ABOUT DUDDEN HILL MUTUAL AID

Contact: mailto:duddenhillmutualaid@gmail.com   tel:07588 541 399

DEFINITION : Mutual aid is “cooperation for the sake of the common good.”

It’s getting people to come together to meet each other’s needs, recognising that as humans, our survival is dependent on one another

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The number of requests has drastically dropped, but needs are still there. Through Mutual Aid Food Willesden, we have continued helping local residents with food parcels, however, we also feel that we need to help beyond just food as many residents feel isolated. 

Recently, we  helped an elderly resident in Neasden who broke her phone and was in tears as she was not able to make an important phone call. We asked Dollis Hill Mutual Aid for a donated phone and someone came forward within an hour. The resident was so thankful for the swift response. 

Another resident, a single mother with three young children, living near Dollis Hill tube station, has only 80 pounds to live on this month. With the help from Willesden Green, we donated some money that could help her to pay the bills. We also organised for her to speak to a social prescriber. Other residents gave books, games, and clothes for her children. 

The above are just a few examples that demonstrate the need to work in close cooperation with other mutual aid groups regardless of ward boundaries to help local people rapidly.