ALDI WETHERBY

Chapelfields Community Hub strives to reduce social isolation in the local community by providing a safe space free warm food , free craft activities and help for those in poverty with food donations and a listening ear,advice services such as citizens advice and housing benefits attend as does smoking cessation workers to help people to stop smoking,The hub is run by the Community Association who are all volunteers ,The hub currently runs Thursday 9am till 12 we hope with more donations to open Tuesdays and possibly Fridays. We would be grateful for any food donations, refreshments such as juice,coffee and teabags or craft materials we rely solely on donations. We currently serve all age groups from young children to old age pensioners and love to see all ages mixing together. During The COVID 19 pandemic we have had to adapt our ways of working and at times work from home, we have run and carry on running a food bank, we have delivered food hampers to the elderly, vulnerable and struggling families, also helping with food for families experiencing hardship due to having children home more due to lockdowns and the hardship the costs of this incurred.we have had food stalls outdoors for people to come and help themselves this has been very successful and we keep adapting as rules and regulations allow. We are hoping to reopen our hub sessions very soon and get the advice sessions back in place. We have continued to work with the council referring our clients to the local area co-ordinatiors, and to the relevant agency’s for advice and support. We hope to get sessions for the benefit of mental health in the near future helping people with the difficulties they face mentally with the challenges of the pandemic.

Looprun is a response division and part of an independent social enterprise. This is more than food and is part of a supportive services platform to help people get sustained in their own individual way. With up to 94% success rate and seeing once those receiving free Looprun response bags to returning to stores as shoppers with baskets full. These are the impact stories created when all come together to do good for good. Service users are signposted to Looprun mostly from referrals including professionals in social and healthcare. Looprun provides free non perishables, perishable food, toiletries, and brand new clothing to people facing a temporary challenge. Whatever supermarkets, stores, and retailers can do is turned into a grateful donation to a neighbour in need. This is a response to real people in real-time. No food is banked providing a direct in and out service. We believe if the food is stored then a person in need is not getting any food, hence we provide an instant response and instant impact service. Looprun has access to professional volunteers who carry out a confidential support service to people in need. From homeless shelters, hostels, sheltered housing, care homes, soup kitchens and schools. This is a non voucher, free and confidential service. This means Looprun can reach more people in need with food donations. Anyone that receives a Looprun bag of essential food items is sustained thus creating a loop cycle. All are invited to become part of these sustainable stories in your local community. For further information and gallery access on the impact of Looprun please visit: Website: https://www.looprun-sciv.online/

Resurrected Bites was set up in Jan 2018 to intercept food "waste" and turn it into delicious, nutritious meals that we serve at our cafes in Harrogate & Knaresborough. We offered a friendly welcoming community and everything is served on a pay as you feel basis so that everyone can afford to go out for lunch. From Mar2020- Jul2021, our 3 cafes were closed and we delivered free food & non-food parcels to 15808 people across the district who are struggling to access food. Our cafes are open at St Wilfrid's Church Hall Wednesday 10-1.30, Killinghall Methodist Church Thursday 10-1.30 and Gracious Street Methodist Church Friday 10-1.30. We have launched a community grocery in Harrogate and one in Knaresborough, providing affordable food & non-food items to people on a low income. A 1-2 person family pays £5 for around £ 40 worth of food, a 3-4 person family can pay £10 for double the amount. Some of our customers may struggle to pay the cost of the shopping and so we are launching a Pay It Forward Scheme. If you would like to donate £5 or £10, it will cover the cost of someone's shopping who is having a tough week. Thank you so much for your support.