ALDI LYTHAM

Blackpool Food Bank has been in existence since February 2012 and has undergone considerable growth to become a supplier of food to a network of 100+ partner organisations across the Fylde Coast. These partner organisations include statutory services such as adult and child social care, schools, nurseries, NHS, housing services, third sector organisations, groups who support homeless and rough sleepers, young carers, children and baby community groups, faith sector and community groups, hostels, and substance misuse recovery centres. We also provide an emergency food parcel service, working in collaboration with professionals such as the Citizens Advice Centre, Blackpool Council, and NHS, crisis teams to support families and individuals in desperation. We also host network meetings with our partners to coordinate information and empower the “front line” to enable them to further support the end user. The Charity's vision is to see communities where everyone has access to fresh, nourishing food, and no food goes to waste. The Big Food Project rescues edible, nutritious, surplus food and redistributes it to over 8,0000 people across our network every month. Our main objectives are: • To build a sustainable organisation by making the best use of our human, physical, and financial resources. • To grow and develop Blackpool’s resilience with network leadership and establish/ lead a collaborative approach to address food insecurity. • To develop our supply chain and relationships with the back of supply chain partners to rescue and repurpose larger quantities of food to minimize food waste.

So we rescue food that is gonna go in the bin and help local people that are struggling and vulnerable people we make up little care bags we do what we can for our community. We’re just hoping to get a little bit more help if you feel like you can help our little community cupboard please get in touch as we have so many families that are in need at the moment in our little community. I’ve received so many wonderful messages from families from older people saying how they appreciate the cupboard so much and that it has really helped them out and it would be such a shame to lose it as they have become reliant on it with day-to-day being so expensive

What we do: Our aim is to reduce food wastage by making surplus food that has been collected from local retailers, available to our local community. The Kirkham Methodist Church 'Take and Make' free food table is set up outside every Thursday afternoon and is accessible to all who may wish to take items.