Lidl Holywell

We have two main priorities, waste reduction and anti poverty so we tackle poverty sustainably, reducing single use waste and preventing unnecessary items from entering landfill. We are passionate about our environment and we are passionate about people. We provide reusable sanitary products to eliminate period poverty for the recipients, with products lasting for upwards of a decade. We currently cover Flintshire & Wrexham. We collect and deliver fresh, nutritious food from store to door, 7 days a week; tackling in work poverty, hunger, food waste and malnutrition. Christmas Eve 2023 saw us provide food to over 26,000 people; using surplus food that would have perished in warehouses during the holiday store closures. Between 24-31st December 2023, we redistributed over 110 tonnes of surplus food! We collect, restore and redistribute baby essentials to those unable to afford them. We support and enable the use of reusable nappies for all, providing them for free for those in need, for as long as required. We currently actively cover Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham but support can be accessed from residents of bordering counties. We impose no criteria as we believe it takes a significant amount of pride swallowing to ask for help. We enable beneficiaries to retain their dignity by providing whichever service is required anonymously. We’re not too sure if we’re innovators or a bit bonkers but it works! History: Wrexham Nappy Library was born in November 2015 to aid and enable the use of real nappies for people in need in the Wrexham County. This began with free trials of a variety of types of nappy with full support and guidance. Within a short period of time, newer versions of brands were released. Now, it is essential to keep trial kits up to date. As a result, we were left with a huge surplus of obsolete but perfectly functional nappies which we decided to offer to struggling families for as long as they needed, free of charge, with the simple request that upon cessation of use, they're returned to benefit another family. We began tackling period poverty in 2016, initially by adding menstrual cups to long term loan kits but quickly revised our methods and make them available to all. We commenced food deliveries in 2017 to tackle hunger discreetly, and to divert food waste from landfill. We also get infrequent donations of baby clothes and goods which are passed on for free to families who need them - returns of these items are not requested, instead we politely ask the families to pay them forward.

We support the homeless section with complex needs and also in the community to learn basic living skills and also how to manage their accommodation, in order to move to their forever homes. We also help people find volunteer or paid work, and support those with mental health, substance misuse and other issues.

We are based in Connah's Quay, Deeside in a newly renovated church and community hub. We host a weekly Community Grocery (where those attending can take 10 items for £3) and a coffee shop on Friday mornings and a Mix and Mingle on a Friday afternoon. We also host conversational English classes helping people from Europe, Asia and the Middle East. We have good links with the local primary school and are developing links with the art department at the local High School who we hope will produce art from us. We have made links with the community through our pioneer missioner, our church work and our links with other faith and community groups. We rely on food supplies from Neighbourly and particularly on donations of dry goods, cans, and cereals which are often donated by individuals as part of their weekly shop. We have partnered with one of the women attending the community hub to run our Instagram page (@QuaystoneHub) and communicate our work through her Facebook.