M&S Rochdale Riverside

We help our local community and we provide free food parcels and have a place for people to get food from. We are also providing free household items. We provides free hot meals & free food parcels to people in the community who are facing hardships and struggling with the cost of living. The service also offers a range of other support to their users including a clothing bank and making referrals to the local authority where needed and signposting to other third-party organisations. Based at Deeplish, we are committed to supporting our local community through various food and support programs. Our efforts include: - Regular donations of food to local hostels, including The Sanctuary Trust Halsall House Hostel, to assist homeless individuals. - Distributing food bags at the Deeplish Community Centre to families and individuals in need. Additionally, we receive hygiene products, baby items, and more, generously donated by Aldi. - Supporting children through our Kids Club, where they participate in preparing healthy meals with fruits and vegetables. This promotes nutritious eating habits and offers them snacks and refreshments. - Running a summer holiday playscheme, offering low-income families and children a safe space with food and engaging activities during the school break. - Working closely with Rochdale Borough Council, who attend our events to provide support and advice. - Receiving referrals from various organizations that recognize the vital support we provide to families and individuals in need. Thanks to the ongoing generosity and donations from Aldi, we are able to reach more families and individuals, offering hope, nourishment, and a helping hand. Our collective efforts are making a meaningful difference in our community. - General charitable purposes - Arts/culture/heritage/science - Amateur sport - Environment/conservation/heritage - Economic/community development/employment - Children/young people - Elderly/old people - People with disabilities - People of a particular ethnic or racial origin - Other charities or voluntary bodies - Other defined groups - The general public/mankind - Provides human resources - Provides buildings/facilities/open space - Provides advocacy/advice/information - Acts as an umbrella or resource body

We started the soup kitchen four years ago serving soup from the back of a car outside Rochdale town hall one night a week. Within nine months we had enough volunteers to do this four nights a week and Saturday lunchtimes. We now have our own premises behind Champness Hall in Rochdale, from which we now aim to open a drop in centre seven days a week, serving lunches, soup kitchen in the evenings, providing hot showers, washing machine and drier, computers for applying for jobs and courses and medical services and counselling.

Weekly Hot Food Kitchen for Families, homeless, refugees and anyone in need. We provide free food parcels and have a place for people to get food from. We provides hot meals & food parcels to people in the community who are facing hardships and struggling with the cost of living. The service also offers a range of other support to their users including a clothing bank and making referrals to the local authority where needed and signposting to other third-party organisations. The hot food kitchen was a lifeline to many throughout the Covid pandemic period when over 700 meals were delivered per week to people at their home addresses. It has remained a vital lifeline to many within the Rochdale borough, particularly with the recent cost of living crisis. We serve an excess of 200 people each week: in addition, we deliver hot food to vulnerable people as well as delivering to hostels and homeless providers and referral families too. The hot food kitchen serves rice and curry as its staple, as well as offering pizza and chips to vegetarians and children. Tea and biscuits are also served. Hope for the Homeless operates from a dedicated community space where individuals in need can access food and essentials. Additionally, we organise outreach activities in Manchester, where volunteers distribute food bags to those experiencing homelessness. We identify service users through direct outreach, community referrals, and local partnerships. Our main focus is on individuals experiencing homelessness or those in need of basic essentials such as food and clothing. We assess their needs through conversations and observations during our outreach and service provision activities to ensure we deliver appropriate support. - Free distribution of food and clothing to those in need   - Volunteer-led packing and distribution of food bags   - Outreach trips to Manchester to deliver food to homeless individuals   - A welcoming community space where anyone in need can come and receive a bag filled with food and essentials All services provided by Hope for the Homeless are free of charge. We operate solely on donations and volunteer support to ensure that no one is turned away due to inability to pay.