Sainsbury's Lambeth North Stn Local

We are a Community Hall run by the Tenants and Residents Association of China Walk Estate, a council estate with many people on a low income. We run a food bank on Tuesday mornings to provide food for people on the estate and the surrounding community, including homeless people. The food bank is open to everyone. We also provide food when we can to elderly people who meet at the hall for coffee mornings, bingo and sewing groups. Currently we receive a delivery of food from City Harvest and we also collect food from Brixton Hub but our numbers are growing rapidly so we would love to increase our surplus food supply. We do not charge anything and are happy to help anyone in the community who needs help. We provide tea, coffee and snacks at our Tuesday morning foodbank as well as a warm place to sit. We are not a registered charity, just a Community Hall. We do not charge anything for our food and any food we would receive via Neighbourly would be free of charge. The hall offers many activities to the community including free of charge Aikido, Yoga for Mental Health and Chair Pilates. Coffee morning and bingo and sewing classes are provided for a very small charge. We also put on free parties for people in the community and run subsidised coach trips to the seaside and to Christmas Markets.

We need volunteers to help us in our Community Fridge. We have lots of donations that need weighing, date checking and sorting, as well as ensuring appropriate rotation of our stock. We're based at the Oasis Centre on 1 Kennington Road and St George's Church.

Downham Aid is a community Volunteering organisations formed by residents to help those most vulnerable members of Bromley and Lewisham Communities to access support and services. Having now supported over 3500 individuals with Emergency Food Boxes during the coronavirus outbreak while also providing a range of support services to combat loneliness and other mental health issues through creating be-friending networks on social media. Downham Aid are committed to continuing to support their residents throughout the community by designing a Social Supermarket to help reduce poverty and offer many other services. There is no charge for the food that we provide.