Sainsbury's Birmingham Priory Queensway Local

Rushden Food Bank provides food free of charge to individuals in poverty. There is a mixture of standard food parcels, fresh food when available and cleaning and hygiene products. The aim of the food bank is to resolve issues where possible, helping with and signposting to services to help with benefits, debt, employment and paperwork. We are incredibly grateful for all the food we receive from the public, supermarkets, community groups and other agencies, churches and more.

All our activities come under the New Life Church Ministries (Sleaford) charity. It is our wish to support any organisation and supermarkets that uses the Neighbourly platform to reduce food waste. Food is then provided in many ways across our locations and activities. We value the support from our partners. Sleaford New Life Community Impact run many activities under our charitable umbrella. These include our Food Bank, Seniors Meals provision, Community Table, and more. We also operate some sub-trading activities like our Community Grocery, Community Coffee Shop, and Conference Centre, some of which have pay-it-forward options. All profits are reinvested in sustaining charitable activities, serving our community, and supporting those who need help. We especially value additional items for our Community Larder, which is stocked entirely by donations from individuals, businesses, schools and churches who provide produce such as tins and packets, often through their harvest festival celebrations. These items create a central stock that is used in the food parcels, whilst financial donations enable us to provide milk, bread, essential toiletries and nappies. Any excess or surplus items are redistributed to other Community activities, to avoid food waste..

Looprun is a response division and part of an independent social enterprise. This is more than food and is part of a supportive services platform to help people get sustained in their own individual way. With up to 94% success rate and seeing once those receiving free Looprun response bags to returning to stores as shoppers with baskets full. These are the impact stories created when all come together to do good for good. Service users are signposted to Looprun mostly from referrals including professionals in social and healthcare. Looprun provides free non perishables, perishable food, toiletries, and brand new clothing to people facing a temporary challenge. Whatever supermarkets, stores, and retailers can do is turned into a grateful donation to a neighbour in need. This is a response to real people in real-time. No food is banked providing a direct in and out service. We believe if the food is stored then a person in need is not getting any food, hence we provide an instant response and instant impact service. Looprun has access to professional volunteers who carry out a confidential support service to people in need. From homeless shelters, hostels, sheltered housing, care homes, soup kitchens and schools. This is a non voucher, free and confidential service. This means Looprun can reach more people in need with food donations. Anyone that receives a Looprun bag of essential food items is sustained thus creating a loop cycle. All are invited to become part of these sustainable stories in your local community. For further information and gallery access on the impact of Looprun please visit: Website: https://www.looprun-sciv.online/