Lidl Swadlincote Belmont St

We ran a food bank and supported many residents during lockdown with over 2500 food parcels and care packages, we have continued to provide this support to those who have needed it since, we realise residents are still struggling and even more so, with the rise in living costs and the fuel crisis, we have seen a massive rise in numbers of those needing help and support in all manner of ways. We do care packages, half term bags, summer holiday bags, teenage care packages and elderly care packages. We provide a home cooked lunch every Wednesday for anyone who would like to come, it is a real social event and on a Friday we provide a full English Breakfast, cereal, sometimes a continental breakfast, fresh fruit and ambient food giveaways too,. we also run a youth club in partnership with Burton Albion Community Trust, we always do hot food and treats for those that come with activities from BACT. The citizen's advice is available from the centre to all residents of Winshill. Many organisations run from the centre, including Baby weigh in Clinic, child Health Clinic, Slimming World, Easy Movers for the over 50's, Autumn Days, social afternoon for the over 50's, Shoutout - Social evening for Vulnerable Adults, Karate, yoga, and Soundbath sessions,. We hire the hall out for children's Parties, meetings etc we also provide food, entertainment for our community in all the school holidays, which is called our Snack Attack Holiday club, we organise Easter, Halloween and Christmas parties, We deliver Easter eggs, We have over 600 Trick or Treaters on Halloween, pumpkin Carving etc, We celebrate Valentines day, Fathers Day, Mothers Day and we Always Make Christmas Special for our community with entertainment, presents and a visit from Santa. We also entre the heart of England in Bloom.

We are South Derbyshire CVS. We provide a Food Bank as well as many other services such as Befriending, Home from Hospital, Safer Homes, Mental Wellbeing , Low Level Support, Active Travel & Handy Person services to name a few. We also operate Derbyshire Time Swap and are a hub for local volunteering. Our Food bank provides support to those in need. This includes help with food, toiletries and some animal food ( cat and dog). Our aim is to ease our visitors out of their situation by referring/signposting them to appropriate support services. We have a general advisor from the Citizen's Advise based with us on a weekly basis who supports clients with various issues. This could be debts, help with filling out forms or benefit issues - however, the list is endless. We provide a person centred support from a caring environment. We work closely with many services in the South Derbyshire area such as the Police, Social Care, Women's Refuge, P3 to name a few.

No Hungry Child was set up in the wake of several Government and NGO reports which revealed some children were returning to school after the summer break malnourished, underweight and, as a result, unable to fully settle back into education for several weeks afterwards. In addition to the reports, many teachers have warned that children who are entitled to free school meals are going hungry during the summer and other school holidays. No Hungry Child has taken up the challenge of reducing the number of children and their families who go hungry in Derby, notably during school holidays, by providing such children at least one nutritious meal a day. We also try to provide a schedule of activity in a safe space during summer and at other vacation times and food parcels for families in need. All donated food and other items will go towards addressing widespread food poverty in Derby. We don't want to create any embarrassment for the children attending so we are approaching schools to give the project information to children on Free School Meals but marketing the project to families as a Summer Activities Programme. For us to complete this objective we need the support of the community of Derby, we need • Volunteers to help out with the making and distribution of food with various roles • Food donations so we can prepare for the July start. • Your donations will fund fresh fruit, bread, meat etc. We do not want to turn any child away so will appreciate any and all help provided for this essential Project.