A local charity helping local people
Since 2001, Real Aid has supported families across Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire — with food, furniture and emergency help — funded entirely by our charity shops and the generosity of our supporters.
Welcome to Real Aid
At Real Aid we have a different approach to helping people. We want to support our local community as well as those in need further afield. We want our supporters to be able to see what a difference their time makes, and to know that without them we cannot succeed.
Real Aid is different to many other charities. We are a non-religious, non-political organisation and we receive no local or national government funding. All our costs are met by our charity shops — which means we can guarantee that any financial donation goes directly where it is needed most.
Arranging a collection? If you would like us to collect furniture or goods, please telephone head office on 01482 880660. We cannot arrange collections by email.
Our work at a glance
- 2001 Founded in East Yorkshire, and still going
- 600+ Families supported each week through our food programme
- 4 Charity shops funding everything we do
- 3 in 4 Of our food bank users are in work
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Who We Are
Established in 2001 by a husband and wife team from Bridlington, with the simple idea that where there are real problems, people need real solutions.
Our story -
What We Do
We help families in a variety of ways — single parents facing homelessness, low-income families, people escaping domestic violence, and more.
How we help -
News
We are always finding new ways to help those in need and raise much-needed funds. This is the place to find out what's happening near you.
Latest news
In the national press
Our food bank work has been reported by The Guardian and The New York Times, both of whom visited our warehouse and food bank.
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The New York Times, January 2014 — Colin Raine, co-founder, in “As the Working Poor Become More Common in Britain, So Does Hunger”“I never thought I would be doing this in my own country, in my own town.”
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The Guardian, August 2013 — Lindsay Killick, in Jay Rayner's “Food bank Britain: life below the line”“Working families find it harder to come and ask for help. Generally, they've not been in this situation before.”