Sainsbury's Castle Boulevard

The purpose of Meet, Greet and Eat is to provide a safe and integrated environment for individuals with additional needs, those being learning difficulties and/or disability to come together and create a project they can call their own. Through working with surplus food, the individual will be part of a team who will cook, bake and provide light lunches and afternoon teas to the elderly and isolated in the community. This will give the individual the confidence and experience to step up to volunteering, work experience and/or paid employment with other organisations or business.

We are a joint Muslim-Jewish project, trying to reduce food poverty and create a pleasant and safe environment for our guests. We offer a free hot meal, hot drink and sweet treat plus access to groceries to anyone in the community who needs one, every Wednesday, in the Hyson Green neighbourhood of Nottingham.

Broxtowe Community Projects runs a community food and nappy bank to alleviate poverty, especially food and fuel poverty and social isolation across Broxtowe. Our food bank is unique in that it is self referral, we ask no questions and do not require lengthy forms to be completed, our only criteria is that you live in the Broxtowe Borough Council area. This enables us to respond rapidly to requests, often being able to provide and deliver a food parcel the same day it is requested. Our food parcels are well thought out and are nutritionally balanced and include a variety of fresh food such as milk, cheese, eggs, bread, fresh fruit and vegetables, in addition to cupboards staples such as tins, packets and treats. We also provide baby care items including nappies, wipes and formula milk, toiletries, pet food and household cleaning items. We try to accommodate special diets and food allergies such as gluten free, dairy free, vegan and Halal. BCP is very grateful for all the support provided by our local community who generously donate food and money, fundraise and volunteer for our charity. We are members of FareShare and collect surplus food through the Neighbourly platform. We are always in need of new volunteers, we provide volunteer training and employ a Volunteer Coordinator so help and support is always available. Volunteers collect surplus food and bring it to the foodbank, help to prepare and pack food parcels, make deliveries, run our food bank drop-in sessions, provide support and advice to people in financial crisis, food & fuel poverty, as well as helping in the 'behind the scenes' roles of office admin and organisation. If you would like to volunteer with BCP and make a huge difference to the lives of local people who are struggling with poverty, then please get in touch with us using the contact details shown or pop in and see us one day on Chilwell Road (opposite the Co-op).