Argos Letchworth (Inside Sainsbury's)

Best Before Cafe rescues surplus and unsold food from local supermarkets and offers it to the community for donations of money, time or skills. The cafe runs on a weekly basis in two local community halls providing refreshments for all of our community and a 'food boutique'. The food boutique is where our customers can select food to take away with them. Our aim is to highlight the issue of needless food waste and also to feed our whole community. (NB: Donations are put back into the cafe to cover running costs and therefore make it a sustainable venture.)

Hi we are Arlesey Community Larder CIC and we are here to support the local community with essential food basics and redistribute surplus food from the area to relieve food poverty. Our Larder currently runs from the Arlesey MUGA Pavilion Building We identify service users via our facebook page @arleseycommunitylarder and via citizens advice bureau Mid Bedfordshire and North Hertfordshire Citizens Advice Bureau. We also work in partnership with Arlesey Good Neighbours to identify service users. We have a localise advertising our services in local bus shelters, parish council noticeboards , we have a dedicated support line 07427650080 for confidential and non-judgemental chat and support. Arlesey Community Larder is predominately a food support service however we would development the 'community' element of the service to provide social hub for local residents This means collaborations with local groups in the parish to promote each others services. We do not charge for our service however we welcome donations for the upkeep of the larder basics. We currently receive surplus donations from local groups however we do not receive regular surplus from supermarkets which we are keen to tap into and we believe service users and the wider community will appreciate due to the parishes location. We have been awarded a ward councillors grant to support the upkeep and operations of the larder, we are currently finalising a article in the local residential magazine (Arlesey News) to support our larder We have been supported by Arlesey Town Council and Central Bedfordshire Council and Cllr Arkle is a regular volunteer at the larder, we have been awarded a grant from Central Bedfordshire Ward Councillors for the operations and upkeep of the larder We have donation points in the Arlesey Community Centre and WI Hall - we are in discussions for a donation point in Morrisons Letchworth Facebook @arleseycommunitylarder