Lidl Doncaster Thorne

The Community Hub and Food Bank has approximately 25to 45 service users each week and also do emergencies for people who are suffering with food poverty due to the cost of living crisis. Our volunteers try to supply a good balanced diet with donations of foods from food donation partnerships and the general public. Food poverty can have a detrimental effect on mental health and health in general, sometimes a cup of tea and a biscuit together with a warm friendly environment is the beginning of finding out the problems that our service users are experiencing, we then can sign post to the relevant agencies. Our volunteers work tirelessly to help those in need including the homeless in our area, many successful outcomes have come about because we listen and help.

Looprun is a response division and part of an independent social enterprise. This is more than food and is part of a supportive services platform to help people get sustained in their own individual way. With up to 94% success rate and seeing once those receiving free Looprun response bags to returning to stores as shoppers with baskets full. These are the impact stories created when all come together to do good for good. Service users are signposted to Looprun mostly from referrals including professionals in social and healthcare. Looprun provides free non perishables, perishable food, toiletries, and brand new clothing to people facing a temporary challenge. Whatever supermarkets, stores, and retailers can do is turned into a grateful donation to a neighbour in need. This is a response to real people in real-time. No food is banked providing a direct in and out service. We believe if the food is stored then a person in need is not getting any food, hence we provide an instant response and instant impact service. Looprun has access to professional volunteers who carry out a confidential support service to people in need. From homeless shelters, hostels, sheltered housing, care homes, soup kitchens and schools. This is a non voucher, free and confidential service. This means Looprun can reach more people in need with food donations. Anyone that receives a Looprun bag of essential food items is sustained thus creating a loop cycle. All are invited to become part of these sustainable stories in your local community. For further information and gallery access on the impact of Looprun please visit: Website: https://www.looprun-sciv.online/

We are a church dedicated to bringing hope and joy to our community through acts of love and service. Our ongoing care home outreach involves singing hymns and spending time with residents, bringing comfort, companionship, and the joy of Christ to the elderly. We are now expanding our outreach to include the distribution of food hampers to individuals and families facing financial hardship. This includes single-parent households, the elderly, and asylum seekers. Through this initiative, we aim to offer not just food, but hope, dignity, and the assurance that they are not alone. The food we receive will also support our Bible study groups and holiday outreach programs by providing healthy snacks and meals, ensuring that children are physically nourished while they learn about God's love. By redistributing surplus food, we honour our calling to be good stewards of God's creation, reducing food waste and caring for the environment. This extension of our ministry allows us to meet immediate physical needs, while also opening the door to deeper support, prayer, and spiritual transformation.