Community Shop

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📣Today we've launched our whitepaper setting out a vision for the future of food aid in the UK. We're calling on Government to end reliance on emergency food parcels & tackle food insecurity at its root. Get your copy here: zurl.co/TY9P

To mark #WorldMentalHealthDay, we're promoting our 'What If' plan which is designed to support all aspects of your well-being. Every course we run is FREE regardless of if you're a member or not. Contact us here or via Hello@Community-Shop.Co.Uk for more info 🧡

Meet Michelle who was finding it hard to make ends meet so she joined @CommunityShops where she now saves money 💰 on her shopping, and can buy quality, healthy food 🥦 for her children. Here’s a snippet of her story 👇 #TheSurplusEffect #Community #Food

@GeoFoodieOrg We were so happy to have you with us at CS Lambeth, Meghan. Thank you!

Lovely to have you with us, Harriet. Hope you enjoyed your visit 🧡

Meet Hollie 👩 , one of our amazing Community Wellbeing Practitioners. We have wellbeing practitioners in all of our @CommunityShops helping and supporting our members with learning and development programmes. Find out more 👉 zurl.co/WuLB #thesurpluseffect

Our Community Shops are powered by surplus – kindly donated by our partners. We recently opened our 13th store in Hoyland meaning we can support the community there with affordable, tasty and nutritious food 🧡

Our Healthy Holiday's programme consists of a variety of different fun and entertaining activities - everything from arts and crafts, sport, gardening, cooking clubs and more!

Meet Stuart🧑, an amazing member who shares his story about mental health. Suffering from poor mental health, he joined Community Shop where our Impact Leads helped him find ways to support positive mental health. Here's Stuart's story: zurl.co/VDVq

.@CommunityShops Hoyland is now open! It's our 13th store, providing access to deeply discounted food and household products, and life-changing development programmes. Thanks to @CocaColaEP & @BarnsleyCouncil for their funding to help open our latest store.

We had an ACE day down at CS Kirkdale last week with our Wimbledon inspired day (yes, we know that's technically table tennis!) All the activities we host are FREE to the community and are a great way to meet new people, stay in shape and have fun! 🎾 #Wimbledon2024

We had a fantastic day yesterday in Warrington at the first of four Summer Food Festival's we're hosting. Our Chef's cooked some delicious food using the surplus stock we receive and save from going to waste. Next stop, Leicester! 🧡

To find out more about how you can support us 👇 ✉️Email Surplus@companyshop.co.uk 📞Tel: 0800 211 84 84

Our Community Kitchen's are great places to get tasty and affordable meals where children always eat FREE! We also hold regular Kids Cooking Clubs to encourage children to learn about nutrition, healthy eating and how to prepare meals! 📷

📣We're delighted to announce that we're opening a new store this summer. The store in Hoyland (Barnsley) is opening thanks to the support of @BarnsleyCouncil & will provide access to deeply discounted food, life-changing development programmes and a Community Kitchen.

Looking for a great meat free alternative to try out this weekend? Why not our Knottingley store's take on homemade falafels!? 🥙 Check out the recipe and let us know how you get on! 🧡

How to join Community Shop in less than 24 hours:- 1- Fill out this form 👉tinyurl.com/mtvwpw6k 2- Follow instructions on the pic 👀 3 - Shop! 🛒

Our #HealthyHolidays activities are in full swing & the kids have had an amazing time learning new things, working together & getting creative. This is all thanks to the donations from our partners - to find out more about how you can donate:- tinyurl.com/4wa2cwp6