GAIL’s East Sheen

No Poverty

The Food with Love Community Pantry is a community food club, run by and for its members offering good quality, healthy and nutritious food through low cost membership. In June this year (2022) Food with Love (FwL) launched a new and innovative service aimed to empower the residents of the London Borough of Hounslow. The FwL Community Pantry helps families living on the threshold to sustain their livelihoods whilst maintaining their self worth and dignity. We are a community resource; here for those who need us. Our main aim is to; - Support and strengthen the self-esteem of members - Increase self-reliance and resilience - Reduce reliance on food banks. Each member makes a small contribution towards the cost of the food they choose during their weekly visit to the Pantry. To ensure that essential staples are always available the Pantry reinvests all of its member’s fees to buying stock. One of the ethos of FwL is to help decrease the amount of food that is needlessly sent to landfill each year. FwL collects and redistributes surplus stock from supermarkets and food manufacturers within the London Borough of Hounslow. The nature of suppliers means that the supplies are varied every week.

Hanover Court is situated on Priory Lane opposite Barnes Common, Hanover Court in Roehampton has 31 one bed retirement apartments. The location is one of Anchor's Many locations. Anchor's Values includes helping people enjoy later life and she offers an impressive choice of retirement housing. As England’s largest provider of specialist housing and care for those in later life, Anchor is committed to creating choice and opportunity for everyone. That's why at Hanover Court we listen carefully to residents, shaping our homes and services around their changing needs. Anchor is a proudly not-for-profit organisation, which means every penny we make is reinvested into our properties and services, building more and innovating for the future so that people can have a home where they love living in later life. As we do not receive any food surplus at the moment, as the Location manager for Hanover Court, one of my outcome targets is to ensure a lively, co-existing and a sustainable community amongst the residents through various means available, part of which includes supporting my residents with free food supports, which may contribute to them enjoying their later lives and other good they may gain from this plan. I as the local manager, I am on hand to offer support and assistance to the residents, as well as looking after the upkeep of the buildings and grounds. Plus, with Anchor's 24 hour emergency call system.