Information for Journalists

Charity Link is delighted to help journalists with features on poverty and welfare issues.

Charity Link CEO Mrs Susan McEniff is available for interview regarding the charity’s work and the surrounding issues.

Charity Link may also be able to provide links to those who have benefitted from its support and who are happy to speak regarding their own experiences of poverty and hardship.

For further information please contact:

Our latest news releases can also be found below.

There are also regular updates on our work and activities and responses from our CEO to new reports and activities in the latest news area.

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Working together to help raise awareness of hardship in the local community

"It’s fantastic to see all the ways the community comes together to improve the lives of people in need. From undertaking challenges, to dress-up days, quizzes, raffles and cake-bakes, to donating, setting up a regular gift, volunteering or spreading the word, it all helps to ensure people living in hardship are warm, safe and fed and have the basics in life that we all deserve."

Charity Link’s Leicestershire 3 Peaks Challenge – have you got what it takes?!

18th August 2021 Leicester-based charity Charity Link has been supporting people in financial hardship (through the provision of essential items), for over 140 years. Having previously helped during Spanish Flu and two World Wars, Charity Link has been well-placed to…

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Leicester charity and community knitters join forces to help support struggling new mums

2nd November 2021 Charity Link and ‘Knit for Community’ have joined forces to provide 30 blankets for mums and families struggling to meet the financial and practical burden of looking after a new baby. Representatives from Leicester-based charity Charity Link…

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Please contact us if you’d like to find out more about our work and how we can assist you.

    Charity Link contact details for publication:

    Website: www.charity-link.org

    Tel: 0116 222 2200

    Email: info@charity-link.org

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    Please contact Rachel Markham for copies of our logo and other materials.

    In the past six months together, we have helped 2,231 people and children and distributed £561,347 of essential items, including:

    That's 1202 items to help improve vulnerable people's lives.

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    59

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    565

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    57

    icon-washing-machine

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    icon-fridge-freezer

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    In the past six months together, we have helped 2,231 people and children and distributed £561,347 of essential items, including:

    icon-utilities

    59

    icon-cooker

    565

    icon-bed

    420

    icon-clothes

    57

    That's 1202 items to help improve vulnerable people's lives.

    icon-washing-machine

    644

    icon-fridge-freezer

    491

    "For me in these tough times you have been a huge help. I am extremely grateful – without you guys I would have really struggled. Thank you.”