Lidl Newport Usk Way

The activities include: regular public worship, prayer, bible study, preaching and teaching, with baptism and communion evangelism and mission, locally, nationally and abroad teaching and encouraging children and young people nurture and growth of christian disciples pastoral care supporting charitable social action locally, nationally and abroad. We offer a food bank where we give the ambient food out to the local community. We also freeze fresh food down on the night and store in our freezers to use for meals throughout the month. Our users are young mums and their families, they come to our church on a Tuesday and Thursday morning and have breakfast with us and take the ambient food home with them. On a Wednesday we have a drop in coffee morning were the community come in and have tea and cake and take home the ambient food with them. We get a lot of elderly people on a Wednesday and we use the pastries from M& S to give out with the teas and coffees. On a Monday we have a warm welcome which we started last winter when the cost of living meant families could not keep warm. The community asked to keep it running throughout the year as they enjoyed the company of each other. We offer them cooked food from the Sunday pickup for lunch and they take home the ambient food home with them. Once a month we cook for around 90 people this includes children and family members (Messy Church), they enjoy crafts, singing and stories, at the end we all sit around together for tea were they have a warm meal and pudding. We also have an international evening were people bring food from their culture and church also cooks food. We have 9 different nationalities attending church that we support as a lot of them are refugees; we usually have 60 people turn up for these events. Four months of the winter we have 20 homeless people sleep over in the church (night shelter) they arrive at 6 and have a warm meal, get cleaned up and spent the night with us. In the morning they have a cooked breakfast and a packed lunch is provided for the for the day time. We also have a chess club and darts evening and on a Saturday morning church members and people from the community meet up for a game of football. On the 26th may 2026 we are having a plant swap and community BBQ, crafts and music How we identify users and their needs Word of mouth from the community within the church and newport as a whole. Example , Lliswerry baptist church, sleep station, warm space in church, toddler groups within the church reaching out to families in need. Through community activities run every month at the church i.e Messy church, warm space, coffee mornings, art club and craft club also Knit and Natter craft community, we also have a chess club once week on a Wednesday evening. We rent a football pitch once a week for community football Partnerships and feed back from the community partners such as ravenhouse trust. All our services are Free

Our grass roots, not for profit group has been set up entirely by volunteers living in the community we want to support, in response to the cost of living crisis and the post-Covid loneliness epidemic. We have big plans and have started with a Community Pantry. In the 4 weeks we have been operational, we have signed up 58 households in the neighbourhood and distributed close to 300kg of food, much of which would otherwise have gone to landfill. We have sourced the food from supermarket partners set up via Neighbourly. The project has been extremely well received by the community, but at the moment we are working from a temporary base while we arrange funding for more permanent premises, which we hope to set up on our local allotments site. Once we have our own space, we have ambitious plans for cook-a-longs, social gatherings for those isolated people in our community and pop-up sessions with other local support groups, energy providers, councillors and charities.

HOMELESSNESS is rising across the entire country and as a result many groups have resorted to providing vital assistance to rough sleepers. Pride in Pill last weekend to feed the homeless. Pushing two ready-to-burst red trollies full of food and water is all this group needs to attend to dozens of the most vulnerable in Newport city centre. From November 2018 to present, an eye watering 865 meals and food tickets have been handed out by pride in Pill community group to the homeless with 500 free haircuts vouchers and there Do collect a lot of food for the homeless community centre witch cook even day for the homeless. The group, manned by six volunteers people, traverse the streets of the city centre every Sunday for three hours to hand out a hot drink, either a meal or food ticket – which provides a meal at a city restaurant – and a packed lunch to any rough sleeper spotted. Having met Pride in Pill outside the Lahore Restaurant, chairman Paul Murphy explained the reasoning for the charitable work. “Since we did Wrap Up Newport, we had some items left over and Tracey Jones and I thought we would hand stuff out,” he said. “We then wanted to do it on a regular basis. “Other than a meal and voucher and packed lunch, we also give out washing items and a hot drink. “There is six of us every Sunday. “We see 20 to 30 homeless people every Sunday.” The group’s first stop is at the site of where two homeless pods are currently placed. Within minutes of arrival, four very relieved faces eagerly greeted the group. “They love to see us and always say ‘thank you’ when they are given food and drink,” said Mr Murphy. “We get through so many bottles of water every night. “We carry with us roughly 800 bottles of water. I would say we give out about 72 bottles of water on a night.” Pip Supporting the homeless speaking to a rough sleeper) He also praised the pods for taking people off the streets. The pods were unveiled by charity Amazing Grace Spaces earlier this year and provide temporary accommodation to rough sleepers. We then made our way along the High Street and eventually to Cambrian Road. It was there that we met Shane Jones, who was forced into a life on the streets after losing his job three years ago. “I have put my tent up on Malpas Road and have been there for half a year,” he admitted. “I do not want to be there, but I have no choice. “Living in a tent is not pleasant. You worry about the weather and drunks at night.” (Shane Jones receiving food and drink from Tracey Jones and Paul Murphy) Another rough sleeper, who has been on the streets of Newport for nine years, added: “We do not choose to be homeless. “I hate being in my position. “I am just grateful to groups – such as Pride in Pill – because without them we would be in an even worse position than we already are.” The group also proudly explained how its volunteers also provide much needed counselling and emotional support to rough sleepers. we also feed the elderly