Sainsbury's Liverpool Elliot St Local

Victory Outreach Liverpool has had great success in helping people that have struggled with substance misuse, crime and other life-impairing circumstances, restore their lives with dignity and purpose. One key area we in Victory Outreach strive towards is seeing the restoration of families. We also believe in helping children, teens, and young adults unlock their potential, gifting, and talents to become all they are meant to be in life and in society. One of the programs we have here at Victory Outreach is the Manna Project where we collect food through charitable donations and distribute to our community and other families in need of assistance. We believe in being a light of hope in our community and to the city of Liverpool.

We are a register charity, and we help with the relief of poverty among children and their families. The majority of families we support are struggling financially to make ends meet. We redistributes the surplus food we collects to families / individuals in need on Monday to Friday, but Tuesdays and Fridays are the main designated days for the food bank, whilst other days are for people with health issues. clothing, school uniforms / school supplies, small household goods, and toiletries redistribution days are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. We help low income families / individuals in need, refugees, asylum seeker, and homeless people. We occasionally provide home work club for children under 16 years of age, and also support with recreational activities through schools giving local families opportunities to access and be included in activities such as school trips, and visits to cultural sites, etc. We provide information, and signpost families / individuals to other service providers for individuals progression. We provide a range of recreational opportunities for local families, particularly those from low income backgrounds who otherwise would not be able to afford these opportunities.

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?"