ALDI ISLINGTON - OLD STREET

being that extends beyond short-term aid. Over the past year, FFH has delivered more than 7,000 meals and provided direct support to homeless individuals in Camden. By tackling food insecurity, poor health, and the lack of nutrition resources, FFH has established itself as a leader in providing comprehensive, impactful solutions for homelessness. Our food services include outreach (giving food donations and meals directly to homeless people and rough sleepers), and redistributing food/meals to the other local organisations to help with their food services. Food for Homeless is deeply embedded in the Camden community, with strong ties to local networks. The organisation plays a vital role in supporting homeless individuals across the borough, focusing on areas with high concentrations of rough sleepers and those in temporary housing or at risk of being made homeless. The project is particularly aimed at Camden’s homeless population. Currently there are approximately 903 people reported sleeping rough in Camden (www.statista.com). Many young people in Camden experience homelessness. Our project ensures they have access to nutritious food, improving their health and ability to focus on rebuilding their lives. • By offering volunteer opportunities, we engage Camden’s youth in community service, fostering empathy and leadership skills. • We actively engage volunteers from diverse backgrounds, creating a community-driven support network for those in need. • By respecting cultural dietary preferences, we ensure that everyone feels included and supported. This project will empower Camden residents to actively engage with their community, fostering a sense of collective responsibility. Volunteers will play a key role in supporting the initiative, from assisting with meal preparation and distribution to harvesting produce from the community garden. The project will also provide opportunities for community members to contribute to the design and delivery of activities. Volunteers and participants will be encouraged to share ideas for improving the service and enhancing the programme. This will help shape a more inclusive and responsive initiative, tailored to the community's needs. The Food for Homeless project is committed to continuous learning and improvement to ensure itssuccess and impact. We will track the difference our project makes by implementing a robust monitoring and evaluation framework.

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/

We are a grassroots community organization that provides hot nutritious meals and food parcels and other items to those in need in our community in Hoxton , Haggerston, at a local hostel and to those referred to us by Hackney Borough Council. We build relationships with our guests so that we can signpost them to other support. The objects of the Charity are the relief of financial hardship amongst people in Hackney and the surrounding area or in other parts of the United Kingdom; for example by providing hot meals, emergency food, essential toiletries, and household items to individuals and families in need and for distribution by charities or other organizations working to prevent or relieve poverty. Idia's also provide support or signposting to relevant information and other advisory services. We believe no person should go hungry. Idia's C K does its bit to redistribute otherwise wasted food by collecting sold food from branches of Co-Op, Tesco, Pretty a Manger, other businesses and restaurants often via Hackney Foodbank, who also donate short-dated items that they cannot distribute to their beneficiaries. Anything we don't use to cook with is made available to community members via donation tables. We believe it is possible to create a space where everyone can be themselves without fear of judgement or injustice. Our core values are kindness, respect and acceptance for all, and we regard everyone who joins us in any capacity and from whatever background as a member of our family. Welcome to one and all! Everything we do is in memory of Tina's late daughter Idia, who sadly passed away from Typhoid fever ate the young age of 11. As a family, they used to feed the community in any way they could. Tina founded this charity in her memory, to continue to feed, support, and inspire the local community. We are an organization that has grown organically . We started by volunteering a t a Drop In on Monday mornings, realizing very quickly that dood brought people together and that the social connection forged was something very special. Once a week did not seem to be enough, so we began collecting sandwiches and pizzas from local businesses and retailers and distributing these to people on the streets with the support of Ashwell House and the students there. We also organized showers with the help of the Salvation Army and collected and redistributed clothes and other items. From there, our founder and chef, Tina Omo- Bare began cooking hot meals and serving them on Hoxton Street outside the post office. Before the pandemic struck, Shoreditch Trust, allowed us to use the kitchen and outside space at their Wellbeing Centre on Pitfield Street, then Hoxton Square, then St. Chads and Fellows'. - General charitable purposes - Children/young people - Elderly/old people - People with disabilities - People of a particular ethnic or racial origin - Other charities or voluntary bodies - The general public/mankind - Provides services