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The Halifax Community Fridge, is open daily enabling residents and businesses to share surplus food and for anyone to help themselves to quality food that would otherwise be wasted. Unlike food banks, the Halifax Community Fridge is not means-tested - it is available to anyone. It is also discreetly situated and avoids any stigma its users may otherwise feel. The Halifax Community Fridge launched in August 2020, and has remained open every-single-day since. We are open 365-days-a-year, and are a lifeline for up to 100 families each day. No questions are asked, everyone is welcome. Working alongside Neighbourly has enabled us to support our towns local supermarkets in drastically reducing their carbon footprint and food wastage, which in-turn has stopped our community from going to sleep hungry. The work of the Halifax Community Fridge extends beyond free food and drink, everything we do is free to the community that we love to serve. We offer free winter coats, free sanitary packs for females, free pet food to owners and pets in need, free household items to support families in need and so much more We feature regularly in local and national media, showing the incredible work of the community fridge project and how it has brought our community together. In doing so, we have redistributed millions of items of food and drink back into our local community. Our work is spreading across the U.K., in supporting other Mosques and organisations in setting-up their own community fridges and serve their diverse communities, we are in the process of supporting around 20 organisations to support different communities across the country, examples are provided: Birmingham Community Fridge: https://www.neighbourly.com/project/67aa5fc339570a98e11db096 JTI Community Fridge: https://www.neighbourly.com/project/658465f445476114d40756b2 Keighley Community Fridge: https://www.neighbourly.com/project/6783c6ef823a3f527caa5fd1 Ashton Community Fridge: https://www.neighbourly.com/project/66df7367c6579d8b4c3cce1a Here’s some recent links from the media regarding our work: https://www.calderdalechildcare.org.uk/kb5/calderdale/fsd/service.page?id=aeQeVWscSc8 https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/people/award-for-halifax-mosque-project-which-is-a-lifeline-for-towns-most-vulnerable-4886288 https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/people/halifax-community-fridge-national-award-for-halifax-pharmacist-hero-who-goes-above-and-beyond-4285769 https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/people/halifax-community-fridge-the-selfless-volunteers-who-have-been-out-every-day-for-1000-days-feeding-halifaxs-hungry-4123860 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leeds-56201351 https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/free-food-fridge-halifax-bringing-20600051.amp

The Branch is a community charity based in Paddock, Huddersfield, working alongside local people to reduce poverty, improve wellbeing, and strengthen community connections. We provide practical support, community activities, volunteering opportunities, and access to advice and services, helping individuals and families overcome challenges and build brighter futures. Food insecurity remains a significant challenge for many local households. Through our FoodShare programme, we redistribute surplus food that would otherwise go to landfill, providing affordable access to nutritious food while reducing environmental waste. In 2025/26, FoodShare provided the equivalent of 43,131 meals, saved 27,562kg of food from landfill, and prevented an estimated 43,931kg of CO₂ emissions. We also provided emergency food support, shopping assistance and hot meals for people facing crisis situations. The Branch is part of the leadership team for Good Food for All Kirklees, a borough-wide partnership working to create a fairer, healthier and more sustainable food system. Through this role, we help coordinate organisations, support community food initiatives, share good practice and advocate for improved access to healthy, affordable food across Kirklees. Alongside food provision, we offer practical welfare support including energy top-ups, grocery vouchers, clothing, furniture, white goods and household essentials. We support people experiencing poverty, poor mental health, disability, domestic abuse, addiction, isolation and other complex challenges. During 2025/26, we delivered 280 community social actions, helping people meet immediate needs while improving their long-term wellbeing. We recognise that wellbeing extends beyond crisis support. Through digital inclusion sessions, health promotion activities, mindfulness, skills development opportunities and signposting to specialist services, we help people build confidence, resilience and independence. Creating opportunities for connection is at the heart of our work. Our community groups and activities welcomed more than 15,000 visits during the year through programmes such as Melody Makers, Lunch Club, Get Active, Computer Corner and FoodShare. We also deliver family activities, holiday programmes, workshops and community events that reduce isolation, strengthen relationships and create opportunities for people to belong and contribute. Volunteers are central to everything we do. During 2025/26, volunteers contributed more than 5,900 hours of their time, supporting food provision, community activities, events, fundraising and practical assistance. By combining immediate practical support with long-term community development, The Branch helps create a stronger, healthier and more connected community where people feel valued, supported and able to thrive.

Shared Goods Charity, located in Huddersfield, supports people seeking asylum and refugees living in Kirklees with a community hub and clothing and household bank, free-of-charge item choices with dignity, to aid the relief of poverty. We support people who are vulnerable and in economic difficulty, using a referral system for individuals and families seeking sanctuary.  Shared Goods was founded in 2020, we now have premises in Huddersfield town centre, are a registered charity, with 25+ volunteers supporting the project work, and have a reach of over 150 clients per week. It’s been rapid growth in a very short time period. The volunteers are the life blood of the project, a dedicated team from a variety of backgrounds, many of whom have previously used our service and ask to join our team to support others. We are an organisation rich in diversity, lived experience of the UK Immigration system, multicultural values and multifaith.  Our clothing range covers all clothing types for all ages from birth to adult, and includes shoes, sportswear and coats. We also offer bedding, towels and household items.  Awareness-raising of the largely unreported issue of clothing poverty in the UK is needed. Only 2% of people seeking asylum are able to afford the basic clothes and shoes they need.  We strive to ensure that people who have been forced to flee their homes, because of war or persecution, arrive in Huddersfield to a warm welcome and some of the things that will help them to feel more at home here. We have a formal referral process which ensures that we reach out to those most in need. The referrals come from a wide range of local organisations. We also work at grassroots level and have community networks which help usm to support some of the most vulnerable and difficult to reach people in Kirklees.  We are part of the wider welcome from Kirklees to people settling here in our region, helping to make a positive change in people’s lives. Mission: To provide free clothing and bedding to sanctuary seekers in need. Vision: Sanctuary seekers in need will not be held back from accessing training, education and future employment opportunities through lack of appropriate clothing, and will not be prevented from living healthy and hygienic lives through lack of the same. Values: We are committed to upholding the basic dignity of every human person and passionate about equality of opportunity for both those we serve and our volunteers. We stand alongside those who struggle against poverty, powerlessness and injustice in our local community in compassion and humility. We affirm the value of acting in partnership and remain open to forging new relationships to the mutual benefit of all parties, in a spirit of solidarity. We acknowledge and act on our desire to provide opportunities for marginalised members of society.  At Shared Goods we are passionate about  Humancare and Earthcare.