Sainsbury's Cheltenham High St Local

The St Michael's Cornerstone Trust exists to support the people of the Lynworth, Priors and Whaddon area of Cheltenham. We focus in particular on the relief of poverty, the advancement of education, the maintenance and improvement of public amenities and the provision of leisure facilities in the interests of social welfare. We run a coffee shop offering affordable hot and cold drinks which serves as a local hub, alongside a charity shop, a reasonably priced laundry service and free access IT facilities. In addition to this we run lots of different groups throughout the week - an art group, a homework club, a Boccia group, coffee mornings, soup lunch, a toddler group, a board games group, bingo sessions, and a knit and natter group. In addition we also rent out our facilities to local businesses and so also offer an over 50s fitness class and a chiropodist's services. Our facilities are also hired by local counselors from various agencies to see clients. Being community minded, we have facilitated having a community defibrillator fitted on to the local shop, and are involved in providing trained staff to supplement this. We are now setting up a Food Pantry service, to provide food for local families and individuals in need. We want to be able to provide an holistic service to people in need in our locality, including additional support as well as the basic food, in order to help reduce inequality and poverty in our area of Cheltenham.

CCP exists to transform lives. Our priority is to people who have serious and immediate need, equipping them to meet the demands of an ever-evolving society. Our aim at within this supported housing unit is to help vulnerable and often homeless young people improve their life chances, we create a safe environment in order to help the young people in to independent living. We do this by giving constant support and working with the clients to develop and improve everyday skills, such as cooking, budgeting and working within a team.

Community Group set up to help address food insecurity within the Northway area of Tewkesbury. We aim to help families struggling financially by providing access to good quality food We are based in the Northway Community Hub Building in a dedicated garden room bought to house the Pantry. Criteria for membership is anyone who is experiencing food insecurity and lives in Northway. We operate as a Weekly Food Club enabling members to choose 10 restockable grocery items plus milk, bread, frozen, fresh, fruit and veg - subject to availability for a weekly fee of £4 which is used to maintain the Pantry and purchase stock. We partner with local schools, churches and other organisations who refer those most in need to us. We rely on the support of local Businesses, charities, supermarkets and individuals who donate groceries to us for redistribution via the Northway Pantry. Currently we have one supermarket who provides us with surplus donations. Neighbourly donations will be shared between members who choose the food that they need. Whilst we believe it is important that families choose their own items, some types of food are limited so that all families have a fair proportion. Pantry Membership is reviewed quarterly and can last between 3 months and one year. With support from Neighbourly we can support a total of 20 families per week plus pets. We are run entirely by local volunteers.