B&Q Kettering

Rutland Community Fridges have been running sine October 2020. With 4 locations in Oakham and Uppingham and Greetham, we operate for approx 6 hours a week. We have regular contact with around 70 families each week and have saved over 35 tonnes of food to date July 2024. We are looking to refurbish the Community room that our Oakham Community fridge is situated and would be happy to accept donations of paint and other decorating materials from the B&Q Community Reuse Programme.

Kettering Foodbank exists because no one should go hungry. We provide people with food in time of crisis, and help to identify and resolve the underlying issues that cause them to fall into food poverty. We assess the situation of anyone who applies for a food parcel so that we can understand their particular needs, and sign post to other agencies for help and advice . Hopefully this will help individuals get out of food poverty and discourage food bank dependency . We are happy to promote our foodbank via local radio, and by giving talks to local businesses, schools and churches. We accept referrals from agencies within our area, from the local homeless teams, to schools and various NNC depts. Any surplus food we receive we have a 'help yourself' table outside our premises which is very well known and used. We try to ensure NOTHING goes to landfill..

Teamwork is a successful social enterprise helping vulnerable adults to achieve their goals. At Teamwork Trust we care and are passionate about ensuring that everyone has access to the same chances, choices and opportunities and we embrace and celebrate individual needs and abilities. We aim to deliver an environmental impact agenda, developing a resource in 'Easy Read'. To be project based, legarning will involve actively identifying an activity that supports environmental concerns - litter picking, waste packaging, light bulbs, single use plastic. Our Wood Shed - with a focus on repurposing wood & furniture. Creating promotional materials for social media. At our Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough centres we work with and support our Northamptonshire members – adults with mental health needs, learning and physical disabilities – who can choose from our enabling and education projects, activities and counselling programmes. Teamwork Trust offers a friendly, supportive environment where individuals can make new friends, access education and employment experience and regain self-esteem and confidence. Sign Up to our newsletters here www.teamworktrust.co.uk/signup