Lidl Birmingham Sutton Coldfield

Our Church aims to be a God-centred oasis in the centre of Sutton Coldfield. We provide a range of Christian religious services and also use our premises for a variety of community-related activities. These include: - a community cafe - Cafe Oasis, operating 3 days each week -a food bank - Food4U - a parish nursing service - offering whole person advice and support - a parent and toddlers group - a full suite of age-related Scout and Guide groups for young people - a thriving university of the Third Age for older folk Our mission statement includes the phrase 'all are welcome'.

We are all small group of parents, teachers and community enthusiasts who aim to improve the education ans overall well-being of all students who attend Kings Rise Academy. We aim to improve the literacy and environmental education that all children receive through initiatives and events to raise funds to improve the current school grounds. Kings Rise Academy prides itself on supporting all families in need! For many years the school has run a weekly food bank on a Wednesday which supplies essential food packages to families in need. The school communicates the availability through the in house communication platform to families and they advise the school, via a Google form, it they are in need of support. The school currently has its own set up with food arrangements however the PTFA has always offered a helping hand with distribution. Recently, we have seen a growth in the number of families who need support, however we do not have the resources to feed all the families who come to us. As our PTFA evolves over time we have become aware of where our support is most needed for children and families. We have now decided to get on board with the existing team at the school to see if we can also provide surplus food to boost the amount of food we can hand out to families. This will allow us for provide necessary food parcels to even more families and ensure that when food is needed, nobody goes hungry! Friends of Kings Rise PTFA do not charge for any surplus food donations and currently have no surplus food donations in place to offer the existing set up and we have not had any media involvement in our efforts at this time. Recent Projects: Recently we established that some of the wider school grounds which are viewed by the general public needed sprucing up. A team of 4 volunteers came together and tackled the weeds, rubbish and old plants to give the area a new and fresher look! Fundraising: Our Easter event went extremely well and we were able to raise just over £200. This allowed us to purchase new bikes, trikes and scooters for our youngest students in the nursery at Kings Rise Academy :)

FoodCycle runs volunteer-powered community projects across the UK – all working to reduce food poverty and social isolation by serving tasty, nutritious meals to vulnerable people. Since we started cooking in May 2009, our incredible volunteers have served over 125,000 meals made using over 146,000kg of surplus food – the equivalent saving of 657,000kg CO2 emissions.