B&Q Lincoln

We are a community wellbeing group in Newark who are committed to supporting families and serving our local community. Due to the increasing cost of living more and more families are experiencing food poverty which we are passionate about eliminating in our local community. We have a surplus food social supermarket supporting our low income and free school meals school families daily from Monday - Friday between 7am-9am and for the local community we open on a Saturday from 6.pm. We also operate throughout the school holidays on Saturday 6pm and on Thursday mornings from 10am - this will be advertised on the group Facebook page. We accept referrals from social care, children's centre's, the Healthy Families Team and the Newark Salvation Army. Our project operates from a self contained cabin at the back of the school carpark and is run by a team of volunteers overseen by the charity Trustee's. We collect surplus food that would otherwise be going to waste from local supermarkets throughout the day and in the evenings and store this in the cabin in large catering fridges and freezers to go out the following morning. Any remaining perishable food products go out to the school community at the end of the school day reducing food waste and allowing children and families to benefit from fresh produce. We also operate a Christmas meal project, last Christmas we provided food hampers to 150 local families who were in need of support to enable them to provide their family with a Christmas dinner. Our scheme is providing a valuable and essential service to reduce food waste and eliminate food poverty, it also provides volunteering opportunities.

Nacro is a National Social Justice Charity with over 50 years’ Experience of Changing Lives, Building Stronger Communities and Reducing Crime. We House, Educate, Support, Advise, and Advocate for disadvantaged Young People and Adults. We are passionate about Changing Lives; we never give up. In 2016/17 we helped over 38,000 people. Schoeffer House accommodates Young People who lack Independent Living Skills, and who need assistance to manage Move-On options into their own Tenancies. We deal with single Young People and Young Parents in Supported Accommodation.

- Representing the students academic interests - Providing representation and campaigning services for minority voices - Providing a food bank and swap shop - Assisting with widening participation to students from lower income areas and supporting them with their studies