If you need urgent help with food, financial hardship or essential support, contact our team directly.
Support for Today. Opportunity for Tomorrow.
Whether you need food, emotional support, help finding work or a route to greater independence, our programmes connect the support you need with opportunities to move forward.
There is no wrong door or fixed route. We start with what matters to you and help you take your next meaningful step.
Select what best describes your situation:
I need food or essential support →
Foodbank & Community Kitchen
I am struggling with essential costs →
Hardship Fund
I am a refugee, asylum seeker or new arrival →
Ansaar Project
I am struggling emotionally →
Counselling & Pastoral Care
I need support with addiction →
Addictions Support
I want help finding work →
Employment Coaching
I want to start or grow a business →
The Prosperity Hub
I want to give something back →
Good in the Hood
Still not sure? Call 01282 899195 or Speak to Our Team.
Foodbank & Community Kitchen
Free • Self or agency referral • Pendle & Burnley
Emergency food parcels, hot meals and practical help for individuals and families experiencing hardship.
24,464 hot meals | 2,908 food parcels
Hardship Fund
Free grant • Assessment required • Eligible residents in Pendle & Burnley
Emergency financial support for individuals and families struggling with essential living costs.
£265,190 provided in financial support
Ansaar Project
Free & confidential • Self or agency referral • Pendle & Burnley
Practical guidance, advocacy and support for refugees, asylum seekers and newly arrived families.
200+ families supported
Counselling & Pastoral Care
Free • Self-referral • Confidential • In person or remotely where appropriate
Confidential emotional and pastoral support for anxiety, grief, trauma, stress and difficult circumstances.
500+ people supported
Addictions Support
Free & confidential • Self-referral • Individuals and families welcome
Compassionate, non-clinical recovery mentoring and family guidance for people affected by addiction.
Integrated non-clinical guidance & family support pathways.
Employment Coaching
Free • One-to-one coaching • Jobseekers across Pendle & Burnley
One-to-one support to build confidence, strengthen CVs, prepare for interviews, search for work and access training.
49 people moved into employment during a recent three-month period
The Prosperity Hub
Free • One-to-one mentoring & cohort support • Aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs
Practical mentoring and support covering business planning, finance, marketing, digital and AI tools, networks and workspace to help people start or grow sustainable enterprises.
3 new micro-enterprises established through recent support
Good in the Hood
Free to join • Flexible opportunities • Open to local residents
Flexible volunteering opportunities including neighbourhood improvements, litter picks, Street Champions, youth participation and community projects.
Mobilising resident action & neighbourhood transformation.
Refer Someone to Nelson Community Foundation
We welcome referrals from councils, NHS and social care, schools, Jobcentre Plus, housing providers, charities and other frontline organisations. Refer directly to a programme or contact our team if you are unsure where someone should start.
Wherever You Start, There Is a Next Step.
From Hardship to Hope. From Support to Contribution.