they have opened a brand new store, Craft in Mind C.I.C Workshops, Craft Supplies and Hand Made Gifts.
Every week Craft Workshops will be held on most mornings. Crafts are a very useful and effective way of helping manage everyone’s mental health challenges and bringing people back together. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided. Every event is listed on the Craft in Mind Facebook page. Also being sold in store are craft supplies, all heavy discounted as well as locally crafted handmade gifts.
All proceeds are used to buy food for the Craft in Mind Food Bank so they can continue to help the community as the pandemic continues to cause economic uncertainty.
Craft in Mind Directors, Emma Green and John Wilson stated: “We would like to invite everyone to come to visit us on our opening day on the 11th September. We are very excited to be opening a new store which is located just inside the double doors next to Craft in Mind at Cockhedge Shopping Centre. This is a huge step for everybody after the last 18 months of lockdowns and isolation.
“To finally have some normality to get back to and with the main focus of mental health at the forefront of the shop’s heart, it is so lovely to see the community being able to come back together.”
