ALDI KILLAMARSH

S12 Community Pantry is a registered charity based at Scowerdons Community Centre in Sheffield. We are run entirely by volunteers and work to reduce food poverty, social isolation and financial hardship across the local community. Each week, we provide free surplus food including fruit, vegetables, bakery products and frozen items, alongside a welcoming community café where people can enjoy hot drinks, food and conversation. No referral is needed to attend our regular community session, and we aim to offer support with dignity and without judgement. We also provide emergency food parcels and school holiday meal bags for local families who may struggle to afford breakfast and lunch when children are not receiving school meals. Alongside our food support, we run a low-cost lunch club for adults, Citizens Advice sessions, community activities, seasonal family support and an annual Christmas gift appeal for vulnerable children. Our services support families with children, older people, people with disabilities, individuals living alone and households experiencing financial crisis. We also work closely with local schools, churches, councillors, housing providers and other community organisations to make sure support reaches those who need it most. Surplus food donations are extremely important to us, particularly fresh produce, bakery items, chilled and frozen food, cupboard essentials, drinks and items suitable for family meal bags. Reliable and regular food collections help us reduce waste while making sure good-quality food is used to support local people. We also welcome volunteer support, especially drivers who can collect donations, helpers to sort and rotate stock, café volunteers, food parcel packers and people who can support our lunch club and fundraising events. As a small volunteer-led charity, our greatest needs are a dependable supply of surplus food, additional volunteers and financial support towards rent, insurance, training, transport and the general running costs of our community hub. Every donation helps us keep our services accessible, welcoming and available to the people of Sheffield who need them most. #young_people #older_people #food_parcels #school_holiday_help #half_term_heroes #families #community #community_centre #core_costs #children #addiction #lunch_club #christmas_gifts #chrishmas-_appeal #poverty

The project began in May 2015 and ran a series of successful pop-ups, feeding an average of 201 people per event and utilising 15 volunteers each time to assist in the planning and execution of the events. Fast forward to 2026 and Food Works now recovers over 300 tonnes of surplus food per year to help build a fair and sustainable food system in Sheffield. Through our two community cafes and 17 community partner hubs we are providing access to affordable, sustainable food across the city.

Established in 1975, we have a rich history of competing in, and winning, local and regional competitions. A number of our swimmers have also competed in national events. Our experienced and qualified coaches offer a friendly and supportive environment in which our swimmers can develop to the best of their ability, whatever their starting point. From developing swimmers looking to start competing through to masters, our squads support a range of abilities. Our club is run and managed by a fantastic team of volunteers who put in so much hard work to make the club the best it can be for our young athletes. As a non profit organisation we rely solely on the support of parents, support from local businesses and various fundraising to keep the club running. Food and donations would be used to help support the clubs ongoing fundraising events in many ways. We regularly hold localised club nights in which all of our members, Parents & Carers come along together as a group. These events are fantastic especially for our younger members as they are supported by our older children giving them guidance and support helping them to become more confident in their sporting abilities and generally on the whole. Here we normally sell cakes, biscuits, sweet treats and drinks to raise money for the club. We also hold regular raffles at these events as this is one of our primary means of fundraising so any longer shelf life items would be fantastic for those. Any healthy items such as fruit and vegetables can be used directly by giving these out to the children after training to encourage a healthier lifestyle and to further support good nutrition and also help out any families who may be struggling financially. The club also holds larger events throughout the year such as our annual swimming meet and presentation evenings where we are always in need of donations of raffle prizes to help us raise money to support the club by covering pool fees and coach expenses for the remainder of the year. At these events we are also required to provide lunch for supporting officials of the events and so food items can be made use of this way. We would also like to introduce some larger fundraising events in the near future where we are hoping to sell entry tickets which include a food option for the event. Depending on the type of donations we could make use of items this way such as for buffets or for bbqs.