ALDI COLESHILL

The charity provides meeting facilities and volunteers in order to deliver educational and social facilities aimed at relieving poverty within the town of Tamworth and surrounding area. Having been a key participant in past years, Heart of Tamworth is taking the lead in providing the Winter Night. Shelter in Tamworth from December 2019 to the end of February 2020. The HoT Community Pantry tackles food poverty by making a wide range of fresh, frozen and ambient food available to those who are struggling with the cost of living. No referral from a third-party is required. The pantry is open weekdays (10am-3pm) and a warm welcome awaits. Surplus donations from Neighbourly are redistributed via our community pantry.

Formerly known as The Real Junk Food Project Birmingham, Incredible Surplus has been operating since 2014. Since then, we have redistributed over 1800 tonnes of waste food, cooked and served over 36,000 meals, helped 100 people achieve a Level 2 Food Safety Certificate, and seen dozens of volunteers move on into paid employment. All this would never have been possible without our amazing bank of volunteers and without the ongoing support of our donors and partner organisations. Our volunteers intercept food and other items that would otherwise go to waste from supermarkets, restaurants and other sources and redistribute them on a “Pay-As-You-Feel” basis. We run a series of community venues on a weekly across Birmingham and Solihull. We also ‘pop up’ at other venues. Please see www.incrediblesurplus.org for more info. The food we intercept has to be fit for human consumption and therefore we do not take food that has reached its Use By date, but we can take food past its Best Before date. Alongside food donations we also receive non-food items such as toilet rolls, household items, toys, and clothes, which we can redistribute across Birmingham at regular venues and via partner organisations. Our project is for everyone and we attract a wide range of people. In the main however, we feed people who are in food poverty; this includes the homeless, refugees, single parents, people with mental health problems. What is unique with us is that anyone can access the donated items or food on a Pay As You Feel basis. All give something back in return, whether this be a cash donation, their time, or skills. This system helps to prevent stigmatisation as well as fostering an enabling approach. Our project is predominantly run by volunteers. We have just a handful pf paid staff who are paid the living wage and volunteer extra hours on top. Many of our volunteers hold level 2 Food Hygiene Certificates, and a number of our volunteers have gained skills and qualifications and now have moved onto paid work. We're always on the look out for more donors/suppliers and volunteers!

We are a Care Farm based on an Alpaca Farm in Warwickshire. We care for children who are not allowed in mainstream education. Lucky Tails CIC provides a place of learning that involves practical skills and problem solving in everyday farming tasks. We need help building our relaxation rabbit village that will be used to help calm and improve children's confidence skills. We need materials such as wood, wire, nails and slabs.