ALDI SHEFFIELD - NORTON

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/

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.