B&Q Skegness

The food bank is reliant on donations from supermarkets, churches, schools, individuals and business's. We supply food parcels for an average of 400 people per month (2024)

Imagine Louth CIC is a community interest company located in louth, Lincolnshire offering children's imaginative play, home ed groups , other children's play activities and adult arts and crafts sessions. All of the community interest companies groups and the local community are served by Imagine cafe. Imagine cafe serves fresh, home-cooked affordable food I nan effort to bring the community together. The cafe at Imagine also provides fresh & healthy home-cooked meals to elderly community members who do not have access to to a home-cooked meals .

Boston Women’s Aid (BWA) has been delivering services across South Lincolnshire since 1987; our team are fully trained and experienced. BWA is a member of the Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Delivery Group and WAFE (Women’s Aid Federation of England). Our services currently include - providing refuge spaces for single men and women and/or families in which includes specialist practical and emotional support to adults and children. Raising awareness of Domestic Abuse in schools through workshops and one-to-one sessions. Move On Together volunteer programme to support people to live independently and feel safe in their community, delivering the Freedom Programme to support people to understand the impact of Domestic Abuse (DA). Make a Change which offers group and one-to-one sessions where people can talk about relationship difficulties and explore their behaviour towards their partner and/or ex-partner(s). The charity is embedded within our community; we work collaboratively with many local organisations including businesses, Local Authority and Third Sector. BWA has been delivering specialist domestic abuse services for 34 years, the outcomes from which have led to evaluation and further development to “fill the gaps” adapting need accordingly. BWA deliver services 'with and not to' victims, we support people to make their own choices, giving them skills to have confidence in their own ability, supporting them with advice when asked, accompanying to appointments, being there as long as the victims feels they need our support. BWA gathers feedback from service users – what worked well, how things could improve, how it they felt. We consult with community groups and statutory authorities to research local need. Evidence shows that preventive work, education, awareness-raising and community support is far more effective in reducing harm that can lead to longer-term health issues (mental and physical) with life-changing impact. The work we do supports communities to talk about this taboo subject. In understanding DA, it will reduce incidence, help people feel empowered and seek support. This knowledge then permeates through whole communities organically creating an intolerance to DA. This becomes embedded over time, with much greater, wider impact because it has become local knowledge and not opinions being handed down. BWA will continue to encourage conversations about DA, how to prevent it and how to seek help. We are passionate for this to become embedded within our communities. As a locally trusted voice within our rural communities BWA is ideally placed to deliver these services making best use of our own local knowledge and connections. BWA are known and trusted by local organisations and partners for the work that we do and our expertise in this area of work. BWA will continue to encourage conversations about DA, how to prevent it and how to seek help. We are passionate for this to become embedded within communities.