ALDI BLACKPOOL - BLACKPOOL RETAIL PARK

The objects of the Charity (“the Objects”) are: - To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Faith throughout England for the benefit of the public mainly but not exclusively through the provision of a place of worship, the holding of prayer meetings, religious education, religious ceremonies and to provide outreach and pastoral care for the community. This can be presented as: - The advancement of the Christian Faith - Employing diverse ways of teaching and educating members with the knowledge of God - To give Christian care and welfare to all members of the community as it deems necessary. - Organisation of various seminars and leadership training - To provide welfare support to members - To support other charities and Christian events - Give support to the youths in meaningful Christian and secular activities - Work in co-operation with other Christian organisations and support events with similar Christian aims and objectives. - The relief of poverty 1. Premises: 125A Church Street Blackpool, FY1 1HZ 2. We identify service users from the congregation who have needs. Mostly from the BAME background and assylum seekers. However, we support people from all backgrounds and their is need. We are planning to open a soup kitchen before winter starts. 3. We are a church, so we offer teaching of the Bible and youth and children programmes to support our youths/teenagers to use their time and energy into useful and positive ventures. 4. We do not charge for our services. In fact we also support people with money, not just food. 5. We collect surplus from Aldi and Tesco 6. No local press. May be we should organise to show the work we do. 7. We need to get permission from the people we support if they are happy for their photographs to be shared. 8. We got in touch with Salvation Army for partnership but we haven't got any reply from them yet. We are not sure how to get the Council involved in what we do, however we are looking for how we can get in touch with them.

Blackpool Food Bank has been in existence since February 2012 and has undergone considerable growth to become a supplier of food to a network of 100+ partner organisations across the Fylde Coast. These partner organisations include statutory services such as adult and child social care, schools, nurseries, NHS, housing services, third sector organisations, groups who support homeless and rough sleepers, young carers, children and baby community groups, faith sector and community groups, hostels, and substance misuse recovery centres. We also provide an emergency food parcel service, working in collaboration with professionals such as the Citizens Advice Centre, Blackpool Council, and NHS, crisis teams to support families and individuals in desperation. We also host network meetings with our partners to coordinate information and empower the “front line” to enable them to further support the end user. The Charity's vision is to see communities where everyone has access to fresh, nourishing food, and no food goes to waste. The Big Food Project rescues edible, nutritious, surplus food and redistributes it to over 8,0000 people across our network every month. Our main objectives are: • To build a sustainable organisation by making the best use of our human, physical, and financial resources. • To grow and develop Blackpool’s resilience with network leadership and establish/ lead a collaborative approach to address food insecurity. • To develop our supply chain and relationships with the back of supply chain partners to rescue and repurpose larger quantities of food to minimize food waste.

We provide 24hr support to vulnerable adults aged over 18years of age. We work with them on a 1:1 basis to address their immediate needs and also identify opportunities for them to reach their potential. We continue to support them once in their own tenancies for a period of 6 months. We promote a community feel within the Project and encourage our service users to be involved in the day to day meal preparation, gardening, painting and general day to day running of the project. This develops their independent living skills whilst also making the place more homely and encouraging ownership and service user involvement.