ALDI SWINDON - LATHAM RD

Phoenix Enterprises is an independent social enterprise whose commercial activities support training and employment opportunities for people suffering with mental health illness, learning and physical difficulties. Our aim is to work with people recovering from short and long-term mental health problems, this could range from depression, autism and aspergers. Not only do we provide extensive training programmes while continuing to develop our business portfolio, but we offer a day centre for people to come to us so they have a place in which they feel included and have fellow members in which to socially interact with. We work closely with counsellors, GP's, Community Psychiatric Nurses (CPN'S), social workers/case workers, agencies and the job centre to ensure that each member get the best from Phoenix. We also offer support to their families. One of Phoenix prime objectives is to act as a stepping-stone towards jobs in competitive employment by giving people the opportunity to rebuild their confidence whilst learning new skills in a productive and supportive environment. Without the support and training that Phoenix offers the service users, their situations and prospects can be severely reduced. The chance of them getting back into full time work would be significantly reduced. We provide our service users with the the chance to gain work based skills in a controlled and safe environment, that with time and support they can use to add to their CVs and get back into meaningful employment. We are solely reliant on commercial business and private funding. Phoenix operates a number of services to local business and the community and this helps the charity to bring in much needed revenue and provide real-time task for the services users. Phoenix service users work in a professional working environment with professional support workers who understand their specific needs.

Welcome to Swindon's Community Fridge. Sharing food with the community with the aim of reducing food waste and poverty. We collect food from supermarkets around the town of Swindon and redistribute it through our community Fridge which is open three times a week and welcomes anyone & everyone. We provide fresh produce, fridge and freezer produce, store cupboard basics, bakery bread and cakes plus a variety of other products that are donated from local organisations as well as from individuals. Since we opened in June 2021, up until October 2023 we have saved over 100 tonnes of food (that's the same as a space shuttle, a Boeing 757 and heavier than a killer whale!) from going to landfill and now serve an average of 150 visitors each day that we are open.

Looprun is a response division and part of an independent social enterprise called Glass Mill Social Enterprise C.I.C. This is more than food and is part of a platform called RSBA1 (Response, Sustain, Build, Achieve). A free supportive services platform to help people get back on their feet. With up to 94% success rate and seeing once those receiving free Looprun response bags to returning to stores as shoppers with baskets full. These are the happy stories created when all come together to do good for good. Service users are signposted to Looprun mostly from referrals including professionals in social and healthcare. Looprun provides free non perishables, perishable food, toiletries, and clothing to people facing a challenge. Whatever you can do is turned into a grateful donation to a neighbour in need. As everything given and everybody counts. No food is banked providing a direct in and out service. We believe if the food is stored then a person in need is not getting any food, hence we provide an instant response and instant impact service. Looprun food donations can include fresh fruit, vegetables, bakery items and non perishables. Looprun has access to professional volunteers who carry out a confidential support service to people in need. From homeless shelters, hostels, sheltered housing, care homes and schools. This is a non voucher, free and confidential service. This means Looprun can reach more people in need with your food donations. Therefore we need your help to ensure we can supply the demand in this crisis. Anyone that receives a Looprun bag of essential food items is sustained thus creating a loop cycle. We, therefore, are a platform for a voice to be heard in the community and share life changing stories. It would be great to have more partners become part of these stories in your local community. Looprun has also expanded into providing toiletries and brand new items of clothing. For further information and gallery access on the impact of Looprun please visit: Website: www.loopruninstore.org