Sainsbury's Bury St Edmunds Lark Grange Local

Still Good Food aims to reduce the amount of food that is wasted by redistributing surplus food donations, mainly from large and small retailers, through our shops in Bury St Edmunds and Great Barton on a 'pay as you feel' basis. We accept donations from a number of local businesses, farmers and individuals and not only pass it onto our shop customers but also onto a number of local charities and organisations like food banks, community cafes, etc. Although our main aim is to reduce the amount of food that is wasted in the UK we are also very keen to support those on low incomes through providing good quality food at low cost. The project is run almost entirely by volunteers, from those manning the shop to all our collections and deliveries. We are always looking for new volunteers to help us to open more often, for longer hours and to ensure that less and less food is wasted and more and more food is redistributed.

St Andrews Still Good to Eat is a food intervention project, redirecting food from shops, wholesalers, other retailers and producers etc., which would normally have gone to landfill back into the community, also assisting local residents with stretched food budgets, whilst reducing food miles and reducing waste, assisting with local waste management plans. We do not provide food to be eaten on the premises, or food prepared by SGTE, we supply a limited amount of pre-prepared packaged foods, both chilled and ambient. St Andrews Still Good to Eat (SGTE) operates in cooperation with St Andrews Church (Church of England, a charity exempt by law), Great Cornard, Sudbury Suffolk, at their premises. It has its own constitution (including stated aims and objectives) and management committee, but operates under the Church of England policies and insurance etc., linked to the church. St Andrews Church Council (PCC) and SGTE's own management committee provide oversight and we further operate under the guidance of local Environmental Health Officers. We are not a food bank, no referral or reference is required to visit us, all are welcome. We have our own dedicated, locked, storage area and our own, locked, commercial refrigeration unit. Our storage and refrigeration facilities are temperature and humidity level monitored, and we record and inspect all our deliveries, collections and disposals. We are open every Thursday between 10am and 12 noon, and only close for three weeks in the summer and two weeks at Christmas/new year, unless circumstances dictate otherwise. We assist around 75 individuals/families each week and have over 600 followers on out FaceBook page where we provide money saving and dietary information, recipes, and information from and about the local food bank and a wide range of other social projects. Member contribution/self help is highly encouraged. We provide information from #FoodSavvy, Suffolk County Council and Babergh District Council on our FaceBook page and whilst open in written format. We are strictly not for profit and all of our organisers and helpers are volunteers. We request a weekly voluntary donation from our service users, which covers our running costs of heating, lighting, refrigeration and unavoidable storage, hygiene and transport costs, there are no other membership fees or any other costs to service users. We are however assisted in our running and set up costs by kind personal donations, local council grants, the Princes Trust grants, Sudbury Lands Trust grants, and other assistance from Ballingdon House, Sudbury. Our partnership with St Andrews Church greatly reduces our costs and liabilities, to the benefit of all in the area. Our financial and operating position is sound.

We’re an independent charity working with vulnerable people in East Anglia. We work with local businesses, churches, other charities and relevant statutory authorities. Our services include furniture re-use, a food bank, elderly day services and a Christmas project.