GAIL's Bakery Berkhamsted

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 run a foodbank every Friday 6.30pm - 8pm from our Church Hall here in Bennetts End, Hemel Hempstead. Everyone is welcome to collect food, there is no charge and no referral is required to access our foodbank. We allow you to choose your food items, so you get the food you like, which helps everyone save on waste. We also offer light refreshments, so come along and stay for a chat with our friendly volunteers! Each week we collect surplus food from Sainsburys, Aldi and Gail's bakery. We also receive milk and fruit from Office Pantry. If you would like to donate to us, we would welcome any non-perishable food items and also accept food that would otherwise go to waste. We also donate toiletries to our service users and baby goods - nappies, wipes, milk and babyfood. Any surplus donations would be incredibly welcome!

This is a volunteer run group to support those in need at this difficult time due to cost of living and fuel crisis We have grown! We now have a lot more people using our service,and we now provide hot food free of charge We are open Thursdays between 10 and 12 And Tuesdays between 12 .30 and 2.30 Donations can be given directly to us,or,at a donation collection point in Dunelms on London road in Hemel Hempstead Cleaning products Kitchen/toilet roll Sauces,spices,pasta,spaghetti,biscuits,chocolate,tinned meat,fish,salt pepper,mustard,crisps,deserts,toiletries LITERALLY anything! Thank you from all of us We have tea and coffee,hot food and sweet goodies! We are a warm safe hub for everyone and anyone We are a non judgemental group and welcome anyone from all walks of life We cook roast dinners once a month,Christmas dinner on Christmas Day An organisation called “ one impossible thing@come along every three months with re furbed/new trainers for the guys( who wear out a pair of trainers every 2-4 weeks walking the streets) We ask for donations as well of pants,socks,hats,and scarves etc to keep people warm What most of our users say,is that”no one judges them”,and it’s nice to feel normal for that two hours People are using it as a social experience as well We can give a listening ear,comfort people,and point people in the right direction for help and advice where needed We have amazing support from people donating,but always need more! Everyone welcome We also run a foodbank at all saints in kings langley Tuesdays 10-11.30 And st Benedict’s Wednesday 10-12