Lidl Bletchley

We run a larder , cafe and fridge every saturday for everyone that needs a little help.

MK Community Fridge began as two fridges and one freezer located in the foyer of The Old Bath House Community Centre, Stratford Road, Wolverton. The project was launched on Saturday 1 July 2017 and to date it has shared more than 500 tons of food with the people of Milton Keynes The network of community fridges in Milton Keynes is growing and they can be found in Coffee Hall, Netherfield, Great Linford, Conniburrow Wolverton and Westcroft - www.mkcommunityfridge.org The community fridge project has inspired a pop-up cafe, surplus supper events and craft sharing sessions all which encourage communities to bond and share resources that might otherwise be wasted. In February 2021 we piloted a new project with Hubbub Foundation UK that uses electric vehicles and paid riders to collect food on behalf of community fridges in Milton Keynes. Our hope is that this increases the amount of food that we can stop from being wasted and further lower our impact on the environment. It will also help our community fridges to support their projects, volunteers and lower costs for their venues - www.foodconnect.io ‘Yes, the fridge has impacted our household. It's a great lesson for the kids in sharing and not wasting and has enforced the already well established community feel in Wolverton’ – Fridge user ‘My husband was signed off work and we couldn't afford much food we have a 1 year old so fresh food is very important to us and we were able to feed ourselves thanks to the community fridge. It definitely shows people care and gives a lovely sense of community.’ – Fridge user 'I’m so pleased that the pumpkins have been of use. I get fun growing them, and its better still when the vegetables end up being eaten and enjoyed.' – Tim, Local Farmer

The Faith Feeders project has been set up for a number of years and has grown significantly throughout those years. We currently cater for around 60 guests with a freshly cooked hot meal to takeaway along clothing, food items to take home. We are currently supporting several organisations who also provide food for the homeless, supporting women's refuges throughout the years and recently assisting Age UK with providing extras for the elderly in our Community. As a Church we have several singles mothers who receive regular groceries along clothing, bedding etc. Our project is self-funded and grateful for organisations who have come alongside to support this thriving project but in order to expand and reach the wider community more help is required. We are constantly looking for extra food items and sources to support what we do as this will certainly enable us to support all these various groups and needs within our community. Our ultimate aim would be to set up a housing project to cater for the needs of the homeless but until such a time as the funding becomes available we are grateful to be able to impact their lives in some small way. Simply to touch a life. To make a difference.