Lidl Bromsgrove

ln August 2007, ECE recieved a Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of 300,000 members of the IYF (International Youth Fellowship) for our contribution to the UK branch. In September 2008, Esther Community Enterprise was awarded certificates from the Lord Mayor of Croydon, for having carried out 100 hours of volunteering activities. On the 2 June 2011, ECE was awarded with theQueens Award for Voluntary Service, MBE. This is the highest award given to voluntary groups in the United Kingdom, and as such, is equivalent in status to the MBE. This prestigious UK National Honour recognises outstanding voluntary contributions and sets the national benchmark for excellence in volunteering, with the work of those awarded being judged to be of the highest standard. We aim to meet those who have needs in the local community by redistribution of food and other consumables donated from retailers. ECE makes a worthwhile collective response to the 3 tenets of sustainable development, namely social, economical and environmental needs. ECE forms a consortium with other charities, faith groups, projects and organisations. We have over 70 Project Co-ordinators. They manage and help to distribute the food/groceries and clothing items within the local communities across the UK, on behalf of ECE. We have sustained our social enterprise through the goodwill and hard work of over 400 drivers and countless volunteers, who contribute their time, transportation and finance to this worthy cause. Near sell by date food is collected on a daily basis from a range of supermarkets and other retailers and diverted to those that need it most ECE feeds in excess of 40,000 people per week and this is steadily on the increase as we expand across the UK

Run by the Community for the Community.- Run by volunteers we share surplus food to save waste and supporting families in need.We provife free food for children and subsidised meals in our community cafe . We run food Share three times a week plus .we deliver emergency food parcels to thosevin need We do this in areas of severe poverty and where people are struggling to provide healthy nutritious meals on a very limited budget. The group is run by volunteers and is totally reliant on donations. Based in Stourport on Severn we support families throughout Worcestershire and surrounding areas

We have been active now for the best part of 7 years and we have assisted many People who have had or are experiencing a multitude of social issues. We have created real and positive changes through active care, support and person-centred progression. Our team has recently had a change of Directoship and new members have joined us with fresh ideas and projects in the pipeline as we move forward. While our focus is still the same: to help people in any ways that we are able to, our approach has changed slightly and we are now moving into a more faith based / Christ lead chapter. ** Christian faith based weekly meetings ** offering Prayer to those who would like it ** Rwmaining Grassroots & Person centred ** Assisting People in local Communities ** Reducing Rough sleeper numbers in Birmingham & the West Midlands in partnership with housing providers ** Promoting clean living through making healthy options ** Promoting positive mental health ** Supporting Children & Families with Food ** Food wastage reduction ** Drug & Alcohol awareness & signposting to services ** Mental Health First Aid ** Clothing recycling ** Offering 1 to 1 Spiritual support Our first project SBC Family, a direct action, self funded family of friends, is now in it's almost 10th Year of assisting people directly on the Roads of Birmingham and has assited many People, Our Road Lovelies, each month with essentials such as food, clothing, hot meals, food parcels and most importantly, Love. We are helping people to see that a bad day does not mean a bad life and that with guidance many positive things are possible.