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ln August 2007, ECE recieved a Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of 300,000 members of the IYF (International Youth Fellowship) for our contribution to the UK branch. In September 2008, Esther Community Enterprise was awarded certificates from the Lord Mayor of Croydon, for having carried out 100 hours of volunteering activities. On the 2 June 2011, ECE was awarded with theQueens Award for Voluntary Service, MBE. This is the highest award given to voluntary groups in the United Kingdom, and as such, is equivalent in status to the MBE. This prestigious UK National Honour recognises outstanding voluntary contributions and sets the national benchmark for excellence in volunteering, with the work of those awarded being judged to be of the highest standard. We aim to meet those who have needs in the local community by redistribution of food and other consumables donated from retailers. ECE makes a worthwhile collective response to the 3 tenets of sustainable development, namely social, economical and environmental needs. ECE forms a consortium with other charities, faith groups, projects and organisations. We have over 70 Project Co-ordinators. They manage and help to distribute the food/groceries and clothing items within the local communities across the UK, on behalf of ECE. We have sustained our social enterprise through the goodwill and hard work of over 400 drivers and countless volunteers, who contribute their time, transportation and finance to this worthy cause. Near sell by date food is collected on a daily basis from a range of supermarkets and other retailers and diverted to those that need it most ECE feeds in excess of 40,000 people per week and this is steadily on the increase as we expand across the UK

CPMI is a religious institution - specifically, a Pentecostal church which serves individuals and families of all ages, and from all backgrounds and races. we meet for services during the week and on Sundays for prayers, worship, fellowship and to study the bible. We also make financial and non-financial contributions to other churches, ministries and individuals (members & non-members). We support the community at large by undertaking various outreach activities including foodbank and pastoral counselling. During this Covid-19 crisis we have increased our offerings to include food parcel, prescription and shopping delivery as well as a befriending telephone service to meet the demands of those in need in the community. We operate from 92a Parchmore Road, Thornton Heath. CR7 8LX The service users are normally directed by the Crisis organization, Job Centre and Croydon Family Support Team. We also identify service users that come to our organization to tell us their situation. We do not charge for the services provided by our organization. Our organization is known at Croydon Council, please check CROYDON FOODBANK at (www.croydon.gov.uk)

The Syriac Orthodox Church is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church based in the Middle East with members spread throughout the world. It is one of the five churches that comprised what is now the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church before the Great Schism. We are a CIO and our youth/women's club conduct food bank collections and other charitable causes to support local food bank and other needy people. Our service is completely free. Please join us for community cafe every saturdays 5pm -6.30pm & Sundays 2.15 pm to 3.30 pm at 2A , Taunton Road , Haroldhill , Romford RM3 7SA Free tea , Coffee & Biscuits Please call 07710021788 for more details