M&S Eltham

We help reduce food waste by collecting surplus food and distributing it within the community, providing food support to those who are in need such as the most vulnerable and homeless persons on the street who do not always have access to other resources. Our aim is to alleviate or prevent food poverty and protect the environment as we're not just losing food! We're losing land, energy and water used to produce this excess of food. Food waste is a critical issue. We started volunteering as food waste heroes in 2021 during the lockdown and have helped close to 500 households with food donations. We now share donations with a number of charities and food banks. Our foundation does weekly food donation runs, ensuring that delicious and perfectly good food goes to families in need, and not landfills through partnership with local charities and community groups (ie: Lewisham Donation Hub, The Sapphire Community Group, Coming Out of Hiding (COOH), St Mungo’s, and many more). Some of stores we collect from include (but are not limited to) Paul Rhodes, Coco di Mama, M&S, Pret A Manger, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Iceland, Gail’s, Boots , Holland & Barrett and Costa Coffee, to name a few.

Life changing international Ministry is a church . Our motto is to change life through the teachings of Jesus Christ and by leading by example . Every week people from all works of life meeting to worship praise and learn the scriptures .. Due to incredible economic pressures We recently started a foodbank for our congregation . We have being inspected by Lewisham Council and we have a 4 STAR Rating . We now want to expand to cover our community . Hence this application . We currently do foodbank a on Tuesdays Fridays and Sundays . 1. Currently, the food that we receive from retailers (Asda, Waitrose, KFC, and Tesco via Fareshare and Felix project) are only distributed to the church members. But our plan eventually is to also distribute food to the people in and around Lewisham borough. 2. Once people enter the ministry (with their permission,) we collect data such as name, contact details, age and employment status 3. We prioritise food for church members who are (a) unemployed (b) on low income, and the elderly.  4. In addition to ordering food support, we also offer free spiritual counselling to church members. - we do not charge for our services 5. We do not currently collect surplus food from any other retailers 6. At the moment our services are not advertised in the local community, but we plan to do so, once we have extended our services to the local community. 7. Photographs showing the food we redistribute can be accessed on the church Facebook and website - (Please kindly note that our church Facebook and church website are now being updated to show our food bank redistribution.)

CEYP has been helping young people, their families and the wider communities in Greater London since 1998 and on the Isle of Wight since 2017. By working in partnership with local people of all ages and backgrounds, we enable and support them to make better choices, to take control of their lives and to take advantage of the opportunities available to them Key to our success is the way in which we involve and empower those we help - in the planning, delivery and evaluation of our services, to ensure we genuinely meet their needs If you (or someone you know) need advice or support - please let us know. If we can't help you, we will put you in touch with someone who can.