ALDI WEST DENTON

Changing Lives, a charity who supports over 14,000 people across the country each year experiencing homelessness, abuse and exploitation, addiction and long-term unemployment. We believe that everyone deserves a safe home, a rewarding job and a life free from addiction or abuse. We also believe that, given the right support, anyone can change their life for the better. Our dispersed accommodation provides solutions to homelessness that give people the opportunity to live independently, in their own self-contained accommodation, with varying levels of support models available. The intention is that the option for independent supported living will be offered at the earliest possible opportunity and will ideally be the penultimate step in someone’s journey out of homelessness, preparing them to successfully move-on into a permanent home. With the rapidly increasing food and energy costs coupled with changes to the tax and benefits system it is creating a perfect storm for the people we support, excluding them from society and pushing them further towards a life of extreme poverty. Already, we are seeing a devastating picture for many people we work with. I am writing to you today to ask if you would consider making a donation of food or monetary vouchers to Newcastle Dispersed team. This would be in order for us to provide welcome packs of food, toiletries and cleaning products to new tenants and also to provide our current tenants with a Christmas meal and gift. As a charity, we rely heavily on the generosity and support of local individuals and businesses to enable us to continue providing our services and help people live happy and fulfilling lives. Any donations made will be thanked appropriately on all social media channels.

We are sending out parcels to people in our local communities NE13. Also covering NE postcodes as well as Northumberland, Sunderland, North Tyneside. if a NEED (condition, illness or high risk) comes in such as an isolated young lady, pregnant with no means to access the stores or family we will support and help with emergency food parcel until she can get her benefits and delivery slot with supermarket, we will also welfare check every client who is isolated. we have a whole row of bungalows of isolated elderly who have not come out since told not to, and not be able to access family as a family are either no longer here or isolated themselves. Support and advice for families with an additional, complex and, or neurological need. encourage inclusion in external activities and confidence to express growth and co-production with all relevant services. reduce family and child poverty in the home and school. reduce and support individuals with mental health and pre-diagnosis in spectrum conditions. encourage volunteer and work opportunities. Mother and babies parcels for pregnant and new mums

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/