Sainsbury's Crouch End - The Broadway Local

Place of worship; community centre. Current operating in conjunction with the HIVE food bank to help tackle food poverty in our community. We are open Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm for people in the community for a drink, lunch, chat or help. Volunteer gardeners tend our lovely Tolly Rise community garden on a Tuesday morning. Wednesday afternoon we run a Create together class and the Foodbank operates in the evening from 6.30 to 8.30pm. Friday afternoon we run a Cook together class, cooking and sharing a simple nutritious meal.

Bounds Green Food Bank was established in June 2020 as a resource for those in need in our community. As members of the neighbourhood, our volunteers reflect the wide range of backgrounds and beliefs of those living in our part of North London. We are united in the vision that everyone in our community should have access to food. We set our own guidelines on how people can access the food on offer. This independence enables us to give guests the products they particularly need; which includes allowing a choice from what’s available including fresh produce, store cupboard essentials and cleaning products. Vision We envisage a community in which everyone has access to food and other essentials. Mission Our commitment is to share food across our community and improve lives by providing food and essential household items to build a healthy, hunger-free tomorrow. We aim to: • Promote social inclusion by supporting people who find themselves in a crisis situation where they need assistance to feed themselves and their families. • Provide first tier support and advice where needed, so that people can access available welfare entitlements and other support services. • Create opportunities for both guests and volunteers to broaden their skills and experiences so that we as a community develop and grow.

We are a multi-award-winning, volunteer-led Community Interest Company: a small team of unpaid volunteers providing around 200 meals a week, about 10,400 a year, for people sleeping rough or vulnerable across London. We have gone out every week since 2020, with zero profit and nobody paid. Current appeal: we are raising £9,995 for a bigger van for food deliveries and outreach, so we can stop turning down vital food support. We will trade in our old van, and the appeal stays open until we reach it. Use the donate link on this page. Our work has two strands: • Street outreach: trained volunteers give out hot meals, clothing and care bags (toiletries, food, socks, underwear and more), offer mental health support and signpost people to shelter, health and recovery services. • Food redistribution: we collect surplus food from Sainsbury's and M&S through Neighbourly and deliver it to homeless shelters and food banks. More than 45,000 meals have been collected through Neighbourly so far. We also offer: • Free 1-to-1 addiction and homeless support on our outreaches, with referrals to local recovery services • Check-in and Chat visits bringing food support to elderly, disabled and lonely people at home • Support for struggling families, including nappies and baby essentials for food banks such as Middle Lane Church • Summer hydration stations with bottled water and care bags Trained and trusted: • MHFA: Mental Health First Aid • ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training • First Aid Level 3 • Naloxone (opioid overdose response) • Trauma-informed Rough Sleeping and Mental Health Awareness training (2026) • Level 2 Food Hygiene and £1,000,000 public liability insurance • Our founder is an Advanced Practitioner Member of Addiction Professionals, a Senior Member of ACCPH and a Professional Associate of the Institute of Counselling, and holds an ACCPH-accredited Certificate in Addiction Counselling, Level 8 (SCQF) • Safeguarding policy in place, with a Designated Safeguarding Lead • 100% recommended in our Facebook reviews Awards and recognition: • Two Markel 3rd Sector Care Awards (2022): Contribution to Sector Development and Making a Difference • Global Humanitarian Innovation Award, World Leaders Summit, Oxford (2025) • Global Excellence Awards winner (2026) • Most Inspirational Volunteer Counsellor, National Counsellors' Day Awards (2022), won by our founder • Big Issue Changemakers (2021) • Invited to the King's Garden Party at Buckingham Palace (2025) • Part of a Guinness World Records title for the most people performing CPR in one hour (2026) • Featured in The Big Issue, the Islington Gazette and Care Management Matters Volunteering: volunteer opportunities are updated on our socials. Working in partnership with: • Haringey Recovery Service (HAGA) • Haringey Council • Middle Lane Church food bank • A local women's refuge Community Interest Company, company no. 16004064.