ALDI GORSEINON

Swansea Community Fridge is a community food resource, which aims to redistribute surplus food from a variety of sources, including supermarkets, to reduce food waste and benefit the community. As such, this resource is open to all members of the public.

Our food Bank and Food shares are strictly For Those In Need Only Based in Gorseinon, Swansea. We are fully Registered with Swansea Council Food Standards Agency as Foodbank / Hub. We conduct surplus food collections from major Stores 7 Days a week Our current out put of foods to our community is approx Equivelent to. 4,500 meals a week Food are distributed to several independent living OAP Complexes as Food Shares Approx 250 pensioners . Different days of the week There for helping stoping Land fill of perfectly good foods of all descriptions . . We also have our food Bank at our base Food bank supply’s the more essential products than food share to our community Food bank Baby bank Ladies products Large pet food bank And more What we do: 1. Food Bank 2. Surplus food shares to 6 venues through the week . 3. Large Pet food Bank 4.food bank section Ladies products Generally help to the disadvantaged ie, household items, food, clothes, if we have in stock. 5. FOOD BANK OPEN TUESDAYS & sundays AT HUB 1 TO 2.30 PM SOS Shelters Wales introducing founders David Tiley and Mike Tiley We have our very large yard and building at our disposal. We are based in Swansea and want to cover the whole of Swansea and beyond but it is one step at a time . We are also in contact with other fantastic groups where we can exchange ideas give each other advice and help each other where we can. We will be accepting donations for furniture and clothes, we will very much welcome fundraisers and We now have our CEO, Chairperson, Treasurer, officers all elected. We have our mandate in place. We have our policy and procedures in place. We have our registration with Swansea Council Food Standards Agency IN place. We have our Community Bank Account in place . Our email sosshelterwales@hotmail.com

The Blaen-y-maes drop in centre is open 4 days a week, we have foodshare and a foodbank, every Tuesday and Friday, our foodbank is independent and rely on donations, to keep running it, and helping out families and individuals. We have an over 50s group which is run on a Thursday between 11am and 1pm.We run free family activities during half term, and free training courses.We are currently selling pre-loved clothing and bric a brac items from our community clothing shop, that have been donated from the community. The money we take at the community shop goes towards paying the running costs, which helps keep the centre open . We have an informal drop in centre where , Free tea and coffee is available for those who want a chat or informal advice and signposting. Our community shares with the rest of Wales in the recession and Government benefit cuts. We aim to address this issue by distributing free food through hampers that we receive monthly, food share items that we collect locally. Our service is self funding through recycling clothes we are run and staffed by volunteers and our building is provided by the local authority. We also have a litter picking hub, where the community can come snd help tidy up the area, on our litter picking events. A lovely community garden for anyone to drop by, help maintain the garden or come and have a chat and a cuppa.