Lidl Alnwick

Situated within a large social housing estate (ex council stock) our building is recognised as a community hub and has evolved according to community need. NCEL runs a number of services and projects from its Hub, known locally as The Stobhill Link; particularly targeting the elderly, disabled, disadvantaged and isolated as well as the unemployed working age community in order to alleviate hardship and provide opportunities for brighter futures for our residents. We have confidential and informal conversations with our clients discussing their primary reason for coming into see us and then are able to offer a wrap around service where we can support them further. - General charitable purposes - Education/training - Disability - Economic/community development/employment - Recreation - Children/young people - Elderly/old people - People with disabilities - The general public/mankind - Provides buildings/facilities/open space - Provides services - Provides advocacy/advice/information In response to the Covid-19 Outbreak, we immediately launched an enabling service, this resulted in more than 90 local people offering their time, energy and fuel to deliver shopping, prescriptions etc. to those who were self-isolating or vulnerable and unable to leave their home. This encouraged our local newspaper the Morpeth Herald to contact us and include an article on what we were doing with the support of our community. We currently have connections with a local charity, Calmer Therapy where we are starting a project called The Bread & Butter Thing also with the Council and their strategic food partnership known as Nourish to tackle food poverty.

We supply essential and every day items to vulnerable and underprivileged families in Northumberland.

Shilbottle Community Hall is a partner in the Shilbottle & Hampeth Mutual Aid Group which provides support to local people in the area through a free community stall which is at the church car park every Sunday. This stall provides bread, cakes, fruit and vegetables, and flowers. We also deliver food bags to households in need in the village, any household can self-refer by sending a message through the Facebook page. We also receive referrals from Northumberland County Council's Northumberland Communities Together service. We have a number of other projects that we are involved with at the Community Hall including working with the Alnwick Garden to develop a community garden to grow vegetables; developing a Warm Hub and a digital inclusion project. We have also supported Shilbottle Primary School and Shilbottle Children and Young People's Project with either food provision or financial support.