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Waste into Wellbeing (WIW), is a volunteer led project in the heart of Kendal. We’re creating a vibrant and resilient community by bringing people together around good food. Surplus food collected from local supermarkets, shops and eateries which would otherwise be wasted is served as delicious meals in Kendal People’s Café or shared with others through the community larder. We also host a Kendal Community Kitchen, offering training opportunities and social events. Our community and children's cookalongs are all about coming together to share skills, knowledge and good food. Inspiring our community to cook and eat healthier and consider their impact on the planet. As well as these popular events which are open to all, our kitchen is used to enable learning and work experience opportunities for young people and vulnerable adults. Hosted by community-based charity, South Lakes Action on Climate Change towards transition (SLACCtt), WIW is delivering an important environmental impact by providing a solution to reduce food waste, a significant contributor to Green House Gas emissions through landfill. Our Ambition     We aim to respond to climate change and the recommendations of the Kendal Climate Jury, by diverting surplus and waste food In the Kendal area from landfill. Through this, we aim to build social cohesion and improve well-being in Kendal and surrounding areas through the provision of, and education on, good food. We do this by: 1. Operating in a way that helps develop an inclusive, social community around food: providing a welcoming place to eat and enjoy tasty, healthy food, made from the surplus we collect. 2. Offering a community larder to redistribute our collected food to our community, open to all. 3 Reducing food poverty in Kendal by the provision of the above, helping to improve the quality of life, resilience and life chances of our customers and volunteers. 4.Developing an appreciation of good nutrition through education on healthy food, through our outreach programmes with our customers and other community partners. 5. Ensuring our food community is open to all, inclusive and welcoming, by providing a ‘pay as you can model’ while still ensuring our own financial resilience and sustainability.

Compassion Acts supports adults and children facing hardship by providing emergency food through Southport Foodbank, in line with The Trussell guidelines. Alongside this, we run Food Pantries, a Community Market and offer benefits advice, including advocacy and support at benefit tribunals. Our projects are delivered across the North Sefton area. While the Foodbank provides vital emergency assistance for people in crisis, its support is designed to be short term. Many families and individuals continue to struggle once the immediate crisis has passed. Our Food Pantry helps bridge that gap by offering members the opportunity to shop for around £30 worth of groceries each week for just £5, choosing the items that best suit their household. Val turned to Compassion Acts after facing a long wait for her benefits. Referred first to the Foodbank and then to the Food Pantry, she found more than just practical support. "I was full of panic and anxiety, wondering how I was going to cope if I ended up on the street. The volunteers at the Food Pantry were lovely. It gave me back my confidence and self-esteem. Without going there and meeting people, who knows what could have happened?"