Page 9 - SCRATCH Annual Report

Community Re-paint accepts donations of paint from local REMOVALS PROJECT
retailers and suppliers (including Brewers, Dulux and Farrow
and Ball). This is available free of charge to clients referred SCRATCH has been operating a removals project for a
by our usual referral agencies and to local community number of years helping individuals and families who
groups (from whom we request a donation). Paint is also need to move in emergency situations and have no other
available through our shop. means of help. During the last year we have carried out
Paint has been used to create murals, upcycle furniture, 28 removals in Winchester funded by Winchester City
decorate schools, churches and community spaces Council. In addition, we carried out 5 in Southampton that
(including a library and even a lido), as well as homes and were funded privately.
house boats.
MEGABITE VOUCHERS
6,750 litres of paint
were donated This scheme that has been
during the year working in Southampton for many
years is a way of supporting
5,560 litres were people begging on the streets and
redistributed other vulnerable people without
actually handing over any money.
169 households
and 29 community Vouchers can be purchased from SCRATCH at £1 each
groups benefitted and then a suggested minimum of 4 vouchers passed to
the individual in need. Vouchers are then redeemed for
hot food / drinks at food outlets across the city.

It has been recognised that we need to expand the
number of outlets signed up to this scheme, so an intern
from Southampton University has just started with us for 4
weeks to recruit new outlets and increase the awareness
of the scheme. More details next year.

During the last year 503 vouchers were sold. 8