Community Food Projects: a directory - library.uniteddiversity.coop
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Central Point<br />
Contact Simon Summerill<br />
22-24 Kingston Road<br />
Portsmouth PO1 5RZ<br />
Tel 023 9229 8791<br />
Fax 023 9229 8924<br />
Website: www.rethink.org<br />
This project runs a healthy living day centre for<br />
homeless single people aged 18-65 yrs. The<br />
centre provides accommodation and benefit<br />
advice, a healthcare surgery and subsidised<br />
lunches, as well as training in budgeting, cooking<br />
and independent living skills.<br />
Activities <strong>Food</strong> provision<br />
Transport/delivery<br />
Nutrition/health education<br />
User Groups Drug/alcohol abusers<br />
Learning disabilities<br />
Mental health users<br />
Homeless people<br />
Ex-offenders<br />
HIV/Aids<br />
Crisis Fareshare Southampton<br />
Contact Barry Gibbons<br />
158 Windermere Avenue<br />
Millbrook<br />
Southampton SO16 9GA<br />
Tel 023 8051 1146<br />
This project redistributes surplus fresh foods<br />
(from retailers and supermarkets) to homeless<br />
projects. It also delivers to low-income groups. It<br />
works work with a team of volunteers, roughly<br />
half of whom have been homeless themselves.<br />
Activities Transport/delivery<br />
User Groups Low-income groups<br />
Homeless people<br />
Roberts Centre<br />
Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming<br />
Contact Carole Damper<br />
84 Crasswell Street<br />
Landport<br />
Portsmouth PO1 1HT<br />
Tel 023 9229 6919<br />
Fax 023 9234 6088<br />
Website www.phagroup.org.uk/<br />
ECRobertsCentre.htm<br />
This is a day centre, which provides food for<br />
families in crisis. It also runs literacy courses,<br />
where a meal is also provided, and holds weekly<br />
cookery classes.<br />
Activities <strong>Food</strong> provision<br />
Transport/delivery<br />
Nutrition/health education<br />
User Groups Women and children<br />
Learning disabilities<br />
Homeless people<br />
Ex-offenders<br />
Secondary school children<br />
St George's Beneficial Breakfast &<br />
Homework Clubs<br />
Contact Jane Love<br />
St Georges Beneficial C of E<br />
Primary School<br />
Hanover Street<br />
Portsea<br />
Portsmouth PO1 3BN<br />
Tel 023 9282 2886<br />
Fax 023 9282 0179<br />
A school club providing before and after school<br />
care, for 12 children in the morning and 24<br />
children after school hours. The children are<br />
supplied with breakfast and an afternoon meal<br />
and are encouraged to take part in preparing the<br />
meals.<br />
Activities After school club<br />
Breakfast club<br />
Cookery class<br />
User Groups Primary school children<br />
Low-income groups<br />
Single parents<br />
Hampshire<br />
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