Lidl Okehampton

Essentials bank is a non-profit organisation redistribute food and essentials to organisations, charities, schools, community groups, and individuals to support people in need and the homeless with life's essentials. Essentials Bank not just provide food but also toiletries, clothes and some specific things under request. Essentials bank provides socks, gloves, scarves, new underwares and hats. We also provide pet food (dogs, cats and other pets food under request). We have different kind of services: - Free of charge service. - Membership service with a small fee to keep our service sustainable, to cover operational costs such as: Warehouse space, freezers and chillers, Administration, vehicle maintenance and fuel. Essentials Bank was initially started on March 2020 covid time when people start losing their job and their house and they have faced difficulty to apply for universal credit and were struggling to get essentials like food, toiletries and etc. Donation Essentials Bank relies on the food donated by the public and food businesses – that’s why your food donations are absolutely vital to continue helping people in need. Our shopping priority list UHT Milk Tins of Meat Tins of Vegetables (sweet corn and peas) Tins of Soup Tins of Fruit Noodle and Pasta Cereals Jams and Spreads Coffee, Tea and Sugar Rice Pudding or Custer Tins of Tuna or mackerel Dog and Cat food We accept fresh, chilled or frozen food. We do also accept non-food items, including toiletries, and female sanitary items. we accept good quality clean clothing donation. So, If you are individual happy to drop off food or any essentials donations, please email us so we can arrange to collect. And, if you are a company, store, factory and would like to donate food or essentials please contact us. info@essentialsbank.org.uk We are volunteering our time providing the essentials for the happiness.

The Okehampton Food Bank now serves the community from the Okement Centre, continuing the vital work it started in 2008. Our Mission Our goal is to combat food poverty by providing both fresh and non-perishable food, along with essential personal hygiene items, to those in need. We also strive to help individuals achieve a basic standard of living, reducing long-term dependence on food aid and paving the way for a more secure and hopeful future.

Oke Community Fridge makes surplus food from homes and businesses available to all within the community for free. The aim is to reduce food waste, save households and businesses money and to build community. Oke Community Fridge is run collectively by a team of ten volunteers - without whom the project wouldn't be able to happen. We are always on the look-out for more volunteers so please get in touch if you think you might be interested in getting involved. This project is supported by Devon County Council's 'Food Rescue' project which is funded by The National Lottery 'Reaching Communities' fund.