B&Q Netherfield

Diversify Education and Communities CIC is all about promoting cultural diversity and inclusion in schools, businesses and the community. We promote cultural diversity and inclusion through a range of exciting resources, training workshops as well as support/signposting for those persons affected by racism or discrimination. We also provide a hot meals and food parcel distribution to persons in need within the Nottingham city area.

The Ark comes under the umbrella of The Congregation Of Yahweh and is a community hub for running social events and activities for the community. We also have rooms to hire for training, exercise classes, celebrations etc. There is kitchen facilities for hire should it be requested. We are committed to providing free wholesome home cooked food for a cross range of families, the elderly, the vulnerable, students and single people regardless of gender, ethnicity and age. We aim to provide community based projects to enable the elderly to engage together meeting their needs for social & personal interaction, in turn hoping to stem the gap of social isolation. At the beginning of this current pandemic we saw the need to provide food, toiletries and home essential parcels to assist all those who were on furlough and/or were struggling financially. We have delivered a meal service to people currently on our books & those that are referred to us from external sources. Whatever we receive from Aldi will most definitely be put to good use in our food parcels, which is a much needed service and one we are hoping to continue long after the disappearance of the pandemic. Our main focus is reaching into the community and meeting their current need and offering hope.

We are a non profit making organisation providing meals to our local community. With the donations from Aldi, M&S and Lidl we are now providing food parcels for our local community. Our aim, post pandemic, is for a social eating event each week in the hope of getting our local residents to meet up for a coffee and cake at least once a week.