ALDI BOLTON - RAIKES LANE

We serve the local community, with an emphasis on health and wellbeing, we hold plant-based cooking classes, weekly energy healing sessions, all free to attend. As well as being used as an event space, for Tai Chi classes, Yoga, sound baths, and art and craft activities. All are welcome, we are ran solely by volunteers, all food that is surplus is disseminated to a local homelessness charity, ensuring zero waste. We approach our work from a place of compassion and selflessness, due to the spiritual practices of the temple itself. However this is not a religion, and people from all walks of life, religions, nationalities are warmly welcomed and encouraged. We believe in peace and harmony between everyone, and wish to help the local community to thrive. Little Hulton is an area with a high level of poverty and depravation and we wish to continue to support residents where possible. Food supplies are a priority and needed to feed volunteers and local residents who attend the free community activities, as well as the plant based cooking classes, they have been self funded by volunteers but this has become unsustainable. Though any volunteers are greatly appreciated and welcomed particularly gardeners, DIYers, and cooks. But food supplies are first priority.

A christian movement committed to putting belief into action: taking a holistic approach, engaging with physical, emotional and spiritual needs, offering services without discrimination. in addition to christian worship, in buildings and the open air, services include drop in centres, lunch clubs, parent and toddler groups, debt advice, youth clubs, after school clubs & emergency food parcels.

Serving local people in crisis, we offer 3 day emergency food supplies to people identified and referred by frontline professionals. We also offer signposting and welfare advice in order to help break the cycle of poverty and restore dignity. All our food is donated by local people and organisations who want to see the hungry fed and people lifted out of poverty. Most of the food we give out is tinned or dried, but we aim to also offer fresh produce wherever possible. The food is given out by our volunteers in one of our 3 distribution centres, where people will receive a hot drink and a bite to eat and a listening ear as well as their food parcel. We are part of the Trussell Trust network of foodbanks, supported by local churches and facilitated by Farnworth Baptist Church.