£5 can help Tony stay clean and smell fresh
“I shower at work when everyone has left. I use the hand soap because I can’t afford to buy shampoo.
There have been days I’ve had to brush my teeth without toothpaste.
I usually try to keep my distance from other people, and feel embarrassed, because I’m worried I smell.”
Tony
Tony is juggling two jobs and still struggles to afford his rent, bills and food every month. There's nothing left for other essentials like shampoo, toothpaste and deodorant. Let alone Christmas presents for his family. This Christmas, Tony won't see his family: with his job closed for the holidays, he hasn't showered in more than four days and is ashamed he smells.
Your generous donation could give Tony a personal hygiene kit with all the essentials so he can spend Christmas with his family.
Doesn't Tony deserve to feel clean and confident this Christmas?
*All names have been changed to protect people’s privacy
Tony is one of the 5.3 million people in the UK who have to choose between buying food and toiletries. Can you give the gift of kindness to someone else this Christmas?
Where does my donation go?
Your donation will help The Hygiene Bank distribute basic hygiene products to people who would otherwise struggle to afford them.
The Hygiene Bank receives product donations from members of the public and from collaborating brands and retailers. Donated products are then distributed via our 170 local projects - which are entirely run by our volunteers- to our network of 1600 Community Partners, who pass them on to people who need them most. Our Community Partners are schools, food banks, community centres, homeless shelters or womens’ refuges, among others.
We keep expanding our network, especially in areas where our support is needed most. The demand for our services keeps increasing due to the cost of living crisis, and we cannot supply products to our network with donated products alone.
The Hygiene Bank uses funds from campaigns like this one to:
- Buy products that people need that are not donated. This can include products that are not donated often and/or for people with people with specific needs – e.g. skin conditions, continence problems.
- Cover the costs of transport and storage to get donated products out to our local projects and store them safely until they are distributed to our Community Partners people who need them.
- Other necessary expenses involved in supporting and sustaining a national network of local projects, activities to attract more volunteers, train volunteers, and raising the funds needed to attract more donors, and more product donations, so local projects hubs continue to receive enough products for the people who need them.