M&S Sixfields Northampton

We are a Community Foodbank based in the Briar Hill area of Northampton, England. We have been operating since Wed 14th April 2021 and it has been a real pleasure to be of service to those in need in this area and we hope to continue to do so for the foreseeable future. We have a wonderful team of volunteers who ensure the smooth running of the operation.

Foodkind began as Revolution Zero in Northamptonshire, with an environmental mission to stop good food going to waste – and to campaign about the over-supply in our wider food system. We collect surplus food from supermarkets and share it with the community. As our network of Shop Zero and Cafe Zero projects is closed during Covid-19, we are focused on food aid. From the start of lock down, our ‘Bags of Good’ team has delivered thousands of food parcels and taken fresh produce out to charities and food banks for their work to support vulnerable and isolated people, promoting #zero hunger #zero waste. Supermarkets are often left with unsold, but perfectly edible, food. Thanks to an unmatched team of collectors, we pick up from a wide variety of stores and bring produce to our hubs to be stored in our goods area; or frozen or chilled. Other volunteers work in our network of shops (pop-up and bricks and mortar), event stalls and cafes. The chefs and waiting staff create delicious meals, tailoring menus to match our stock. We offer training and are committed to making sure volunteering adds value for our colleagues. Schools, charities and other charities also share our produce and we support new projects to get going. As a Community Interest Company we invest any profits into developing the enterprise.

Hope has been helping address poverty in Northampton since 1974, with an initial focus on homelessness but now widened to many more people in need. Six days a week we feed and help up to 40 homeless people, supplying a hot meal each day with food parcels to go. We also help people on low incomes through our separate the Hope food club, an innovative social supermarket taking food to pop-up shops on out of town estates. We are now currently helping over 180 families with our food club pop up shop in four locations in Northampton and are looking to expand out of the town to reach more in our county, with the help of the local community and local business we aim to ensure if help is needed we are there. We are part of a growing network for other local charities to work together to serve Northamptonshire's people, please get in contact if you feel you are able to help in any way.