ALDI SANDHURST - YORKTOWN RD

The Hale Community Centre is a community resource that provides a range of services, Including a Community Fridge & Cupboard. We aim to re-distribute unwanted edible food from local businesses and individual households, which can then be taken by anyone who wants to get involved with the project. This prevents the food going to waste and into landfill. We would like to become a part of the community and bring people together, whilst looking after our environment.

Zero Hunger is a community-led food movement dedicated to reducing food insecurity, preventing loneliness, and tackling food waste across Hart, Rushmoor, Basingstoke & Deane and surrounding areas. We provide access to quality surplus food through our community outreach venues, helping individuals and families facing financial hardship while also creating welcoming, safe spaces where people can connect and feel supported. Our work helps save tonnes of perfectly good food from going to waste each year and redistributes it directly back into the community. We currently serve between 400 to 500 people and week. Alongside food support, we actively promote wellbeing, inclusion, and community engagement through volunteer opportunities and local partnerships. Our volunteers — known as Food Heroes — are at the heart of everything we do and help us create a positive, non-judgemental environment for everyone who accesses our services. We are always grateful for support in the form of surplus food donations, volunteers, and community partnerships. Additional support allows us to expand our outreach, reach more vulnerable people, and continue building stronger, healthier communities where no one goes hungry or feels alone.

Hawley Pre-School works hard to make children's experience fun, creative and educational, and to aid this we need to complete the outdoor area. Our project is aiming to support the children's play and learning by creating an outside area to inspire, nurture and excite. Phase 1 was to complete the astroturf to ensure the children play in a safe and comfortable environment and purchase learning sheds, smaller storage solutions with specific items such as a water play, books or messy play toys. This was completed in summer 2016 and we would now like to purchase a third shed to help our children develop their literacy, reading and writing skills, all through play!