Lidl Rochdale Spotland Rd

We started the soup kitchen four years ago serving soup from the back of a car outside Rochdale town hall one night a week. Within nine months we had enough volunteers to do this four nights a week and Saturday lunchtimes. We now have our own premises behind Champness Hall in Rochdale, from which we now aim to open a drop in centre seven days a week, serving lunches, soup kitchen in the evenings, providing hot showers, washing machine and drier, computers for applying for jobs and courses and medical services and counselling.

Weekly Hot Food Kitchen for Families, homeless, refugees and anyone in need. We provide free food parcels and have a place for people to get food from. We provides hot meals & food parcels to people in the community who are facing hardships and struggling with the cost of living. The service also offers a range of other support to their users including a clothing bank and making referrals to the local authority where needed and signposting to other third-party organisations. The hot food kitchen was a lifeline to many throughout the Covid pandemic period when over 700 meals were delivered per week to people at their home addresses. It has remained a vital lifeline to many within the Rochdale borough, particularly with the recent cost of living crisis. We serve an excess of 200 people each week: in addition, we deliver hot food to vulnerable people as well as delivering to hostels and homeless providers and referral families too. The hot food kitchen serves rice and curry as its staple, as well as offering pizza and chips to vegetarians and children. Tea and biscuits are also served. Hope for the Homeless operates from a dedicated community space where individuals in need can access food and essentials. Additionally, we organise outreach activities in Manchester, where volunteers distribute food bags to those experiencing homelessness. We identify service users through direct outreach, community referrals, and local partnerships. Our main focus is on individuals experiencing homelessness or those in need of basic essentials such as food and clothing. We assess their needs through conversations and observations during our outreach and service provision activities to ensure we deliver appropriate support. - Free distribution of food and clothing to those in need   - Volunteer-led packing and distribution of food bags   - Outreach trips to Manchester to deliver food to homeless individuals   - A welcoming community space where anyone in need can come and receive a bag filled with food and essentials All services provided by Hope for the Homeless are free of charge. We operate solely on donations and volunteer support to ensure that no one is turned away due to inability to pay.

We are a specialist community development organisation for migrants and Asylum Seeker families in need of protection and access to services, providing practical support and empowering vulnerable people of diverse ethnicities including the BAME community, Refugees, Asylum Seekers and white working-class marginalised people in Rochdale. Please Note: Caring and Sharing Community is now at #78 Yorkshire Street Rochdale OL16 1JU Our services include; : Mental Health Workshops : Young People Mentorship : Family Support Groups : Life Skills Training : Relocation and Resettlement Advice : Cultural Food Support and Delivery : Community Cohesion Celebratory Events : Domestic Violence abuse awareness programmes and other tailored worskshops