Sainsbury's Nuneaton Queens Road Local

To be a resource centre for the spiritual and practical needs of the surrounding population. we offer ourselves and our services to all regardless of race or creed. all that we do has a strong christian emphasis. we firmly believe that a sound spiritual awareness is fundamental to understanding and meeting the needs of our nation. Nuneaton Community Church has for years met needs in the local community - initially in an ad hoc way. We were seeing the need to regularly supply food and clothes to families. We also supplied Christmas hampers, which included toys, to families recommended by Social services. According to County Council statistics, the area the church serves is among the neediest in Warwickshire in terms of multiple depravation

We are a volunteer-led community fridge, located in the Children and Family Centre on Granville Road, Hinckley, LE100PP. This Fridge is open to the public three days a week; Tuesday's and Thursday's, 10-11am, and Fridays 2-3pm. PLEASE CHECK OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR CALL THE CENTRE FOR MOST UP-TO-DATE OPENING TIMES. We are universally open to all members of the local community. There is no requirement to provide letters, vouchers or referrals. Please just come along and take what you need. Follow us on Facebook or Instagram on @hinckleycommunityfridge for regular updates. Also, we’re looking to further embed the Fridge into the local community by recruiting volunteers to support with collecting donations and managing the fridge. Anyone over the age of 16 can apply for the role and training, including food safety, will be provided. If you are interested or wish to find out more information about the Hinckley Community Fridge, please contact Abena O'Connor- Volunteer Development Officer on 07354248929 or abena.oconnor@leics.gov.uk. We operate under the umbrella of Leicestershire County Council, Family Help Service.

White Hart Community Groups was formerly Volunteer Centre North Warwickshire for 30 years. We changed our focus and name in 2019 to build on our experience of running groups for our community. We run groups for the benefit of individuals and the local community focusing on the most disadvantaged members of society. The groups are a craft group, doing various craft activities with people who have mental health issues, 2 people with autism, an alcoholic and some who are lonely, this has been running for 8 years now. A new knitting group meeting twice a week with local ladies (men are welcome) who need something to come out to and enjoy meeting together. Computer club teaching people how to use a computer this has been running for 8 years now. Our allotment again a long standing group for lonely people to do some gardening and meet others. Woodwork Workshop running for 3 years now, with the lead volunteer learning his skills in prison, this group has helped him get back into normal life, we make all different wooden items including guitars. Job club helping people get back into employment through job searching, writing CV's and supporting and giving guidance on interview skills. Three new groups/projects that are about to start, The Community Fridge supporting those in our community who are struggling to have enough money to buy food for their families, food poverty, but also stopping food going into landfill, so environmentally friendly project, we have fridge, freezer and shelving in place ready to start and a member of staff and 4 volunteers to manage it. We are about to start a board games group for those who are lonely and want to do an activity with others. Finally we have funding to work with people with dementia at the centre were all of our activities run from, White Hart House, but also looking at running it at two other locations in North Warwickshire. We will pay a new member of staff to run these groups doing board games, but also using music for them to sing along to, this is for those with dementia and their carers. For a bit of fun we also have a rock band. .