ALDI WEDNESBURY - MOXLEY

The Open Heaven Church Pantry, run entirely by volunteers, officially opened in December 2020 and the church is a registered charity No 1123352. It aims to help local families in need, relieving and helping to prevent poverty by means of food provision and is a franchise of the national Your Local Pantry network. Our Pantry is a membership-based food club and sources its food from supermarket surplus and donations to help local people struggling to meet their bills for as long as they need help. Our members, currently just over 100, can visit the Pantry once a week for a fee of £5.50. This enables them to choose food items to the value of around £15. In addition, members can choose free fresh produce e.g. fruit, vegetables, pasta and bakery items for no additional cost. The membership fee is used by the Pantry to purchase top-up food stocks as required. We desperately need more donations to provide food to those in need. We have many people who do not have enough money to pay the weekly fee and so we provide free visits and crisis provision.

We are a local Christian community project, who run Wolverhampton's main foodbank. We support city residents, plus some in the villages bordering the North of the city. We help families & single people in severe financial difficulties by delivering free food parcels to where they live. The parcels include both tinned/dried, fresh and frozen foods, as well as toiletries,household supplies,baby toiletries and pet food. Each parcel aims to provide 3 days of food to all in the household. We partner with statutory/voluntary agencies who assess/refer those in need. Sadly, the need for our service continues to grow. In the year 2018-19 we supported over 9400 people - our highest number since we started in 2006. To find out more about us, dso visit our website www.thewellwolverhampton.co.uk

MLSS is a homeless charity called Midland Langar Seva Society. We provide food, support and relief to those on the poverty line, schools in deprived areas, safe houses, shelters and those living on the streets. MLSS operate on a Sikh based ethos, where we help and support all people regardless of social status. We cook and prepare hot meals 7 days a week in 26 towns across the UK. We also provide food goody bags to those that are vulnerable. - This Christmas get involved with our annual shoebox appeal - where MLSS provide the annual Christmas dinner at the Grand Central Station - Birmingham!