Sainsbury's Penarth Windsor Road Local

We are all aged 55 plus, all with abilities and different needs. Our oldest resident is 97. We live at Western Court - a Wales & West Housing independent living scheme in Cardiff which is a bus trip or taxi journey to the nearest supermarket. Also many of us are on pension income and only one resident is in paid employment so being able to access the surplus Lidl food at our scheme will make a huge difference to us. We can use any funds we raise to help put on our social activities, which get us out of our homes and stop us feeling lonely and isolated. To help combat loneliness and isolation we get together to cook and eat meals together. so the food from Lidl will be used in this way. We arrange social activities to get us together at our scheme, most of which include food. We hold a coffee morning twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays to get us together in our communal lounge. We also have other seasonal and personal celebrations too such as cream teas and fish and chips. and garden parties. Welcome people from our wider community and have lots of friends, neighbours and support organisations / agencies visiting our scheme and joining our activities. Our gardening club members have transformed our gardens from a plain lawns into a lovely productive and beautiful gardens. We work with Love Where You live on our gardens. We run our garden on contributions from residents but it is hard to manage on these contributions alone. If you or your staff would like to do any volunteer days at our community garden we would be very glad of your help, especially in the spring. Our main gardeners are all disabled so they would be very glad of help with some of the heavier gardening tasks. How you can help us: Our activities run on a shoestring so as well as the surplus food donations, we would be very grateful for any of the following broken bags for our community garden: • compost • stone chippings • wood chippings • barbeque coals Also we would love to receive any surplus: • cut flowers, including the flower buckets – these are great for growing tomatoes and cucumbers in! • plants / multipacks of plants that are worse for wear • out of date seeds and bulbs • plant pots • any other gardening materials or equipment We could collect these items as often as is needed – see below for our contact details. We have been told that these items are normally put in the bin so to prevent these items going into the landfill would be good for everyone. We try and raise some funds by holding occasional raffles and knitting for charities/ Samaritans Purse for children abroad for Christmas so we would also be very glad of: • anything that we could raffle • any knitting equipment or materials * any soaps / toothpaste / toothbrushes /flannels/ toiletries/ childrens' toys

We help people live a more positive lifestyle by engaging in a healthy community at our gym. Groups we help include Homeless, Young Homeless people, victims of domestic abuse and young people who are referred by other services. We get lots of positive outcomes and created our Community Hub to provide volunteering opportunities and the feel-good factor of helping others. We have lots and lots of plans for great causes this year! The Hangar Community Hub is located at the Hangar Human Performance Centre, a combat sports and strength gym based in Penarth Road, Cardiff. We offer Sports Training to the local community and we train for fitness, and to compete. However that isn’t all that we offer. Grocery Donations We help people develop employability skills, by volunteering their time at the Hangar Food Pantry. Our volunteers will gain a Level 2 or 3 Food Hygiene Award and learn how to help people through preparing food packages for those in need. We help people learn about nutrition and health whilst they volunteer and they can also get involved in the many activities we offer at the gym. Our world is full of need. We don't always know where that need is, but we can help alleviate some of it by volunteering and helping others. This will always make us feel good! And if you’re looking for a place to volunteer, why not try here? Combat Sports and Strength Training We offer a range of Combat Sports and Strength Training programs to adults, children, and the elderly to improve self-confidence, life skills, social inclusion, healthy living, and overall physical health. Participating in sport helps people gain self-confidence, and a wide range of other skills. Stop by for your next training session!

Looprun is a response division and part of an independent social enterprise. This is more than food and is part of a supportive services platform to help people get sustained in their own individual way. With up to 94% success rate and seeing once those receiving free Looprun response bags to returning to stores as shoppers with baskets full. These are the impact stories created when all come together to do good for good. Service users are signposted to Looprun mostly from referrals including professionals in social and healthcare. Looprun provides free non perishables, perishable food, toiletries, and brand new clothing to people facing a temporary challenge. Whatever supermarkets, stores, and retailers can do is turned into a grateful donation to a neighbour in need. This is a response to real people in real-time. No food is banked providing a direct in and out service. We believe if the food is stored then a person in need is not getting any food, hence we provide an instant response and instant impact service. Looprun has access to professional volunteers who carry out a confidential support service to people in need. From homeless shelters, hostels, sheltered housing, care homes, soup kitchens and schools. This is a non voucher, free and confidential service. This means Looprun can reach more people in need with food donations. Anyone that receives a Looprun bag of essential food items is sustained thus creating a loop cycle. All are invited to become part of these sustainable stories in your local community. For further information and gallery access on the impact of Looprun please visit: Website: https://www.looprun-sciv.online/