HQ: Ipswich, IP1 3EF, United Kingdom
The positive impact Marks & Spencer has helped to create in communities.
The number of people indirectly helped each week by the good causes Marks & Spencer has supported
5,026
13
274
Money donated
£8,074
Non-food donated (tonnes)
2
Meals donated
179,304
Here's how businesses create local impact through Neighbourly.
Through Neighbourly, Marks & Spencer has donated surplus food, money and products, turning business resources into meaningful community impact.
Through Neighbourly, businesses donate resources to local good causes.
Support goes directly to charities and community organisations, helping them free up time and resources to focus on what matters most.
Whether it's a hot meal, essential products, a safe place to meet or someone to talk to, support reaches people in ways that make a real difference.
Together, these contributions create real, measurable impact in local communities. That's social value in action.
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Ipswich, UK
A group of Churches uniting to alleviate food poverty by operating "Top Up" Shops from various Churches in Ipswich through redistribution of surplus food and non food items. Also creating an access point for people to use the services of outside agencies such as debt advice, healthy living, and general wellbeing.
What we've received
Ipswich, UK
We current have one active converted double decker bus and one under conversion that accommodates up to 6 residents on each. We start by offering a safe environment and provide 24/7 support to break the cycle and need to sleep rough. Our 2nd bus is now complete and ready to hit the road. This bus will cover any area in Suffolk that has a need for it, offering support and advice to anyone that needs it. We will work alongside a multitude of agencies so we can ensure the best support and guidance is available. The bus is equipped with laptops, printer, wifi, toilet, shower and a range of information. In addition to the buses we also have 2 second hand shops, 1 in trimley and 1 in Ipswich which both operate a non referral food bank.
What we've received
Felixstowe, UK
We are providing cheap affordable food using a unique format. While we have also ran a foodbank for the last five years and will continue to do so, we have found that there is a very significant percentage of those in need who do not use it for various reasons. Our unique BASIC Community Pop-Up shop idea has transformed the lives of many suffering from food insecurity. We now run four a week in Felixstowe (five fortnightly) and have now opened in Ipswich are six locations. The food, which is primarily supermarket excess, is offered to absolutely anybody who wishes to come along. We do not have any means tests or referral needs. They are literally open to anybody at all. A full list of the present locations can be found on our website under 'pop-up shops'. The result of the five years in Felixstowe has been an amazing reduction in the amount of referrals for food bank assistance as people in need know that they can go and choose the food they need from the pop-up's without any invasive questions of any kind. During 2020, despite the pandemic restrictions, we opened at six sites across the town of Ipswich and in 2021 we started to open at sites in more rural area's of Suffolk. To date we are open in Newmarket and in the village of Debenham. More sites are in the advance discussion stage.
What we've received