Sainsbury's Altrincham

About Betel We are a Christian charity dedicated to helping men, women and families facing social exclusion, including homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, and long-term unemployment. Our Mission At Betel UK, we're on a mission to transform lives through faith, community and hard work. We provide a safe and structured family-like environment, offering peer support to help individuals overcome the challenges they face. Our Approach Our unique approach doesn't rely on clinical programs or on-site doctors. Instead, we offer a supportive environment where residents are paired with brother- or sister-like mentors. For those in need, we work with medical specialists to provide medically assisted detox, followed by peer-led support. We provide a stable, consistent environment that promotes making daily choices towards freedom. Our Impact Today, Betel residences across the globe host more than 2,400 individuals seeking recovery, offering them a path to healing and independence. Our Locations We have several centers throughout England and Scotland, including Birmingham, Nottingham, Derby, Manchester, Hexham and Motherwell. Our residences are drug- and alcohol-free, providing training in life and employment skills, all at no cost. Our Redistribution Model We are a residency, and people join us to live for the duration of the 12 - 18 month programme. We provide all of the meals, drinks and snacks each day for our residents. That starts with breakfast, some men go out to work and take a packed lunch, some eat lunch on site, and then the evening meal. All drinks and snacks in between are provided as well. The men take turns and responsibility for preparing the meals for the community.

Community in Action supports our neighbourhood by reducing food waste, sharing surplus, and promoting wellbeing. We aim to build connection, care for each other, and make our community stronger through practical help and learning. About Us Who we are Community in Action is a grassroots, volunteer-led initiative based in Brooklands. We work together to rescue good surplus food from supermarkets and share it with local people and community centres. Our vision is simple: a neighbourhood where food is not wasted, and everyone feels supported and connected, not just with food, but with emotional and practical care. We’re not a charity or a business, just neighbours taking action for each other, with love and purpose. What We Do Supermarket Surplus Collections We collect surplus food from local supermarkets, fresh fruit and veg, bakery goods, tins, dairy and more, that would otherwise go to waste. Redistribution We share this food directly with local community centres, families, and individuals. We also host local food sharing tables where anyone is welcome. Free Well-Being Training and Support In addition to food, we offer free well-being support to anyone in our network. This includes: • Drop-in listening spaces • Group support sessions • Training in emotional resilience, self-care, and compassionate communication We believe food feeds the body, and connection feeds the heart. Community Support Whether it’s helping a youth group, supporting a women’s circle, or offering care during difficult times, we show up with warmth and respect. No forms, no judgment , just neighbour-to-neighbour kindness. What People Say “We’re really grateful for what you do to support the centre in providing much needed food for the community, and it all goes really quickly.” — Community Centre Manager “The well-being session really helped me feel less alone. It gave me something to hold onto.” — Workshop participant

We support the local community and the BAME community. One of the core purposes of our group is Foodbank (to alleviate hunger) and Mental Health support. We offer collection and delivery of food parcels. Collection day is mainly on Sundays 2pm and some other specific days as announced to our service users. We also deliver food parcels to the elderly and vulnerable (disabled) or sick. Our members deliver the parcels and sometimes we use a company called Connect Care for delivery. The type of food we provide are non-perishable food, fruits and vegetable, bread, and milk. We currently feed people from various backgrounds, (with focus on the BAME community) and social/economic statuses. In the past, we have managed to meet these needs with donations from people and contributions from our service users. However, in the last months, we have seen demands soaring. Our project operates from our local premises in Timperley (Broomwood Community Centre, Timperley, Altrincham, WA15 7JF. In addition to food bank, we provide other services to individual, families and community, ranging from financial education, mental health support, dealing with loneliness, immigration talks, community bridging etc. We promote stronger families and community relationships. We organise parenting classes, children & youth activities, family/Community Fun Days, counselling sessions, immigration talks & support and spiritual support and space for people across Manchester. Manifest Church transforms lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation. We provide financial education, support and information to people in debt. We organise seminars, classes and one-to-one coaching to help families, youth and young adult deal with financial matters. We work with partners like Christians Against Poverty (CAP) – for financial situation and advice, Blusci- Mental Health, Gforce for youth and community events etc Through our various activities, we are able to identify people in need and direct support as appropriate. Our food bank has flourished through this, making sure that we direct resources appropriately. Foodbank is completely free and at no charge to all our service users. We do not currently collect surplus food from any retailer. Many of our service users are from the BAME community, some of which are refugees, undocumented immigrants, people that have suffered domestic violence, single mothers etc Therefore we are reluctant to take or post pictures on social media. However, going forward we'll consider taking evidential pictures and even post some vetted pictures on social medial Our past sponsorship came from National Lottery for a 6 months project to reach the BAME community. Pictures of that project are attached. Our foodbank supplied and distributed to vulnerable people, people shielding because of pre-existing conditions, undocumented migrants, and refugees who can’t access help or