ALDI DENTON - CROWNPOINT SHOPPING PK

Provision of relief of items to vulnerable and disadvantaged families. We now want to launch a community hub but need more funding, help with fridge and a space to fully launch the hub. When this is accomplished we will be able to increase our beneficiary base as well as increase our services. People will not have to wait to get appointments before accessing food. They can get come in everyday we are open to eat.

In 2013 it was noticed that there was a huge increase in the number of individuals and families accessing food banks in Stockport. We wanted to find a way to help before they reached the crisis point of needing emergency food parcels. This where we came up with the idea for Your Local Pantry. Penny Lane Pantry was launched in August 2013. with 150 memberships available. Members pay a small, weekly subscription fee of £2.50 and in return members can select at least 10 items from the pantry's shelves - often worth in excess of £15.00 at retail. The pantry stocks a wide range of goods including fresh fruit and vegetables, chilled and frozen, toiletries and all the usual store cupboard favourites. However, the pantry is more than just about food,. We offer local residents the opportunity to volunteer in the shop helping them to build confidence, gain new skills and attend training. 10 people have moved on to full time, paid employment thanks to the support the pantry offers. The pantry holds cookery courses and demonstrations encouraging people to try new things and cook their own recipes from scratch, using all the ingredients from the pantry. The pantry has proved so successful we know how 4 shops across Stockport, supporting over 600 members and staffed by 35 volunteers.

Heavens Kitchen in the Community https://www.facebook.com/share/16MK28Ht1u/ Non Profit project, normally self funded except when funding via neighbourly & businesses is offered to us. Our project helps people in our community - homeless, sofa surfing, families in emergency accommodations, some claiming benefits, people on very low incomes, Refugees & Asylum seekers. All our people were identified to us as being in need via other community groups who we support. When we've got an abundance of donations it is distributed to all mentioned, anything left that's non food is given to our local Hospice charity shop. Food we're given is distributed immediately. We don't get help from any other retailers that are not mentioned. We don't charge anything for what we give or do. We also support other local community projects. We are partnered with Aldi Stalybridge, Aldi Hyde, Lidl Denton, M&S Ashton, Sainsbury's Ashton and Curry's Ashton Moss. Currys on the Snipe & Lidl Denton host food bank containers dedicated to HK. We also have B&Q Ashton who donate stuff whenever they can. Besides collecting & distributing food & non food donations, we have linked our long standing defibrillator work to HK. Operating in the community under the Heavens Kitchen Banner . This means our defibrillator work continues since 2014. We can hopefully place more PAD's into our local Towns in the future. We also acquire items via shout outs for our families i.e. clothing, household items to help those who cannot afford things. Currently we're working on Mary Bags which are end of life tote bags - essential items for families staying over in hospital / hospice self care packages in beautiful bags. Heavens Kitchen supports our local We Shall Overcome non profit organisation run by Pauline Town MBE. If we get enough groceries from surplus then we share with her for the homeless. Personally HK buy chocolate / cereal bars / crisps / snacks / cakes etc for the 150+ homeless and underprivileged people in Tameside who collect food parcels from WSO on a daily basis we help provide our support to WSO for one day a week. We support 14 residencies that have struggling people / families who are seeking asylum or who are refugees & a couple on extremely low income. Added to this we also support 22 emergency housing residencies that all host several people in each self contained bedsit. We also support the food banks in Tameside with food collections and from the supermarket customer donation points. We would love some help with funding to help buy supplies in a more structured way to ensure a regular weekly supply for all our people / families i.e. good fresh varied in date food. Funding when we get it, is spent within no time at all. All the support we get is a very welcome source that helps us deliver to people in need. Looking forward to any help available Dawn