ALDI NEWPORT - AUDLEY AVENUE

We are a small organisation based in Newport, Shropshire. We are a zero waste project. Our team of 14 volunteers collect food from local retailers that would go for incineration or to landfill. We then redistribute it to the local community at a weekly event in Newport. We established in January 2021 under our own name but previously we had been working under the management of Food Share UK Telford since November 2019. We are now established at The Royal British Legion club where we have exclusive use of a room for storing our food collections.. We have fund raised to buy our own commercial fridge and freezer and pay for set up costs such as training ID badges, hi vis, signage etc. We hold a weekly event at the British Legion when we distribute the food collected to around 100 families per week. Although there are on going costs, 99% of funds raised can now go back into supporting our community. We have several projects in mind including providing food for pre and post school clubs ( one of which operates from the British Legion) and the Youth club in our town.

- General charitable purposes - Education/training - Children/young people - The general public/mankind - Provides services

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/