ALDI ALFRETON

We are a Primary School in Swanwick, Derbyshire. We are working on improving our school site for our pupils today and in the future. We have a fabulous team of school staff with a passion for improving the site and providing opportunities for the children to learn and play outdoors. We have a great outdoor space which we are continually developing to the best of our abilities within the constraints of the funding available. We rely heavily on sponsorship and support from our local community, without this we could not continue to develop and improve the site or provide the outdoor learning and fun we are striving to achieve to all our children. We would eagerly appreciate any support with garden products, plants, shrubs, seeds, trees, wood, wood stain, tools, and other structural supplies, and supplies for our forest school area, children's outdoor clothing. We would also appreciate supply to help with the maintenance and redecoration of our school such as paint, decorating equipment, tiles. Thank you for considering our school.

Our centre opens 4 days a week and offers support to all of our local community, and is available to anyone without the need for a referral. We work tirelessly to tackle food waste and provide food, non food items, support and access to services to all. We offer surplus food, free of any charges (membership fees etc) to ANYONE within the community and aim to support those most in need. Hot meals are supplied 3 days a week and non perishable emergency food parcels are provided to those in need and we NEVER ASK QUESTIONS... Our goal is simple: 1. To tackle food waste 2. To ensure that EVERYONE has what they need Our services are available to the whole community without prejudice and we are committed to helping those in need- regardless of circumstance. We are a fully inclusive centre and pride ourselves on equality. We are fully volunteer run and have an amazing team on hand, ready and willing to do everything possible to provide help, support and safety for all

Partner with us or come and volunteer with us, there are many different roles that you can apply for and lots of ways you can help us as we don’t think anyone in our community should have to face going hungry. We support local people in our Community who are referred to us in a financial crisis and cannot afford to buy food. We provide three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and welfare benefits checks and advice. We have a food shortfall every month which we are currently buying so we can continue to help local people. We list the most needed items of food on our website. Financial donations help us to buy food and cover running costs so we can remain open for the local community. As well as providing free emergency food parcels we also provide a warm welcome, hot drink, toiletries, baby supplies (Excluding infant formula), pet food when available and provide time for food bank clients to talk to volunteers about how we can help. We signpost clients onto local referral agencies who can provide further specialist support. We supply a 3 to 4 day ambient food parcel to clients who obtain a voucher from one of our Many referral agencies. More details can be found on our website southnormantonarea.foodbank.org.uk. Typically we provide short term crisis support and provide food parcels for a period of 6 to 8 weeks. There is no cost to the client. We are part of Trussell , working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.