Lidl Birmingham Winson Green

We are a charity that helps feed the homeless and those that are struggling financially. We cook a free breakfast and lunch every week on a Saturday where those in need can come and eat. We also open our doors every Tuesday evening as a food bank and give out donated food to those in need, items such as cereal, rice, pasta and tinned food. We are also planning on doing a ‘Fundraising Lunch’ where we will open up our doors to the whole community during lunchtime and Cook a lunch and ALL proceeds will go towards our bigger objective of helping those less fortunate within the community. We would love food donations to help those in Birmingham that reach out to us every week requesting food and help because they have no money, roof over their head or are just struggling to survive in this current climate.

We are a food bank (c/o Deeper Life Bible Church<DLBC>, 95 Bacchus Road, B18 4QP Birmingham) with the aim to providing dry and canned food to residents struggling to feed within the community and referrals due to rise in rate of cost of food and living expenses. We do run coffee afternoon on weekends and do not charge for the service(s) provided nor currently collect surplus food from any other retailers. We require any surplus goods or products ranging from ambience food, dry foods, fruit and vegetables. Listed below are the way we identify service users and their needs: 1. Service users are referred to us by counsellor with their needs noted, which for us is to enable them to access the food bank. 2. As we run warm place during the winter months, we have those who are not able to heat their homes or who want company to come into our premises. They also indicate if they need food and can access the food bank. 3. We use the church premises, members and those who are attending at any time, also indicate need for food and we allow them to access the food bank. 4. We are located in a deprived community, and get those in the community come in to us to access the food bank. From all the list above, some access continually after first referral, some for a while and some once. Below are the other services provided by Life Food Aid with some support from DLBC other than food support: 1. Warm space: we provide warm space for all during the winter month, particularly those in the community. 2. Coffee morning: We provide coffee morning / afternoon on selected days. 3. Music outreaches: We provide music outreaches. 4. Health and wellbeing seminars: We run bi-annual health and well being seminars that can be attended in person and online. 5. Social activities: We run social activities like barbecue that are open to others in the community.

Legacy West Midlands is a charity based in Birmingham, founded in 2010 to celebrate our local heritage and diverse communities. We deliver sports, arts, heritage and youth programmes for the benefit of the whole community, including marginalised and underrepresented groups.