M&S Meadowhall

Giving access to food surplus , saving the planet and feeding the hungry . Providing a helping hand in the Norton lees and Meersbrook communities. We also have a nappy / baby milk bank . Hope Hub operates free Teas, Coffee, Toast and cakes . Come and see our cost of livings worker on both Wednesday and Friday , our jobs coach , parent forum out reach and family hubs workers . St Paul's Community pantry supports homeless by giving out food on the streets in an evening and providing emergency parcels . We send baskets of hope for less well off pupils in schools , We hold a community lunch every Friday.11.45 for a hot lunch .

For over 20 years, we have provided safe, supportive and quality housing across Yorkshire for young adults at risk and adults with complex needs who require support and a safe living environment. Working alongside our not-for-profit organisation, Impact Property Services Ltd, we transform underused and rundown properties in some of the most deprived areas of Yorkshire, into long-term supported accommodation for those seeking support for a better life. We currently provide 140 units of accommodation across eight different sites in Sheffield, Bradford and Malton, supporting up to 150 people in need. We particularly aim to support people suffering from mental health conditions and chronic/long-term medical conditions, including cancer, and work to raise public awareness of these issues. We also promote further care and relief by granting feasible respite. Designated Key Workers support our residents in all areas relating to their home, personal development, social inclusion and long-term goals. We are also committed to offering volunteering and training opportunities to our residents and local communities. We use donations of food / groceries to provide food parcels for service users who are struggling financially, helping to relieve pressure on local food banks. We also use some of the products to provide meals during social activities for our service users. We provide access to on-site specialist ‘extra care’ and personalised support programmes, including daily wellbeing checks; health/wellbeing workshops including our newly developed Creative Arts Therapy Programme. We work closely with relevant health/social care partners to provide a coordinated approach to achieve the best outcomes for our residents, while helping to relieve the pressure on local mental health services.

Four and a half years ago on Saturday 29th January 2022 we opened Chapelgreen Community Hub Community Fridge in High Green, Sheffield. Our membership is free and our members continue to grow on a weekly basis every Saturday morning between 11am to 12.30pm. Chapelgreen Community Hub Community Fridge is a community led initiative run by volunteers. We work with local food suppliers (such as Co-op, Aldi, Lidl and M&S) to use food that the stores cannot sell at the end of the day. This food is then offered to all members of Chapelgreen Community Hub Community Fridge to avoid food wastage and reduce the amount of food being sent to landfill on a weekly basis. In the first two weeks of opening we saved over 150kg of food from going to landfill. At the present time, with our members support, on average we prevent one ton of food going to landfill weekly. This food is perfectly good to eat and members can freely select from a range of fresh fruit & vegetables, store cupboard essentials, chilled and frozen food as much food has they need. We continually are. looking forward to working with new retailers to secure more food donations for our Community Fridge, so that we can continue to meet local community need. Chapelgreen Community Hub Community Fridge will accept food donations from the local community. We will welcome donations of unopened, packaged foods within their use by date and raw fruit or vegetables, which will then be available to anyone in the community to take. As well as reducing food waste, the group will use the fridge to strengthen community bonds, e.g. to promote the benefits of the sharing economy and raise awareness and understanding of eco and sustainable activities we can adopt in our daily routines for the greater benefit of the planet In addition to collecting food, now we are fully established, we have been able to develop activities which raise the families awareness and understanding about how they can develop sustainable activities and routines into their home lives. We hold food demonstrations and workshops to share information on cooking healthy family meals using food from our Fridge, slow cookers and air fryers. This has led to the implementation of our Slow Cooker and Air Fryer Lending Library to aid families living within food and fuel poverty. Our volunteers and members have been encouraged and supported to undertake Level 2. Food Hygiene and Allergen Awareness. We have changed our awareness and sustainability of clothes and are developing a sewing class to update old clothes to extend wearability, instead of sending another resource to landfill Chapelgreen Community Hub Community Fridge aims to continue to implement and support all our members needs.