ALDI HOLMES CHAPEL

Victoria Road is a long established school which has served generations of families. Our aims are to nurture, inspire and accomplish. The school opened in 1907 and has undergone many improvement projects internally. The classrooms are stimulating environments and there are additional quiet areas where children can work in small groups with teachers or teaching assistants. We have a thriving breakfast club which aims to support the health and well being of families at our school.

I have recently opened a Community Fridge which I run from my house. It is a new shed that contains a fridge, freezer and shelving so we can store foods correctly that can be used by the local people in our village and surrounding areas. I work closely with other local businesses in the village too. All the services I provide are free. Before Christmas my children and a couple of volunteers made up food boxes and delivered these to around 50 houses in our local village which everyone appreciated. We have around 100-150 people drop by each week that take the food, and certainly a demand for it in our area. We have a parish magazine that I was mentioned in last month and this next month now my shed is fully open(we’ve had a new tarmac drive) so had to just adjust and work round this!) they have written a piece about me to go in Aprils edition. Here are some photos attached of the shed and my little boy helping me in his wheel chair deliver the food boxes before Xmas. Also a photo of me with all the potatoes we saved from sainsburys before Xmas when the other charities were closed so they asked me if I could take them. Another photo attached of inside my shed with the fridge and freezer and the shelving - currently empty but will be full of bread later!

We provide 5 days of food to local people in crisis referred to us by local and national referrers.