Touchpoint

What the charity does

Touchpoint operates a community hub, well-being initiative, and free foodshare project. Based in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, we serve local towns and villages in Uttlesford, Essex and Hertfordshire. Working with specialist partners we facilitate and deliver an array of services addressing issues around mental health, social isolation, physical well-being and financial stress.

Charitable objects

The provision of community facilities, primarily in Uttlesford, Essex and Hertfordshire, in the interests of improving the wellbeing of persons who by reason of age, poverty or social and economic circumstances will benefit from them, specifically but not limited to:The prevention and relief of poverty and the preservation and promotion of good health, nutrition and social inclusion in such ways as the trustees may at their discretion think fit, including:1) the collection and redistribution of surplus food;2) the provision of support related to preparedness for the entry or return to the workplace; and3) the encouragement and organisation of members of the public to undertake voluntary charitable work.To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment through the reduction of waste (in particular food waste) and increasing knowledge and understanding of its adverse environmental impacts.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Apr 2021 as amended on 03 Jan 2024