Sainsbury's Bermondsey Station Local

Life changing international Ministry is a church . Our motto is to change life through the teachings of Jesus Christ and by leading by example . Every week people from all works of life meeting to worship praise and learn the scriptures .. Due to incredible economic pressures We recently started a foodbank for our congregation . We have being inspected by Lewisham Council and we have a 4 STAR Rating . We now want to expand to cover our community . Hence this application . We currently do foodbank a on Tuesdays Fridays and Sundays . 1. Currently, the food that we receive from retailers (Asda, Waitrose, KFC, and Tesco via Fareshare and Felix project) are only distributed to the church members. But our plan eventually is to also distribute food to the people in and around Lewisham borough. 2. Once people enter the ministry (with their permission,) we collect data such as name, contact details, age and employment status 3. We prioritise food for church members who are (a) unemployed (b) on low income, and the elderly.  4. In addition to ordering food support, we also offer free spiritual counselling to church members. - we do not charge for our services 5. We do not currently collect surplus food from any other retailers 6. At the moment our services are not advertised in the local community, but we plan to do so, once we have extended our services to the local community. 7. Photographs showing the food we redistribute can be accessed on the church Facebook and website - (Please kindly note that our church Facebook and church website are now being updated to show our food bank redistribution.)

We are a Youth Club for young people 9-16 in Bermondsey. This Borough is one of the most deprived with the aftemath of COVID and a time of austerity, young people have been severely affected. Often our young people seek food and provisions from us and we provide where we can. We put on a holiday programme every half term so as to provide our young people with experiences and opportunities that they may never get in their every day life. Our young people are ambitious and enthusiastic and we try to harness their many skills and gifts for the empowerment of their families and community. We want to be able to offer food when a child comes in hungry and it too embarrassed to request this. If we can, we offer the parents/carers provisions where we can. Thank you for anything you can offer.

- General charitable purposes - Disability - The prevention or relief of poverty - Children/young people - Elderly/old people - People with disabilities - Makes grants to individuals - Provides advocacy/advice/information