Sainsbury's Hitchin Cambridge Rd Local

Wilbury Community Forum has been running a free cafe for five and half years to bring local people together in a part of Letchworth that doesn't have cafes or pubs. Currently we offer a cuppa and cake, arts and crafts, good quality pre-loved school uniforms, likewise house hold goods and clothing to go and offer a free bike surgery. In a second hall we hold a family play session followed by a gentle exercise class. Offering free food released by supermarkets for community distribution will be an added benefit to us all.

Community Church within the locality of Hitchin Hertfordshire. The project operates from Westmill Community Centre, John Barker Place, Hitchin SG5 2PG We identify service users and their needs via word of mouth plus referrals from local government, and voluntary agencies. Some of the other services provided by our organisation, other than food support are Clothing, furniture, home moving and counselling. There is no charge for any of the services provided by our organisation. We currently collect surplus food from Aldi, Stevenage and Marks and Spencer’s Hitchin. We also collect some home-made meals from Hitchin, and we distribute to families within the local community. We have had local press reporting on our activities which demonstrates our organisation's work in the local community. We have partnered with other local good causes and council members over the years such as Churches Together in Hitchin (CTH) contact John Richardson johnrichardson891@btinternet.com for a reference. Feed Up Warm Up, contact Liz Wills elizabethwills@rcdow.org.uk for a reference. NHDC voucher promotion.

In Partnership with Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Church we are opening a "My Local Pantry" to support local families in North Herts. We believe that nobody should go hungry. The Pantry is based on a Social Supermarket model where the community become members and for a small weekly fee they are able to shop at affordable prices enabling them to become more financially sustainable. We will also be offering debt, housing advice and other support services where needed. We will also have healthy eating/budget recipe cards available to help broaden food choices. We want to give away as much fruit, veg and nutritious food as possible. This is not a foodbank model but is a model aimed at reducing food insecurity. We will be open on a Friday from 2-4pm and Saturday 1-3pm and we will be operating in the Scout Hut in the carpark of the Catholic Church. We need plenty of fresh and chilled foods, flowers, plants, bread etc. "Best before" dates are fine but we can't take any "use by" dates. We are a registered food business and have corporate fridges & freezers to store the food.