ALDI SHEERNESS

Swale Community Care Project supports the local community of Swale in Kent; working with the local authority and local organisations to support the areas & services currently missed by existing organisations or processes. This includes the most vulnerable and isolated in the community. We are a registered Charity (No. 1203458) with a Charity Bank account in the organisations name. Our team has over 7 years of local charitable experience in supporting local organisations & working within the community. We have built up a good relationship with local organisations & businesses. We believe that by working with others and focusing on gaps in current support that as a collective we can improve wellbeing within the Swale area. Our Charitable Purposes: (1) Relief of Poverty: The relief of poverty or financial hardship in Kent by providing or assisting in the provision of welfare, education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient. (2) Elderly People: To relieve financial hardship, sickness and poor health amongst elderly people. (3) Relief of Financial Hardship: The relief of financial hardship among people living or working in Swale by providing such persons with goods or services which they could not otherwise afford through lack of means. Our Aims with your support: -    The provision of low cost meals (via minimum value donation) and free food parcels via the organisations proposed community cafe & food bank. This includes general domestic items, health & sanitary items. Ambient foods will be utilised to support the food parcels, meals and soup kitchen. -    Free Children’s meals via our community café -    Free weekly Evening soup kitchen - Free Community Fridge providing free chilled food to the community. An item limit has been applied to ensure a balanced distribution. -    Through the community cafe and food parcel services we are able to build trust and observe changes in personal wellbeing, especially for those that have limited support networks. This enables an additional opportunity for detection, discussion and action through doctors, dentists, opticians or other specialists. - Our services provide support against loneliness and anxiety. -    As an organisation we promote the use of local businesses for our needs, supporting the local economy. Our distribution is assessment based to ensure that those benefitting from our services are aligned with our charitable purposes. These are reviewed every six months to ensure that we have the most current information and can support clients at a root cause level; working with 3rd party organisations in the areas of need. Our current live projects include home delivered food parcels and Heather House Community Cafe.

The Bus Shelter Kent Project offers hot meals and food parcels to the less fortunate including families and finds accommodation for the homeless people of Sittingbourne.

Here at Rose street primary school we are a large school with 436 pupils. We are striving to make the lives of young people and families better. Over 59% of pupils fall into the pupil premium category.. We are also the most deprived school in the Swale area. The majority of children are living amongst poverty and deprivation. Our aim is to set up a weekly food station where our families are able to come to for extra food. More recently we have noticed an increase in referrals and demand for food parcels, and an increase in support with utility bills. For many of our children there only hot meal will be the school dinner. Our long term plan is to set up a community hub where parents have a place to meet and feel supported. Our local area doesn't have many places for families to go to meet for extra support/ advice. We would like to provide more support for our families and the wider community in terms of food donations.