Lidl Gateshead Wrekenton

We are a community primary school based in Birtley, Gateshead. We are a school who has a higher than average number of pupils who are subject to pupil premium and free school meals. We pride ourselves in knowing our families, and serving the school community to address the social needs of our families as well as the education provision for the children. We provide a free breakfast club so that our children can come to school without the stigma of skipping breakfast, and feeling ready to learn and engage with their peers.

We are a group of friendly volunteers in Great Lumley that provide food hampers to local residents to get them through a few days if they are struggling to make ends meet, isolating or in need of help. We also have a Community Table and Community Fridge where local people can pop in and take donations from local shops and businesses that would otherwise go to landfill. Everything we do is free of charge or on a pay-as-you-feel basis. Any donations we do receive are used to buy stock items for our hampers. We run out of Great Lumley Methodist Church alongside Heaven's Kitchen which provides a lunch project where we provide home-cooked, three course lunches each Tuesday - also on a pay-as-you-feel basis. During the recent lockdown we provided over 9000 meals to the elderly and vulnerable in the community. We are always happy to receive donations of any kind and will ensure that it is distributed to help our community.

St Vincent's Centre Newcastle provides help and support to people and families in need providing a range of support from free hot meals, food parcels, clothing, toiletries and essential family items. We provide support service Monday to Friday 9am till 4pm. Every Tuesday we provide free hot meals to those most in need of food support, we supply free weekly Friday food bags to the local community which help us to prevent food waste anyone is welcome to collect a free bag. Our volunteer drivers do weekly deliveries out to people and families throughout the Newcastle / Gateshead area who are unable to come directly to us. Our Centre also have a small St Vincent's Vintage Charity Boutique. All funds raised in our shop come directly to the Centre to Support our work locally.