The Co-operative Food - Creekmoor, Northmead Drive

We are a non-profit food bank centred around Ferndown and West Moors, in Dorset. Our Team of volunteers provide daily food parcels to families in food poverty around the area. We were originally based around Sainsbury's Ferndown store, but over the years and through Neighbourly we have expanded to accept donations from other companies like, Southern Co-op, Aldi, Lidl, and M&S. That said, anyone wishing to donate to the Food Project can give items in arrangement with us, as log as the items can satisfy our food handling policy and can be distributed immediately, as we have no storage facilities. Our Partner stores allow us to access the non-sellable items for redistribution in the food banks, and our volunteers sort and deliver the food straight to the families in need. This partnership has endured over a decade of co-operation, helping families with disabilities as well as low-income households through many a rough time in their lives, for as long as it takes for them to get back on their feet. Families in need are referred to us through various local organisations, from churches to community help groups and we are careful to identify those in real need. We are always on the lookout for more volunteers, Feel free to contact us on our Facebook page or at: ferndownfoodproject@gmail.com for more information!

Moor Community Food aims to redistribute surplus food through a community store for Turlin Moor & Hamworthy in Poole, Dorset residents, who are finding it increasingly hard to find nutritious food at a reasonable price, due to the social and economic impact of Covid19, low paid employment, debt or benefit issues.

We are a community centre situated in Poole in Dorset. We host a community fridge & a baby bank The aim of our Community fridge is to stop waste food going to Landfill. We redistribute surplus food to the local community free of charge. We are not means tested and welcome all to come and join us at the fridge 6 days a week. . Our fridge is staffed solely by trustees and volunteers from the community that have been helped by the centre themselves previously and now want to give back. The two fridge leads are Level 3 Food hygiene certified one being HACCP ceriified and we hold a 5 star food hygiene rating for our fridge room which we are immensely proud of. Our baby bank is where families that are struggling come for help with all their essentials aged birth - 3 years old, No Parent or Guardian should be left struggling in these difficult times, we accept donations and arrange fundraisers in our Community hall to fund our Fridge and Baby bank projects.