2001/2002  Annual Report
West London Initiative on Single Homelessness		The People Who Give Goods

Teacrate, the crate rental company, provides purpose designed storage and removal crates and ancillary equipment. They are also a long-term WISH supporter.

Name	John Mitchell  Director, Teacrate plc
Day job	Operational responsibility  “Teacrate moves 19 million crates a year for 1,700 customers across the UK. 94% of orders have a lead time of under 24 hours so it’s quite a logistical challenge to ensure the right crates are delivered to, and collected from, the right place at the right time.”
WISH jobs	Teacrate normally lends WISH 500 crates for the Christmas Roof. We use them for storing and moving about the Roof site food, clothing and general supplies.
Favourite Footbal Team	Arsenal - and don’t blame Seaman for that World Cup goal – the outfielders should have scored more!
How WISH makes a difference
	A crate is a crate is a crate… isn’t it? “Most people know our crates are used for office and commercial removals. However, our 60+ products have a wide range of uses, from agriculture to IT to food transport. In fact, Teacrate products delivered most of the food to the Palace for the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations.” Why does Teacrate support WISH?  “Each year we adopt one or two charities such as NCH Action for Kids and RNIB.  We have added to money our staff have raised jumping from planes and abseiling from skyscrapers.  In addition, we always try to help charities that can get valuable use from our products, such as delivering food to Eastern Europe… and of course WISH.” What do you think about homelessness? “It’s a problem that always seems to be fudged rather than tackled. For example, where I live in Buckinghamshire, the local council claims there is no homelessness problem.  But they are only able to say this because they ship homeless people out to the nearest large town where, presumably, they are less visible.”