Lidl Bovey Tracey

Essentials bank is a non-profit organisation redistribute food and essentials to organisations, charities, schools, community groups, and individuals to support people in need and the homeless with life's essentials. Essentials Bank not just provide food but also toiletries, clothes and some specific things under request. Essentials bank provides socks, gloves, scarves, new underwares and hats. We also provide pet food (dogs, cats and other pets food under request). We have different kind of services: - Free of charge service. - Membership service with a small fee to keep our service sustainable, to cover operational costs such as: Warehouse space, freezers and chillers, Administration, vehicle maintenance and fuel. Essentials Bank was initially started on March 2020 covid time when people start losing their job and their house and they have faced difficulty to apply for universal credit and were struggling to get essentials like food, toiletries and etc. Donation Essentials Bank relies on the food donated by the public and food businesses – that’s why your food donations are absolutely vital to continue helping people in need. Our shopping priority list UHT Milk Tins of Meat Tins of Vegetables (sweet corn and peas) Tins of Soup Tins of Fruit Noodle and Pasta Cereals Jams and Spreads Coffee, Tea and Sugar Rice Pudding or Custer Tins of Tuna or mackerel Dog and Cat food We accept fresh, chilled or frozen food. We do also accept non-food items, including toiletries, and female sanitary items. we accept good quality clean clothing donation. So, If you are individual happy to drop off food or any essentials donations, please email us so we can arrange to collect. And, if you are a company, store, factory and would like to donate food or essentials please contact us. info@essentialsbank.org.uk We are volunteering our time providing the essentials for the happiness.

THAT offers a foodbank service from our premises in Buckland, Newton Abbot for the whole of Teignbridge District. We operate with 40 partner agencies who signpost people to us. On arrival, claimants are welcomed with tea and biscuits, and given a suitable, bespoke food pack with enough food to last for a minimum of fourteen days. The pack will take account of dietary requirements and allergies as well as personal preferences and cooking arrangements. We support families and individuals who struggle to make ends meet. Our claimants may be street homeless and require food that doesn't need cooking, or staying in a B&B with just a kettle, perhaps a microwave, through to full cooking facilities. As well as food, we offer male and female hygiene packs, sleeping bags, tents and home starter packs for those moving into housing. We will also top up fuel meter keys and cards. We work in partnership with local housing associations, the local Council housing department, the Salvation Army, CAB, schools, doctors and Jobcentre. In addition, agencies for domestic abuse victims, recovering addicts, rehabilitation programmes, community nurses, health visitors, schools, surgeries, etc. all refer people to us. There is no charge to clients for using our service. We now collect surplus fresh food from local shops and we buy in chilled and frozen foods. For information regarding our Food Hygiene Rating score, please see the following link: https://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/683053/newton-abbot-and-teignbridge-food-bank We recently spoke to a journalist from the Moorlander about the work that we do and the impact that we have. See more here: https://www.themoorlander.co.uk/news/local-news/1972807/more-working-people-turning-to-newton-abbot-food-bank-as-winter-pressures-grow.html

Newton Abbot Community Fridge is based at The Courtenay Centre in Newton Abbot and is run by Newton Abbot Community Centres CIO and a team of volunteers. We collect food that would go to waste and offer it to the local community to take as needed free of charge. We hope to work towards preventing food waste whilst offering local people a helping hand.