ALDI LLANGOLLEN

We have two main priorities, waste reduction and anti poverty so we tackle poverty sustainably, reducing single use waste and preventing unnecessary items from entering landfill. We are passionate about our environment and we are passionate about people. We provide reusable sanitary products to eliminate period poverty for the recipients, with products lasting for upwards of a decade. We currently cover Flintshire & Wrexham. We collect and deliver fresh, nutritious food from store to door, 7 days a week; tackling in work poverty, hunger, food waste and malnutrition. Christmas Eve 2023 saw us provide food to over 26,000 people; using surplus food that would have perished in warehouses during the holiday store closures. Between 24-31st December 2023, we redistributed over 110 tonnes of surplus food! We collect, restore and redistribute baby essentials to those unable to afford them. We support and enable the use of reusable nappies for all, providing them for free for those in need, for as long as required. We currently actively cover Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham but support can be accessed from residents of bordering counties. We impose no criteria as we believe it takes a significant amount of pride swallowing to ask for help. We enable beneficiaries to retain their dignity by providing whichever service is required anonymously. We’re not too sure if we’re innovators or a bit bonkers but it works! History: Wrexham Nappy Library was born in November 2015 to aid and enable the use of real nappies for people in need in the Wrexham County. This began with free trials of a variety of types of nappy with full support and guidance. Within a short period of time, newer versions of brands were released. Now, it is essential to keep trial kits up to date. As a result, we were left with a huge surplus of obsolete but perfectly functional nappies which we decided to offer to struggling families for as long as they needed, free of charge, with the simple request that upon cessation of use, they're returned to benefit another family. We began tackling period poverty in 2016, initially by adding menstrual cups to long term loan kits but quickly revised our methods and make them available to all. We commenced food deliveries in 2017 to tackle hunger discreetly, and to divert food waste from landfill. We also get infrequent donations of baby clothes and goods which are passed on for free to families who need them - returns of these items are not requested, instead we politely ask the families to pay them forward.

We collect and share surplus food in Llangollen, Denbighshire and surrounding areas. We deliver food packs to people who cannot get to any pick ups, we open regularly in community centres for everyone to collect food surplus. Food packs are for people in need of more support than just sharing surplus for reasons amongst many: -Changes to benefits (Moving to Universal Credit) -Zero hours contracts but no work during a period -Redundancy/loss of income or one household income -Illness and unable to work -Family breakdowns/breakups We are especially filling gaps where people cannot access food banks or other food support for reasons such as: -On zero hours contract and cannot access during opening hours -No transport/ no money for transport to foodbanks -Don’t want to be seen asking for food/ at foodbank. Words used feeling ‘too proud’, ‘scared to seen’, ‘ashamed’ We also supplement with non perishable items. We have two aims: Reduce food poverty Reduce food waste

Working for and on behalf of children in Plas Madoc and the surrounding areas in Wrexham County Borough. The Play team supports young people's in their needs and rights to play, The Land is a place where children can create a space they can call their own and where they are free to play, to recreate and to imagine. This project ensures children have access to enriched play opportunities.