In the week leading up to Christmas, Lint Group joined forces with Bridges Homeless Support and their Homeless Projects in the local areas of East London.
Recent statistics from housing charity, Shelter, reveals Newham as having the highest rate of homelessness in England. Data collected from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have estimated around 14,611 people in temporary housing or sleeping rough in Newham alone. Lint Group wanted to contribute directly to the homeless in their local boroughs of Redbridge and Newham with Managing Director, Rizz Patel explaining “After establishing Lint Group in East London for over 25 years, we feel it is important to support those in need in our local community.”
Lint Group chose to support Bridges which offers services designed to help homeless and vulnerably housed people in Newham. They seek to meet the physical, material, emotional, and spiritual needs of the vulnerable, primarily through the provision of a free hot-breakfast service, and friendly, supportive conversation on Saturday mornings. Bridges is an independent charitable organisation that has grown out of the work of Memorial Community Church, Plaistow and is staffed by volunteers drawn from the local area.
Brian Dexter, Bridges Coordinator commented, ‘It’s been great to see such a fantastic uptake; our guests are playing games and are having a joyous Christmas celebration. We appreciate the support Lint Group has shown us and our community’.
Supporting the local community is a key pillar for Lint Group's Managing Director Sam Chand who said, ‘As a company we do a lot of social work with the local councils, and proactively like to care of the community. The location isn’t far from where I grew up and it’s been an honor to come here and spend quality time with all these lovely people.’
Lint Group is a well-established company for their corporate social responsibility, an initiative Rizz Patel is keen to highlight. He said: ‘The homeless feed has been fantastic; it was great to see so many smiling faces. I truly appreciate the effort from the team as they have taken the time out to volunteer.’
Throughout their 25 years, Lint Group have instilled and cultivated a culture of compassion within their teams. This has led to Lint Group supporting many charitable causes, most notably their sponsored climb up Mount Snowdon, which has raised £80,000 for an on-going campaign to support Abdullah Aid’s Indonesia Tsunami Emergency Appeal.
Lint Group was established in 1992 and by the year 1998, the company had grown exponentially in numerous areas of business, such as Lettings & Management, Construction & Outsourcing, Procurement, Maintenance, Sourcing, Relocation. With over 25 years of experience Lint Group have become pioneers in property letting, sourcing and management, making it the core. Over the last 18 years, the company has created and stimulated opportunities in development consultancy and joint venture opportunities.
