Sainsbury's Bude

We are a small team of people working hard in the community to help tackle food surplus going to waste by giving it back to the community, helping support those struggling through food poverty or just those creative cooks also this helps peoples passionate about reducing their carbon footprint by saving food from being wasted. We run a once a week pop up hub based at our local library, creating a friendly environment for people to come and help themselves to produce form local businesses. Our team of volunteers at the pop up hub are friendly and welcoming to people using the larder. The volunteers collect the food and check it all before displaying it for the public. Once set up welcomed people are left to come along and collect food every Wednesday afternoon. The food is available to everyone at no cost but there is a donations pot should anyone want to contribute to the project. We aim to progress and get a permanent venue and be open more often once we have other avenues for food surplus to be collected. At present we collect form from Co-op, Lidl and Cornwall Gleaning network. We also receive donations of food from local growers when they have surpluses and from residents who are doing store cupboard clear outs. .

Bude Memory Café is a friendly, relaxed meeting place for people living with memory loss and their carers, family or friends. It is a place to make new friends, socialise, share information and enjoy an entertaining afternoon. The cafés provide an opportunity for carers to meet with other carers. None of our volunteers are experts but we aim to offer support and can suggest where further help might be found. As well as the afternoon’s entertainment/game/activity, there is plenty of time to chat whilst enjoying a cup of tea and a piece of cake. The cafés are fun, friendly and free; we rely totally on donations, grants and fundraising activities to keep us going and to be able to offer the variety of activities and outings that are a big part of our Memory Café.

BCS is a peer support group for anyone affected by Cancer (inc. those living with or recovering from the disease, their families, friends and carers) living in or visiting the Bude-Stratton area. It does this by providing twice monthly, safe space, café events together with a variety of workshops and restorative therapies to promote both physical and mental health. We also provide advice and signpost attendees to other services and support. All BCS services are provided free of charge to users