ALDI BLACKWOOD

A small Social enterprise, non for profit, community hub & food bank. With support agencies and community feeds on a Tuesday available to everyone. Donations are always welcomed to go towards the collection of the food. Distributor of surplus foods which we collect once a week and is displayed in a community fridge at the front of the cafe for all to share. Cafe, youth club, bingo. Veterans support on Sundays from 12pm Additional activities throughout the year based on seasons eg.. Easter egg hunt and Easter disco. All in our little premises on Elm Drive Ty-Sign everyone is welcome to join us and we will always make room for anyone to join us for a cuppa tea, no matter how busy we look.

At Cefn Fforest Primary, we pride ourselves in supporting our families in need and are passionate about the environment. With the cost-of-living crisis crippling many of our families financially, they are having to make choices between heating or eating. As a school our aim is to support our families as best, we can with our 'pay as you can' community shop, called the Big Bocs Bwyd. Any profit made is reinvested to purchase must needed food or hygiene products. We aim to contribute to the reduction of food poverty/food insecurity. We rely heavily on donations, which are becoming less and less. Our aim is for zero waste. Our pupils grow vegetables in our school allotments, and we educate then on sustainability and provide authentic contexts in which to learn about nutrition, food waste, business skills and the aim to shop locally., thus supporting the local community.

We are Community Volunteers Wales, a volunteer-run, registered charity in South Wales, committed to creating empowered and robust self-sufficient communities. Founded at the start of lockdown in March 2020 we sought to help those forgotten and overlooked. What started as collecting shopping and vital medication for those totally isolated by the pandemic has developed into over 200 volunteers striving for a collective impact within the community. Our mission is to create robust self-sufficient communities that have kindness and connection at the very heart. We make over 170 kindness calls in our community every week to help combat loneliness. Combating the loneliness that contributes to poor mental health we work tirelessly to connect people. Every week we have clubs and scheduled meet-ups so that those who feel alone have an opportunity to make meaningful friendships. We believe in bringing people together to support each other and build strong, lasting bonds which is why we run a coffee shop in the heart of Risca. We believe no-one in our community should suffer the side effects of poverty or isolation. Through our We Share mentality we founded Tin on a Wall to help food banks deal with unprecedented demand. We operate a Community Pantry, The Pantri based in Risca which gives members the chance to secure baskets of food for just £4. We also run a Uniform Recycle scheme to help parents offset the costs of growth spurts and back to school. Everything we do looks to redirect waste from landfill and put good quality useable items into the hands of people who need them.