Sainsbury's Cardiff Whitchurch Road Local

We love our city of Cardiff. We believe eliminating food poverty is within our grasp. We believe that empowering individuals, and groups to believe that their simple contribution can make a huge difference, is key. Food poverty is a reality. It’s in every corner of society. A common topic of conversation in our communities and culture. Frequently discussed, researched, investigated, but it continues. At Food4All we operate to make it simple for any willing volunteers to bring food to anyone who can benefit from it. Our volunteers might work in schools, volunteer with community groups, support those elderly or vulnerable, work within schools, mosques, churches, leisure centres! The list goes on and whether big or small, we simply help them all. Volunteers register with the Food4All leadership team. We discuss their community involvement and agree on a weekly plan of food collections. The volunteers are then linked with individual local stores, and supported by the Food4All team to collect donated food on a weekly basis. As a team of around 30 volunteers, we all work together to share, support and encourage. We work 365 days of the year. We support Food Banks, support schools by supplying food for their breakfast clubs, parent cookery classes; food for pensioners in retirement accommodation, asylum seekers and refugees as well as families in need who have vulnerable family members and much more, together reaching hundreds of households each week in Cardiff and the surrounding areas. We are grateful for every single crate, every loaf of bread, every bag of salad, every croissant! Each item represents our opportunity and hope that in sharing, maybe, just maybe one person that day will have a reason to hope. That they would know they are not alone, and that they too would have a hope for the future. Throughout the week: Free food available to the community from Al-Ikhlas Mosque, Cardiff, where individuals and families come together and help themselves to whatever they need in a warm and friendly environment. Deliver food parcels to the breakfast club in Splott as well as a the Star centre. Also providing vital food supplies to those in need in the Ely area of Cardiff via the Dusty Forge and St Vincent's Church. Providing food to support parents at cookery classes and the breakfast club at Cathays High School, supporting families in need. Supporting individuals and families in need in the deprived inner city areas of Cardiff (Splott, Adamsdown and Tremorfa) by delivering directly to the Mosques to support their food markets as well as individual families. Saturday: Fortnightly free food markets running in Llanishen. Supported by Llanishen Baptist church and Llanishen Catholic Church. Providing essential food support for pensioners in Llanbradach, Rhondda Cynon Taff. Free food open to the community from both Al Manar and Mosque Omar where people come together and help themselves to whatever they need.

ROUCA - Romanian Organisation for Community Advancement supports Romanian families in Cardiff through cultural education, children’s Saturday school, and women’s empowerment. We need food surplus donations to provide healthy snacks and meals to children and young mothers attending our weekly programs. We are the only registered Romanian organisation in Wales. We work tirelessly to support Romanian families and children in Cardiff through education, culture, empowerment and community-building. At the heart of our work is the Romanian School in Cardiff, open every Saturday during term time. We offer a warm, inclusive environment where children aged 2 and over, especially those from mixed British-Romanian backgrounds, can learn the Romanian language, traditions and values through storytelling, crafts, singing, games, literacy workshops and healthy shared meals. Every session includes a nourishing snack to support their concentration, growth and wellbeing. Our newly launched after-school Lego Lunch Club provides children with a hot lunch followed by engaging activities like chess, sewing, reading club and team games, promoting both learning and community spirit. We are also deeply committed to supporting young mothers and women in our community. Our GLOW Women of Romania network offers parenting workshops, mental health support, creative activities, and integration assistance. Sessions like “Crochet & Coffee” provide women a safe and friendly space to relax, learn, and connect with others navigating similar life paths. ROUCA also hosts traditional Romanian events, book clubs, youth volunteering programmes and integration workshops for newcomers to the UK. We help families access vital services, understand the British education system, and prepare for the Life in the UK test. These services are free of charge and powered entirely by volunteers. As a non-profit community interest company, our work depends on the goodwill of our volunteers and the generosity of our community partners. We are currently seeking food surplus donations to help us provide nutritious snacks and occasional meals for children attending the Romanian School and mothers participating in our weekly workshops. These contributions help families facing food insecurity while also reducing food waste. Our vision is to build a stronger, united and culturally enriched community. We believe every child deserves a healthy start, every mother deserves support, and every person deserves to feel a sense of belonging, regardless of where they come from. Food surplus donations would help us ensure that no child or parent ever feels left out or goes home hungry. Thank you for helping us grow this vision. Together, we can make Wales a warmer, more inclusive place for all.

Our group was set up in 2010 by a group of mums who wanted to do more for our kids on our estate. We do a range of events throughout the year and trips. We try to raise funds through our events but as most of us are on low incomes this isn't easy. We have lots of families on our estate being affected by the switch over to Universal Credit so they will be very glad of help with donated food. We can also use the donated food to promote health eating to families and teach people how to cook. One of our volunteers dawn trained as a cook so she is happy to lead on this, We work closely with Wales & West Housing, ACE (Action for Caerau & Ely) and the Hub.