ALDI BISHOP'S STORTFORD

Holy Trinity Night Shelter is open from November through to April and provides a bed and warm shelter and food for those unfortunate to find themselves homeless. We offer care, love, and support in a non judgmental environment.

We are a community wellbeing project in Essex serving West Essex and East Herts. We are based at Crafton Green, Stansted Mountfitchet, next door to the library and the Crafton Green car park. We have a welcoming community café and garden. From our centre people are also able to access help and support from our partner organisations, join clubs and interest groups, and share their skills with others. We also run a Community Food Share project in up to 6 different locations every week helping to reduce the amount of food going to waste and a NEW community radio station to further connect our community. For TouchPoint Foodshares please check the website for up to date information for locations and times. https://www.thetouchpoint.org/the-touchpoint-community-food-share/ TouchPoint Foodshare distributes food surplus for free to everyone that attends. By welcoming everyone it removes barriers and we thank the visitors for saving food from going into landfill. TouchPoint distributes for free 8Mt-10Mts a month. The total valuer of the food distributed during 2025 was approximately £500,000. The average value of a bag of groceries from TouchPoint Foodshare is £26.50. If a visitor attends a weekly foodshare every week throughout the year they can save over £1300 from the grocery bill annually. TouchPoint Active runs a range of sessions each week, from bootcamps to yoga, chair-based exercise to running. All sessions are free and accessible to all. Our “give what you can ” system enables those who wish to donate to do so. The sessions are held by fully qualified instructors and are suitable for all abilities. Check the website for up to date information of times and locations. https://www.thetouchpoint.org/touchpoint-active/ The TouchPoint Community Café is open every Thursday from 10am to 5pm, and every Friday from 8.30am to 12pm, and is a welcoming place to catch up with friends and relax. We serve a selection of hot and cold drinks and snacks, with hot food available on Thursdays between 12.30pm and 2.30pm, and free breakfast served on a Friday between 9am and 10am. Tea, coffee and squash are FREE, and cakes and snacks are available to buy. We also have a ‘Pay it Forward’ donation box if you would like to make a contribution.

Our aim is to offer ongoing support through emergency food parcels, basic hygiene essentials and a range of mental and wellbeing support to families, vulnerable adults, schools and the general community struggling to stay afloat. As a grassroots community project we are primarily staffed by local volunteers of diverse groups across the town which makes our services completely free and open to anyone who needs this the extra help. We empower residents to offer their time as volunteers who come together to simply inspire, invigorate and entice others out of their homes to join in various activities, share a coffee through our forums, make new connections and take their minds off worrying - whether young or old, shy or socially awkward, new to the area, retired, divorced, feel restricted, lonely or isolated - our services pride in making our wider user network feel part of the wider community. Since July 2017, we have been able to support over 5k families and delivered well over 12k food parcels both within and beyond Harlow