Lidl London - Epsom

The Meeting Place was founded in 2011 with the principle aim of reducing social isolation. A coffee shop was set up in January 2012 with soft play facilities to encourage young mums and child carers to come in and stay as long as they liked. The older generation also enjoyed coming into a place where there was no time pressure. Since that time we have started up a language hub to assist those whose English is a second language and may be struggling in confidence and finding friends. We have also arranged lip reading classes for those struggling with communicating as deafness begins to limit them. In 2019 The Meeting Place agreed with the idea of having a Community Fridge, principally to reduce food waste, to be available at the times the Coffee Shop was open, initially this started on a small scale in January 2020. When the Coronavirus situation changed peoples lives we felt that we wanted to support the people who had been using the Fridge by delivering a bag of food to their door. This has grown from supporting 20 Families in March to over 170 at the present time. Most of our growth has resulted from professional referrals due to financial hardship or shielding.

Defoe Court has 21 studio flats. We provide support for young people aged 16 to 25, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and have low, medium or high support needs. Residents are encouraged to take control of their lives and build on their skills and strengths. Staff on-site 24 hours a day Short-term supported housing for up to two years Communal lounge, training and activity rooms, kitchen and courtyard We encourage our young people to eat healthily and having choices of food, and its made possible courtesy of the donations we receive from the organisations that partner with Neighbourly. Please see the pictures and letters below of some of our young people appreciating these donations.

We are a group of volunteers in the London Borough of Sutton helping families in need by distributing fresh healthy food boxes every week. Sutton Community Project operates @ Thomas Wall Centre (52 Benhill Ave, Sutton SM1 4DP) in the heart of Sutton. Our Library cafe is open to the public every Tuesday from 2-5:30pm where free tea, coffee and healthy snacks are available for Neighbours to enjoy. Food distribution starts from 3pm. £1 donation is requeste on the front desk at arrival (this is a donation not compulsory, so you can collect a food box even when you don't have £1). A founding principle is to love our neighbours, end food poverty, and inspire communities to live in a more environmentally sustainable way. Our vision is to reduce food waste and alleviate poverty by redistributing more surplus food to families and people struggling due to the cost-of-living crisis, homelessness, and the Russian/Ukraine war, and support the community through facilitating and working with services offering debt advice & job clubs through CAP (Christian Against Poverty), parent support, and well-being courses. Our values are to provide a strong shared foundation to help our Neighbours, alleviate food poverty in the UK, and inspire our community to more environmentally friendly sustainable living for a better future for all. We also encourage and promote integration, especially with our many newly arrived Hong Kong volunteers supporting them and providing references for them as they settle in the UK. We would love to see the diverse community in our borough transformed by providing a healthy balanced food box and creating a safe community space where people can be listened to and get ongoing support while they are going through a difficult and testing time. These include families on low income, the elderly and those who feel isolated, the unemployed, adults/children with special needs, with physical & mental health issues, refugees (particularly affected by war/conflict), and affected by the ongoing cost of living crisis. We are working in partnership with The Felix Project and Critical Support / City Harvest who saves surplus fresh food and distributes it to many charities, schools, and projects in London. Donations from local schools, churches, businesses and residents allows us to make up around 120-150 healthy balanced food boxes every week to distribute to those in need who are referred by Citizen Advice, Food Banks & local charities / community groups. Since the project's launch, the service users believe that they have become more sociable, their general well-being has been improved and they are more able to solve problems in life, many have become volunteers. Our goal is to see our community transformed - for the lives of the poor & the neediest in our community to be alleviated from poverty, become more independent and realise their full potential, learn to lead more sustainable living and give back to society for a better community.