The Kind Bay Initiative

"Bringing the Community Together!"

The Kind Bay Initiative is a Community Interest Company that is not for profit. We are here to support those in Colwyn Bay that are homeless, lonely, isolated, vulnerable and suffering with their mental health.

We offer free hot food and emergency clothing, as well as support, signposting and advocacy for those in need. We help out with community collections and donations, helping those recently housed that are struggling for items. In addition to this, we run supportive walk and talk sessions for mental and physical health, a local bike share project, and creative projects that enhance mental and emotional well being.

We have been involved in large community doorstep collections helping to support other third sector organisations for example, food banks, the Welsh Mountain Zoo, helping St David's Hospice shops open during the Covid-19 pandemic as well as organising and distributing 'Community Christmas Treat Boxes' for those in need, gardening projects and outreach work.

We started in 2019, are run by a team of truly wonderful volunteers! We have continually grown and developed; reacting to the needs of the community, especially in response to the challenges brought by Covid 19 and the impact it has had. Supporting mental health is our main focus and many of our attendees have told us that if they hadn't been able to come to our sessions they potentially wouldn't be here anymore!

Our aim is to break down the prejudices that often exist in society. We offer an accepting, non judgemental approach . We don't aim to 'fix' , only to support and to enable people to have the tools they need to lead a healthy life whether that is food, clothing, bedding and household items or activities for mental and physical health. If we do not have the resource ourselves, we signpost to organisations and groups that can offer further help.

We started off in a church building once a week but due to Covid (and with permission) ended up outside under gazebos for 24 weeks in the cold as we realised how important it was to continue supporting those in need. We are now proud to say that we have secured a building on a short term lease until November 2021, our aim now is to fundraise to make sure we can pay the rent and overheads to keep the project running for a further 3 years.

We are now open 3 times a week at the Café Hub and also support the walk and talk sessions and a community bike share project where old bikes are restored by the community and passed to emergency accommodation. This service is for people who have no money or space for a bike, but benefit from the opportunity of a day's bike ride!

Our aim is to have the Café Hub open 5 days a week, with other local groups with a similar ethos being able to use it to support the community.

Our foundation is kindness, and our ethos is acceptance and understanding and we believe that when those three things are in place miracles happen!

We thank you for your kind donation and supporting our work.

Volunteers needed

Website designers, Fundraisers, Volunteers to attend supportive sessions, Cooks and Bakers, Artists and Creative people.IT support.

What your gift could provide

£10

materials for one at our creative sessions

£25

essential volunteer online training for one

£50

one bike to be restored for the bike share project

Fundraise for us!