Sainsbury's Rumney Newport Road Local

We have recently been provided with a 'Big Bocs Bwyd' to help serve our local community. The Big Bocs Bwyd (BBB) is a project that is recognised by the Welsh Assembly Government and has been successfully established in many parts of Wales. The project aims to provide affordable priced food to families in the community who may need support. BBBs are converted shipping containers that serve as a ‘pay as you feel’ shop. Food poverty is an issue for many of our families A significant increase in pupils entitled to FSM and discussions with parents has revealed that there is not enough accessible support in the local community. There also appears to be stigmatism around accessing food banks, therefore, having a BBB onsite will ensure our community has somewhere to go when needed. This is a non profit organisation. All monies rasied will go towards purchasing food for the Big Bocs Bwyd.

With the cost of living going up we are seeing a rise in our numbers of people who use our services . We aim to try and give a minimum of 3 days of food help to each household who use our services weekly. We also have free item table set up for people to take and use each week. We try and help as many people as possible each week with free food and any donations would be greatly appreciated to help us to maintain the help we are able to give. We also provide a free warm safe space for our service users to use , do some crafts, have tea, coffee and cake (all provided free of charge) , charge up electrical items and have a chat to volunteers and other people. St Mellons Pantry's opening days are: Monday 12pm -2pm Tuesdays 10am-1pm Wednesday 10am-12pm Our aim is to help the local community through a variety of programmes: - Food pantry - Education/training - The prevention or relief of poverty - Religious activities - Children/young people - Elderly/old people - Other defined groups - The general public/mankind - Provides buildings/facilities/open space - Provides services - Provides advocacy/advice/information

Rumney Forum is a community-led charity that provides help and support to people throughout Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. We have a free school uniform/supplies scheme to all parents and carers struggling to make ends meet. We provide baby items, clothes (baby-adult), toys, household appliances and much more free to families in need. We are fareshare partner to help prevent food waste and food poverty. In addition to Fareshare we have an emergency pantry which is available Monday-Friday. Rumney Forum also run a Borrow don’t Buy project where we loan items out that people have donated they no longer need, saving items from landfill. We have a community cafe and also run community groups and events throughout the year.