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The Otley 2030 Community Larder aims to intercept food from local businesses, that would otherwise be going to landfill and provide healthy and affordable food to local people. This is part of Otley 2030's mission of bringing the town together to create climate-friendly and sustainable communities where people and nature thrive together. Our goal is to make Otley a carbon-zero, sustainable and fair town by the 2030s, and to ensure that this transition is made in a just and democratic way, involving all areas of our local community.

We aim to reduce food waste by collecting surplus food from local retailers and distributing it free of charge to the local community. Menston Parish Council have awarded us a grant which covers all setting up costs, and will go towards running costs (insurance, electricity etc) for our first year. We will apply for further funding from local sources, such as Shipley Community Chest, to cover running costs. Whilst use of the fridge is free for everybody, people will be able to make a voluntary donation if they wish. The fridge is located at Kirklands Community Centre, at the heart of Menston, and is run by a group of volunteers. We operate under the 'umbrella' of Kirklands (Menston)Trust, a charitable incorporated organisation. The fridge is open to all members of the community, either to take food or to donate any surplus that they may have, according to our guidelines as to which foods can be accepted. In addition to providing access to healthy food, our fridge brings people together and addresses social isolation in our community. We work closely with Menston pre-school, primary school, churches, scouting groups and charities that provide support to the more vulnerable in our community. Everyone in Menston has the opportunity to become involved in this project, as a volunteer and/or as a user. We will develop the project in a number of ways over time, including community composters, a 'recipe bank' with ideas for reducing food waste, educational activities for pre- and primary school children, supervised volunteering opportunities for the Duke of Edinburgh Award participants, and cooking sessions.

Inn Churches provides practical support to those who need it most across Bradford. We work with over 100 other community groups and organisations to ensure that nobody is left without shelter, food or warmth. As well as our original Winter Shelter, our Welfare Hub provides starter packs for individuals moving off the streets into their first tenancy, as well as supporting people with white goods, furniture, carpets and other items through the Acts435 crowdfunding donations site, and with duvets and food through the Warm Homes Healthy People partnership. Our Food Hub tackles food poverty and food waste by intercepting surplus and unwanted food from partners across Bradford, sorting and storing it, and redistributing it to people in need, primarily through our FoodSavers network of pop-up pantries and social supermarkets. Our Cooking Hub aims to empower, educate and inspire as many people as possible to cook great-tasting healthy food for themselves and their families, helping them to understand healthy eating, food safety in the kitchen, a range of different cooking methods and how to improve their cooking skills - all whilst having fun and meeting new friends. FoodSavers offers high quality fresh and store cupboard food for a low weekly membership fee at locations across Bradford. Much of our food is unwanted or surplus food, intercepted from being wasted. Membership also gives you the opportunity to attend cookery classes, save in a recognised Credit Union scheme, and enjoy other benefits, dependent on location. At our Storehouse warehouse we sort, store and redistribute surplus food to people in need through our FoodSavers projects and other partner community groups to enable everyone to access affordable, healthy food.