Lidl Coventry Brandon Rd

1) The Grub and Gab Saturday Kitchen: Each week we support many people in providing a hot fresh cooked breakfast for free. We also provide each person with a bag of Shopping to help them to not experience food poverty during the week What's on 2026 1) Free healthy cooking lessons - Theses will be taking place saturday afternoons as part of the holiday hunger programme. 2) Grub and Gab on Tour - We will be Providing a free seaside trip to families and anyone in need of a trip away for the day. (Places are Limited pack lunch will be provided) 3) We will be taking familes to the panto this year at the Belgrade - Can you sponsor a seat for a child? Can you help fundraise - Samosa sale, Cake Sale etc to sponsor a seat on the coach? - Get in touch today 2) Coventry Open Christmas is a voluntary organisation managed by the "Grub & Gab club". We provide shelter and food to the homeless and lonely over the Christmas holiday. The shelter is held at Queens Road Baptist Church. We have been helping the homeless and lonely for many years and we hope to make it really special. We will again be open for 24 hours a day across Christmas week. This is a great benefit to our visitors, especially given the low temperatures of the last few winters. As you may appreciate, this requires extra resources to make this happen; primarily we need additional volunteers but also donations of cash, food, bedding and clothes. If you, or anyone you know, would like to help us to make a difference this Christmas then please contact us.

Last year, Coventry Foodbank collected over 170 tons of food, most of this generously donated by the general public. We gave out over 140 tons of food to those in an emergency. Most of this food is in the form of dried, packet and tinned goods. This type of food is great for clients who have their own cooking and storage facilities. As some of our clients do not have these facilities, we feel it's important to be able to offer foods that don't need preparation or storage. As a foodbank, we are conscious of the fresh food that is going to waste in our city. We would love to access fresh food so that we can supplement the food given out at the foodbank. Coventry Foodbank is a "more than food" foodbank. We currently run advice services at foodbank where clients can access trained advisers from Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB). We have a clothes bank where clients can get pre-loved clothes. We have seventeen centres in the city and are feeding people at the rate of 1300 people each month - 40% of these are children under the age of 16.

Anesis provides food, clothing, and hygiene packs for upto 230 people every Sunday afternoon between 2.30-3.30pm, underneath the Coventry flyover. Our homeless service users are prioritised but no one is turned away. We believe in faith expressing itself through love. We also provide food parcels for Tuesday Drop In at North Point Church, Coventry, between 10am-12pm. This space welcomes members of the local community to have fellowship with one another whilst enjoying a hot drink and snack, before leaving with a food parcel. We are mostly known via word of mouth, but also receive referrals from GPs, churches, or local schools. Emergency food parcels are arranged for individuals and families on a referral and need basis. We are a small team of 20 volunteers, 10 of which serve regularly. We partner with many other local charities and have great relationships with the stores that provide food surplus. We serve a diverse population of all genders, ages, abilities, and ethnicities. The number of service users has doubled in the past 2 years. We supply fresh fruits, vegetables and bread, as well as long life products. We also make packed lunches for our homeless service users. Hygiene packs, bedding and clothing are also made available. Please get in touch if you are interested in volunteering with us, or wish to know more about rhe service we provide. We are currently in need of a social media volunteer manager, surplus collection driver or assistant, sandwich maker, fundraiser/grant specialist, and those who wish to serve on Sundays.