Lidl Peterborough - Sugar Way

The Food Basket is a community fridge operating across Peterborough. We offer local fresh food to the community, reducing food waste and tackling food insecurity. The community fridge is open to all. There is no need to be in receipt of benefits and you do not need a referral or voucher to access this free service, just come along to your chosen session and bring a bag. Due to how we receive our food we cannot guarantee what we will have but in general it is a mix of fresh fruit and vegetables from farms and supermarkets and bakery goods such as bread and cakes. This can help with food costs and stop food going to waste, good for your pocket and the environment! Our Extra Helpings programme offers additional support for our patrons by linking with other organisations with specialist knowledge. We are currently working with Healthy You, Cross Keys Homes, and Woodgreen.

- Open Door Community Cafe and food hub - Community Support Hub: food bags, information and advice, hygiene products Why we do this: Each year in the UK we throw away nearly 15 million tonnes of food and drink. Nearly half of this is perfectly good to eat! Our Community Cafe enables businesses and individuals to waste less through the sharing of good quality food that’s within its use-by date. Food can be donated by both individuals and businesses. People in food poverty can benefit from what is available on the day. This is especially helpful for families with young children to help them eat more healthily. A benefit is that people come to the Cafe and a real community is forming so we are also helping with loneliness and isolation. Our volunteers are made up of local people so the café and food hub is helping them to give back to the community. The area of Millfield where the cafe/food hub is situated is in the 20% most deprived communities in the UK with a high migrant population and in recent history has faced many challenges in relation to drug and alcohol related crime, anti-social behaviour, and tenancy issues in houses of multiple occupation.

Parents of disabled children are often thrust into this new, scary and complicated world with no advice, knowledge or training. Without the right support, the time creating precious family memories loses out to the stresses of everyday life and not knowing what the future holds. Little Miracles is ran by parents, for parents, and we aim to offer what we wish we had during testing times - a shoulder to cry on, pointers in the right direction and people to relate to and socialise with - as well as celebrate the small milestones that mean the world. We offer daily activities from our purpose-built play centre, The Spinney. Our centre was built in September 2013 by the BBC's Children in Need and DIYSOS following a massive outpouring of public support for our cause. In addition to daily activities, we employ specialists that provide their services at no cost to our families (as with all the work that we do) - a family support worker, sensory support worker and counsellors. The services we offer include: Recreational and educational activities for young people Comprehensive benefits assessments (and help completing paperwork) Advocacy Counselling and bereavement counselling Low-cost holidays - Caravan of Miracles Courses/workshops from qualified tutors Early intervention services