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At Charlton Park RDA, we give free riding lessons to disabled children. On an average week, our three amazing ponies Willow Paddy and Tiny Tim and our amazing volunteers give 40+ disabled children a 30 minute lesson. Many achieve certificates for grade tests as their riding abilities progress Nobody gets paid, so all donations that the group receive go straight into the running costs so that we can offer this free service. Our animals will eat fruit and veg, we do fundraising dinners for volunteers and guests to promote togetherness where we will use in date food.and we have a raffle food basket regularly where all profit goes into the running of the group. Any bakery items are always very welcome by our volunteers to enjoy with a cuppa after the mornings work with the children. None of the people involved at Charlton Park RDA are paid - we do not charge the children for lessons (one of only 5 RDA centres out of 500 in the UK to still be free) so we like to be able to provide refreshments. Any money we can save providing refreshments will be very welcome to help with the other costs of day to day running the school (Vet, insurance, feed, blacksmith etc).

We are volunteers who run a community garden and have just received a community fridge to help reduce food surplus waste. We would like to be added to the scheme which supplies charities like ours with surplus foods from supermarkets

Food and Beverage Buggies (FABB) was a group dedicated to taking a hot 2 course meal, drinks, and sandwich bags for the next day out to the Homeless in Norwich, finding them in their doorways, cemeteries, wherever they were. This supplemented the existing work being done by 4 soup kitchen groups at the Haymarket, but filled a very vital mid-week need. Our buggies were filled with food, drinks, warm clothing, boots, sleeping bags etc, and we were out every Thursday, 52 weeks a year, from 7-9pm. During Covid FABB of necessity diversified to meet a growing need in schools and local families, where Covid had taken it's toll. Many families with young children were struggling to make ends meet, often due to job losses and furloughed reduced wages. School age children were going into schools hungry and not able to concentrate fully on lessons. Food poverty and food insecurity was rife, and FABB worked with 2 local schools and 15+ families to take food deliveries into schools to distribute, and taking essential food parcels to the families. This was much needed and appreciated, and we'll carry on as long as there is a hungry child or adult in our community. As the rules were reduced and the country went back to 'normal' FABB found that food poverty was still rife and we concentrated our efforts to help families in distress and hostel residents fighting their pathway back to a home of their own. Food parcels are delivered weekly to families for as long as they are needed, by the same volunteer to build trust. We deliver to doorsteps as most families have no car to collect, and many are housebound. We now deliver weekly to up to 60 families. We cook for a ladies hostel of 31 residents several times a week. Regular food times, combined with good nutrition show a marked improvement in social, mental and physical wellbeing.