Spoonie Survival Kits

spoonie survival kits officially began in 2015, as a small fundraising project:i made twenty random happiness bags, sold them online, and donated the sales money to charity. i was genuinely shocked by the support and backing my idea received from the chronic illness community, and within months found myself running a non-profit fundraising project, mostly from my bed. we were making hundreds and hundreds of kits as and when we could, however, the demand for the kits and my own chronic ill health meant that approaching the project in this way was definitely not sustainable, especially with me (due to my own chronic illness) being too unwell to fundraise as frequently as i would like to. therefore, during 2017 spoonie survival kits underwent its biggest reform to date, to help us cope with this increasing demand in a more appropriate way. we’re now a fundraising social enterprise, run more similarly to a small business, but still with advocacy and acts of kindness at our centre. we now