M&S Livingston

We aim to provide affordable and accessible hospitality to families and individuals in Livingston. Presently operating through 2 community cafes in Livingston.

We aim to help people living in poverty, deprivation (and in work poverty-the working poor) as they have significantly worse life outcomes than those in average households. Individuals who do less well in life, are more likely to be unemployed or in poorly paid jobs and will generally have poorer health and shorter lives. This is a tragedy, but is a consequence of being born into poverty and living in poorer households. The area we engage with people are from Knightsridge. Knightsridge has decile zones that measure in the bottom 5% on the social index of multiple deprivation for West Lothian. Adjoining neighbourhoods who use our service; Carmondean, Deans and Ladywell, also measure highly on SIMD The Food Outlet is open 2 days a week Tuesday and Thursday. We collect food from the Neighbourly stores, Aldi, Sainsbury’s and Marks and Spencers. The food is given free to the customers who attend the shop. The shop gets funding from West Lothian Food Network, which we use to buy fresh meat, dairy and frozen food. A donation is asked for these items. This allows the customers to come and pick out the food they like giving them dignity. This saves them lot of money on healthy food.

To provide, as an expression of christian faith in practice, for the relief of the needs of the homeless and persons in necessitous circumstances in furtherance whereof the company may pursue as a holistic response all manner of charitable activity, normally, but not necessarily exclusively, associated with such object.