Lidl York Thanet Rd

I am reusable have our very own community food bank here in York. We have been going for over 2 plus years now and started up due to covid due to the demand. We feed over a 100 plus people a day 7 days a week. But also trying to combat food waste by reusing food in the community.

Clifton Green is a thriving primary school in York. Here, children experience opportunities that enrich their lives. Our school has family and community at its heart. The children learn to design and make the food and run the stall in the playground after school. Students are inspired to get involved in the exciting world of cooking which teaches them life skills. Customers - both adults and children - are able to come and pick up a healthy food to enjoy on their way home from school. We ask for a Pay As You Feel donation to keep the snack shack going and to encourage enterprise skills in the children. The funds raised will go towards developing a kitchen where cooking sessions can take place throughout the day with adults and children. Customers are encouraged to think of other ways of donating to the school; for example, some parents may choose to donate an hour of time helping children with their reading, feeding the chickens or running events at school. Thank you for helping us continue sharing food with our children. Please help us to reach our goal of funding a kitchen.

Chapelfields Community Hub strives to reduce social isolation in the local community by providing a safe space free warm food , free craft activities and help for those in poverty with food donations and a listening ear,advice services such as citizens advice and housing benefits attend as does smoking cessation workers to help people to stop smoking,The hub is run by the Community Association who are all volunteers ,The hub currently runs Thursday 9am till 12 we hope with more donations to open Tuesdays and possibly Fridays. We would be grateful for any food donations, refreshments such as juice,coffee and teabags or craft materials we rely solely on donations. We currently serve all age groups from young children to old age pensioners and love to see all ages mixing together. During The COVID 19 pandemic we have had to adapt our ways of working and at times work from home, we have run and carry on running a food bank, we have delivered food hampers to the elderly, vulnerable and struggling families, also helping with food for families experiencing hardship due to having children home more due to lockdowns and the hardship the costs of this incurred.we have had food stalls outdoors for people to come and help themselves this has been very successful and we keep adapting as rules and regulations allow. We are hoping to reopen our hub sessions very soon and get the advice sessions back in place. We have continued to work with the council referring our clients to the local area co-ordinatiors, and to the relevant agency’s for advice and support. We hope to get sessions for the benefit of mental health in the near future helping people with the difficulties they face mentally with the challenges of the pandemic.