Getir Bitterne Village

We set up our food banks 28 yrs ago and our Marketplaces 4 years ago. We have 5 food, 1 clothing bank and 4 Marketplaces. The Banks provide emergency support to those in need. Our Marketplaces is a community food membership scheme for local people. Our Banks operate an online system referral agents can use to refer clients. There is a network of over 2000 individual agents able to refer to us now. In 2023we gave out 4 days of food 21,765 times and clothed 2,153 people with x4 outfits. We do all this free of charge through working co-operatively with supermarkets, charities, business and churches across the city to make it happen. SCM Marketplaces have been designed to complement our existing emergency food and clothes project. For a weekly £5 membership subscription, Marketplace members can come on the day their Marketplace is open, use the members café, chat to members and volunteers, talk to any visiting advice agencies, and choose around 13 items from the fridges, freezers, fresh fruit and veg, bakery, ambient food products and toiletries.

Food redistribution charity in Southampton. Serving People, Saving Waste

The Three Rivers Community Rail Partnership is a not for profit group working with the rail industry to promote train travel and re-use station buildings for community benefit. The Free Shop at Swaythling Railway Station runs every Saturday morning from 1030 - 1230, handing out spare food from supermarkets and private donations to reduce food waste and help people access food without barriers. We do not charge and do not seek referrals or benefits statements, so everyone has the opportunity to take food without criteria on a first come, first served basis. This project builds social cohesion in the Swaythling area and surrounding communities, brings people together, reuses spare rooms at the station, which otherwise would sit empty, promotes the railways in a positive light and reduces the impact of waste on our environment. The Three Rivers Community Rail Partnership is part of the registered umbrella organisation Hampshire Community Rail Partnership CIC.