IMPORTANT NOTE:

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are unable to accept referrals at present. For a list of other charities who may be able to help, please visit our Referrals page.

Welcome to the Cheerful Sparrows.
We’re a small Thanet charity offering real support where it’s needed most.
Every contribution we make aims to create positive, lasting change.

Your donations let us help local families every month.

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What do we do?

We provide items for people in Thanet in Kent who are in exceptional need. This involves helping local families with essentials many of us take for granted, from children’s school shoes to household appliances.

We also source items to help improve the comfort and dignity of patients in the Cheerful Sparrows wards at QEQM Hospital in Margate. 

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WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Refer someone in need

If you’re a professional seeking financial help for someone facing hardship, please complete our referral form. Unfortunately we cannot accept applications directly from individuals. 

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Make a donation

Your generosity can change lives in Thanet. Please consider becoming a Friend of Cheerful Sparrows or making a one-off donation. Every gift, no matter the size, helps continue our vital work.

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Talk to us

We’re always happy to share information about our work – in person, online or by phone. If you’d like to support the charity and want to learn more about us, please get in touch. 

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With your help, we can turn small acts of kindness into waves of change.

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Help to buy fridge + washing machine

I want to say how grateful I am. After being rejected by other charities, the Council and DWP, I was worrying how to cope with two children as a single parent living off student finance. Your work does change lives, it gives hope when people are at their most fragile and have nowhere to turn. Please continue, because people like me need your kindness.

Thanet Parent

Sensory toys for an autistic child

The items have been received and look great. Mum was extremely grateful for the tent and the toys! The child was sitting in the tent when I arrived and spent most of the time in there! Thank you ever so much.

Thanet Social Worker

Vacuum cleaner donation

The family are so pleased that they can now clean the floors of all the crumbs dropped by the four children at home over the school holidays. They’d like to thank you for making it happen.

Thanet Social Worker

Children’s beds

Thank you so much for our new beds! You’ve helped make our house a home and completed our bedroom.

Via a handmade card from the children

For bed bug treatment

Thank you very much for helping this family. It’s such a relief for them to be rid of the bed bugs.

Thanet Social Worker

Fridge freezer donation

The Mum said the fridge freezer’s brilliant! Thank you so much for helping this family.

Thanet Social Worker
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