Diwali Basket Brigade @diwalibrigade
A community based initiative with an objective to prepare food baskets and deliver them to people in need ahead of Diwali⭐ Registered Charity 1190061 diwalibasketbrigade.org UK Joined October 2019-
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Thanks @diwalibrigade ! Our clients loved them!
Thanks @diwalibrigade ! Our clients loved them!
Happy Diwali! 🕯️ Huge thank you to @diwalibrigade for donating all these incredible Diwali Hampers to our #Birmingham House, for the fourth year in a row! 🙌 They donated 65 hampers meaning that every family staying in the House could celebrate the festival of lights. ❤️
From Diwali Basket Brigade, we want to wish you and your loved one's, peace and joy this festive season. We hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Just a few of the organisers/volunteers of the @diwalibrigade who gave us 75 bags of light on Sunday.@oadbystakeholde @OadbyTownCentre @HelpingHandsAdv @homelessleics @AlamCllr
Just some of the 500 Bags of Light put together by the @diwalibrigade Belgrave on Sunday. @OadbyTownCentre @CTOadby @HelpingHandsAdv
5 Days To Go! Diwali Basket Brigade will be on Saturday 4th November in Birmingham & London and Sunday 5th November in Leicester & Manchester. It isn't too late to donate and help us to feed 4000 families, please donate via justgiving.com/campaign/diwal…
Please help us to feed these families in need by donating today via justgiving.com/campaign/diwal…
Two Weeks to Go until our 6th Annual Event ! Please help us today by donating via: justgiving.com/campaign/diwal… We cannot do this without vital donations from supporters. Please note we have reached volunteering capacity at ALL sites and will be operating a wait list.
This year, we have partnered again with amazing charities to provide them with food hampers that they will distribute out to families and people in need These charities do some incredible work for their local communities, and we are proud and honoured to be working with them
This year we are holding 4 events, get involved! 4th November - London & Birmingham 5th November - Manchester & Leicester [full] If you would like to volunteer, please fill out our 1 minute google form: shorturl.at/bpCT4 Contact us for more information!
Donate Today ! Please help us to raise funds to help more families up and down the UK. You can donate via the direct link below: justgiving.com/campaign/diwal… You can help feed a family for £10, by sponsoring a food hamper.
A YouGov survey by the Food Foundation found that in June 2023, 17.0% of households in the UK were ‘food insecure’ up from 8.8% in January 2022 and 7.4% in January 2021. Help us to reach these families !
“As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way." Diwali Basket Brigade is a community initiative, and we need your support to help over 4,000 families this year. Together, we will be able to reach more people than ever and help to provide nourishment.
We are looking for volunteers to help pack and/or deliver the food hampers for families in need. We will be holding 4 Diwali Basket Brigade events. 4th November 2023: Birmingham & London 5th November 2023 Leicester & Manchester Register via the form: shorturl.at/bpCT4
Please help us by donating today. The 2023 hamper we are aiming to provide, will cost £10 to create and be sufficient to nutritiously feed a family of 4. Please donate today via: justgiving.com/campaign/diwal… “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” ~ Helen Keller.
Diwali Basket Brigade 2023 has launched today! DBB will be taking place across the weekend of 4th and 5th of November. We will be holding 4 volunteering event's in Birmingham, Manchester, Leicester & London to pack and deliver hampers to families in need. Come & get involved!
"@diwalibrigade is our effort to spread the #Diwali message of #hope, #happiness & #giving": Founder @deeparekh on bringing light to #families hit by #CostOfLivingCrisis this #festiveseason #Diwali2022 #festivevibes #charities iglobalnews.com/icommunity/art…
Pleased to be supporting @diwalibrigade again this year in their efforts to bring a little joy and support to the most vulnerable in 🇬🇧. Well done @deeparekh and his excellent team. Please do support them with your £ and time! @andy4wm @iglobal_news iglobalnews.com/icommunity/art…
So many amazing volunteers from all walks of life coming together to engage in this activity was a really emotional yet inspiring morning. @diwalibrigade thankyou for letting me be a small part of this event.
Big thanks to @diwalibrigade for generously donating 100 bags for us to give out this week for Diwali
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To honour #Diwali2020, we joined The Diwali Foundation to deliver 300 food hampers to whg customers who may be struggling to feed themselves and their families. Learn more about the brilliant @diwalibrigade at our website ⬇ whg.uk.com/news/whg-bring…
Diwali -the Indian Festival of Lights- live celebrations may be cancelled this year, but there's still much you can do online. How about donating to @diwalibrigade? This fantastic not for profit prepares food baskets to deliver to vulnerable households: ow.ly/eh5z50CjIqd
As Hindus, Sikhs, Jains & Buddhists prepare for #Diwali, @DeepaParekh chats to #Indus about how @diwalibrigade and local charities are using the #FestivalofLights to provide over 2,000 food hampers to families in need. LISTEN LIVE: bbc.in/3jTInlk LISTEN BACK: @BBCSounds
A huge thanks to @diwalibrigade and @walsallwhg for your donations to our local school @NorthWalsall Stay tuned to see how we work together with @NorthWalsall on our wellbeing garden coming soon... #community @walsallforall @WalsallCouncil @phwalsall
Our foodbank is ready to go to make sure families do not go without during the Diwali celebrations this year. A huge thank you to @diwalibrigade for your kind donations to our families
"@diwalibrigade is our effort to spread the #Diwali message of #hope, #happiness & #giving": Founder @deeparekh on bringing light to #families hit by #CostOfLivingCrisis this #festiveseason #Diwali2022 #festivevibes #charities iglobalnews.com/icommunity/art…
Pleased to be supporting @diwalibrigade again this year in their efforts to bring a little joy and support to the most vulnerable in 🇬🇧. Well done @deeparekh and his excellent team. Please do support them with your £ and time! @andy4wm @iglobal_news iglobalnews.com/icommunity/art…
So many amazing volunteers from all walks of life coming together to engage in this activity was a really emotional yet inspiring morning. @diwalibrigade thankyou for letting me be a small part of this event.
Big thanks to @diwalibrigade for generously donating 100 bags for us to give out this week for Diwali
A charity is using #Diwali to support hungry families amid the #CostOfLivingCrisis. @diwalibrigade provides food hampers to vulnerable & socially deprived families of all faiths and backgrounds. @DeepaParekh from Manchester's @diwalibrigade joins #Indus. bbc.in/3z6CKI5
A charity is using #Diwali to support hungry families amid the #CostOfLivingCrisis. @diwalibrigade provides food hampers to vulnerable & socially deprived families of all faiths and backgrounds. @DeepaParekh from Manchester's @diwalibrigade joins #Indus. bbc.in/3z6CKI5
A charity is using #Diwali to support hungry families amid the #CostOfLivingCrisis. @diwalibrigade provides food hampers to vulnerable & socially deprived families of all faiths and backgrounds. @DeepaParekh from @diwalibrigade Northwest joins #Indus. bbc.in/3z6CKI5
This #Diwali we are working with the @diwalibrigade to distribute food hampers to customers who may be struggling to feed themselves and their families. 🧀🧺 It's the fifth year we have teamed up with the Diwali Foundation, delivering around 650 of the special Diwali hampers.
A huge thank you to @diwalibrigade who annually donate baskets to our young people. Each basket contains food and a handmade Diwali card + a small electric light (Diya) in line with the festival, which celebrates bringing light where there is darkness, hope where there is none🕯️
Happy Diwali 🎆🪔 On Saturday we hosted the wonderful @diwalibrigade, a community initiative that provides food hampers to vulnerable households at this time of year. Thank you to everyone who turned up and helped to make the event a success!
A massive thank you to the wondrous Food Bank Aid & @diwalibrigade for delicious Diwali treats! Hundreds of gift bags & beautiful cards were given out to all of our guests 🕯🎉
Thanks for the donations @diwalibrigade we need to keep our spirits up in tough times.
A massive thank you to the wondrous Food Bank Aid & @diwalibrigade for delicious Diwali treats! Hundreds of gift bags & beautiful cards were given out to all of our guests 🕯🎉
Bringing Light to Lives - Struggling Families To Receive Diwali Hampers Thousands of struggling families in Birmingham, Manchester and London are set to get food hampers from The Diwali Basket Brigade ahead of Diwali.
Diwali Basket Brigade raised £25,000 to pay for 2,500 hampers for people in need. Thank you to all the members who made generous contributions. Read more about this worthy cause here birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-… bbc.com/news/uk-englan…