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Broxtowe Community Projects runs a community food and nappy bank to alleviate poverty, especially food and fuel poverty and social isolation across Broxtowe. Our food bank is unique in that it is self referral, we ask no questions and do not require lengthy forms to be completed, our only criteria is that you live in the Broxtowe Borough Council area. This enables us to respond rapidly to requests, often being able to provide and deliver a food parcel the same day it is requested. Our food parcels are well thought out and are nutritionally balanced and include a variety of fresh food such as milk, cheese, eggs, bread, fresh fruit and vegetables, in addition to cupboards staples such as tins, packets and treats. We also provide baby care items including nappies, wipes and formula milk, toiletries, pet food and household cleaning items. We try to accommodate special diets and food allergies such as gluten free, dairy free, vegan and Halal. BCP is very grateful for all the support provided by our local community who generously donate food and money, fundraise and volunteer for our charity. We are members of FareShare and collect surplus food through the Neighbourly platform. We are always in need of new volunteers, we provide volunteer training and employ a Volunteer Coordinator so help and support is always available. Volunteers collect surplus food and bring it to the foodbank, help to prepare and pack food parcels, make deliveries, run our food bank drop-in sessions, provide support and advice to people in financial crisis, food & fuel poverty, as well as helping in the 'behind the scenes' roles of office admin and organisation. If you would like to volunteer with BCP and make a huge difference to the lives of local people who are struggling with poverty, then please get in touch with us using the contact details shown or pop in and see us one day on Chilwell Road (opposite the Co-op).

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.

Sanatan Community Service is a CIC whose aims are to prevent Food Wastage and address Food Poverty. This CIC was founded in 2020 during Covid lockdown period. The original initiative was to provide hot meals for the homeless, elderly and vulnerable people during the lockdown period but fair to say we haven’t looked back! With the rising cost of living and economic conditions, we felt there was a genuine need in the community. We slowly started a few more initiatives. We are fully volunteer-led, non-profit organisation with approximately 20 individuals who are religiously committed to the cause of “Give back to the community” attitude. We work in partnership with Fareshare, Neighbourly and with various local supermarkets directly. Generally, food donated by various organisations is collected, triaged, and made available to the needy on a weekly basis. We also cook hot meals from these saved ingredients. Currently, we are involved in four different projects based on our two objectives: minimizing food wastage and poverty. Feed the Homeless – Every Saturday morning average 150 hot meals mostly, Indian curry and rice are cooked and delivered to the Framework Charity’s homeless people. Food bank - All donations are made available for the food bank. Currently 160 families are registered and average 70 families come to collect the free groceries every Saturday morning between 9 AM and 11 AM. Community Kitchen – All the food bank consumers are served with the takeaway hot meals every Saturday mornings. Free School Meal Children Hot Food – We are also involved with Nottingham Forest Field in cooking and delivering average 400 meals to the children who are eligible for free school meals during the school holidays.