Lidl Sunderland Eastwell Close

All of our efforts are entirely supported by donations, we do not receive any funding. Throughout the week we are asked by various organisations to provide food parcels (3 days supply) to people who are in crisis. In the last year, we distributed in the region of 1600 days worth of food – giving about 5000 meals. We also run an event on Thursday evenings called Globe Café, which is attended by about 60 refugees and asylum seekers. During this event they are given a free meal. On Friday lunch times, the Soul Lunch takes place where again between 40 and 50 people are fed. These are either homeless or are simply people who are struggling to make ends meet”

Based in Houghton le springs, we are temporarily working ftom 15 St Michaels We are a community based organisation dedicated to helping vulnerable persons in the community such as asylum seekers, residents of the YMCA and working with the YMCA by collecting surplus and food donations from location shops such as Lidl and others. We d nit charge anyone for our services as all our funding and expenses comes ftom pocket. We organise fun days and team bonding and building activities too. Being aware of the challenges of societal lives, we hope to bring a little relief and succour to our community. We have gotten any press coverages just yet. As we are growing our brand and services hence we require an operational vehicle and office space to operate from. We are building some synergy and working relationships with other local groups but that is at the teething phase.

Breakfast Club at Academy 360 welcomes students at 8am with several choices of hot and cold breakfast which include items such as toast, porridge, bagels, cereal, overnight oats, fresh fruit and yogurts. At Academy 360 we understand the importance of healthy breakfast to start a students day. The students are able to sit with their friends or family, maybe catch up on homework or simply chat to staff before the start of their day. At Academy 360 our service is free so we welcome help and support with breakfast items from food, crockery, cutlery and electrical items such as toasters and microwaves.