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​SCRATCH

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SCRATCH launched in 1999 with the aim of relieving the effects of poverty, hardship and disadvantage for people living in and around Southampton. We seek to do this through various anti-poverty projects

The largest area of work is the Dorcas Project which redistributes donated furniture and household items to people referred to the project as being in need. This could be as a result of homelessness, having suffered a family tragedy, been the victim of theft, fire or flood or simply unable to afford the cost of new furniture items. We are frequently asked to deliver a whole package of furniture (ranging from beds to settees) when families are moving into permanent accommodation with nothing apart from a few bags of clothes and personal possessions. In the year ending March 2018, we carried out 562 deliveries which helped 1110 adults and 842 children.

Our Christmas Complete Project provides parcels of gifts to families referred to us, so that their children will have parcels to open on Christmas Day - in 2017, 1855 youngsters received gifts through SCRATCH. Donations of toys, gifts and financial contributions are needed to ensure we can help as many families as possible.

Further details regarding all the SCRATCH projects can be found on the SCRATCH website.

You can download the latest SCRATCH newsletter by clicking below:
scratch_newsletter_summer_2018.pdf
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​Charity Number: 1130875
St James' by the Park church office: 133 Church Street, Shirley, Southampton, SO15 5LW
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Vision and Values
    • Where, when and who? >
      • Calendar
      • Staff
      • How to find us
      • Contact Us
      • Hall Hire
    • Electoral Roll
    • Stories
    • Blog
    • Prayer
    • Partnerships
  • In the Community
    • Families and Children >
      • The Ark
      • Superstars
      • Junior Church
    • Teenagers
    • Older people
    • Environment >
      • A Rocha
      • Andrew & Maria Leake
    • Mental Wellbeing
    • Inter-Cultural relations
    • Financial Hardship >
      • The Beacon
      • Scratch
    • Worldwide >
      • CMS
      • ​Busoga Uganda
      • Social Enterprise in Uganda
  • Services
    • online church
    • Easter
    • Hope for the hurting
    • services in the church building
    • Life events >
      • Baptisms
      • Weddings
      • Funerals
  • Connect
    • Get connected via email
    • Groups >
      • small groups
      • Men's events
      • Women's events
    • Serving
    • Giving
  • Learn
    • Jesus
    • Talks and sermons
    • Alpha
    • Sermon discussion notes
  • ChurchSuite