Sainsbury's Mornington Crescent Local

Sankofa Storytelling Arts empowers children and young people by fostering agency and creativity to express themselves through applied theatre, drama storytelling and arts - contributing to finding solutions and ideas on personal, community and global issues important to them. Issues are age appropriate, SEN embedded and include topics such as wellbeing, community responsibility, leadership and social mobility. Two of our services feature Summer and Winter School (which includes a free hot meal) and estate based after school workshops for children and families. We primarily deliver these services within Camden and surrounding areas of socio-economic challenges. We aim to continually foster: - Soft skills of effective communication, collaboration and quiet leadership. - For the children and young people cohorts; develop confidence, agency, artistic and solution based approaches using the arts. - Using the platform of Applied Theatre, crafts and storytelling to create meaningful conversations and positive memories. Food donated to Sankofa will be distributed both during the classes and collected by their families. Most importantly, food donations contribute towards many of their lunches or evening meals in the truest sense of the word. We thank you all for heavily subsidising their wellbeing via surplus foods and volunteering. We're a growing micro team with big aspirations and this 2025 are converting our organisation model to become a charity. Please contact us for details of any of the above points and thank you.

Wipers Foundation Wipers Foundation is a grassroots youth organisation working across London to empower young people through meaningful, creative, and positive experiences. Our mission is to support young people, particularly those at risk of exclusion or involved in the youth justice system, by providing safe spaces where they can grow in confidence, develop new skills, and explore positive pathways. High-Impact Programmes Media Spoken word, music, film, and digital storytelling Helping young people express themselves and be heard Technology Coding, gaming, app design, and other digital skills Opening doors to future careers Sport Football, boxing, and fitness activities Promoting mental and physical wellbeing Afterschool Club & Workshops Cooking sessions and other practical activities Providing a safe and engaging space after school Driving Theory Workshops Supporting young people to prepare for driving theory tests Building independence and confidence Youth Advisory Groups Engaging young people in leadership, decision-making, and community projects Providing a platform for their voices to be heard Additional Support 1:1 mentoring and early intervention support Collaborative community projects Working in partnership with local authorities, schools, and the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit to reduce youth violence Food Donations All workshops and programmes provide food free of charge; young people and families do not pay to access our food support. We do not currently collect surplus food from other retailers, but we are keen to build partnerships with supermarkets, restaurants, and suppliers to expand our capacity. In addition to food provision, our organisation delivers a wide range of services including employability and life skills workshops, afterschool programmes, youth advisory groups, driving theory workshops, and care leaver support. Food provision is part of our holistic approach to ensuring young people are nourished, engaged, and equipped with the tools and opportunities they need to thrive. At Wipers, we build trusted relationships with young people and walk alongside them as they make positive choices for their future, ensuring they are supported, engaged, and empowered to succeed.

We run a surplus foodbank in Somers Town in the borough of Camden in London. All thanks to 50 local volunteers who help us to support 80 local households, 11 hostels, 1 after-school club and 1 church group. We are supporting just over 125 children now living in poverty. We do this by collecting surplus from 45 local stores every week and redistributing them in a timely manner all thanks to each volunteer commiting to a regular shift weekly/ alternate weeks. Collections are made by bicycle using hitch on/off trailers, by foot using hand carts and some volunteers use their cars for those big collections and drop-offs to big hostels. We also operate a 'Room of thing's where local households that we support can take anything they need from. Items are donated by local businesses and people. There isn't much we can't find a home for. In our small courtyard we also have a surplus cart where people passing by can take what they need. This is about supporting local people whilst also being a part of a circular reuse mode. Our volunteers support us with so much more, from helping local residents with their CVs, mentoring, sewing surplus food bags from textile waste, running a monthly free clothing swap and more. Our project is person centred, each volunteer has something meaningful to offer a local person; this is where community happens. We are just a team of 2 and are BAME-Led. Our work with Neighbourly is a key part to be able to support local people. You can find out more about the impact your support has on our beneficiaries on our website and you can visually see what our operation looks like on our instagram. We always need volunteers.