M&S Chesterfield

Provision of services, human resources, help & advice to those in need in the local area and further afield, of any age or background. We are currently running a project called Re:Store; a community cafe and food service where anyone in the local area can come for a drink and a chat before accessing our food service. Entry to the food service costs £2, and allows people to collect short dated food, which would otherwise be wasted, and use it to feed their families. So as well as combatting food waste, we are helping families in need and providing an opportunity for them to meet up with others over a free coffee. Entry to Re:Store is open to anyone living in an S18 postcode. There is a waiting list for the food service but the cafe can be used by anyone.

Holy Trinity Community Café – Supporting Our Neighbourhood Holy Trinity is a Parish Church located close to Chesterfield College. We offer a friendship Tea and Toast café as part of our commitment to being a warm, welcoming space for anyone in our community who may be feeling isolated, overwhelmed, or in need of support. We provide free breakfasts and hot drinks to anyone who needs them – no questions asked. People come to us for warmth, food, friendship, and conversation. Some come for a break from work, others for company, and many simply for a sense of belonging. We regularly welcome those who are lonely, homeless, or struggling in other ways. Our Tea and Toast café is also a space for signposting to other services, and we work in partnership with Chesterfield College and local mental health teams. We provide placements for students and create opportunities for shared learning, growth, and care. We offer access to a small emergency food bank and frozen supermarket meals.

We provide three days’ worth of emergency food and essentials to local people in crisis who are facing poverty. We also operate a signposting service where we provide information to our clients about local organisations, funds and services which can help address the underlying cause of the hardship to help them overcome the crises they face. We are open Mon – Fri, have five distribution centres and operate six sessions. We don’t believe that anyone in the community should face going hungry and are working to end the need for food banks.