Esken Renewables

The Storehouse is a Community Cafe, Foodbank and advice centre for those on the margins of society in Southend on Sea. We deal primarily with those experiencing food poverty whether they are homeless, or simply on a low income. We currently have 4351 registered users of our service, covering 2.48% of the population of the Borough. We gave out 18,622 food parcels in 2020, from an estimated 110.6 tons of produce. This was distributed during the Covid-19 pandemic where In a usual week, we will see on average, 340 people collect a food parcel. The Community Cafe has had to close during this time due to the social distancing measures and cleaning/hygiene requirements, but we anticipating opening again once out of tiered regulations.

Community group to help make Wigan bee-friendly and increase biodiversity in our urban spaces and towns. At our growing hub in Wigan. We're growing our own pesticide,herbicide abd fungicide free plants and flowers in peat free soil for use in other community spaces. We're looking for volunteers on Wednesday afternoons to help.

We are a project that works with the community for the community growing food and giving this for free. Our aims are to Reduce food poverty Reduce isolation and loneliness Improve health and wellbeing Improve the environment Educate We provide a safe environment offering therapeutic horticulture, workshops activities, events and work with everyone. We grow food from soil to fork and donate this to the community. We have a community food club which offers people food at affordable prices. For example 10 items for £3.50 15 items for £5.00 30 items for £10.00 This costs people 35p or less and some items could cost them over £3 in a supermarket. This helps people to survive these hard times. We offer emergency food parcels for those in need and all veg grown on site is given for free. In spring/summer we donate free seedlings so that people can grow at home, school and other areas