…And you might need Surplus to Supper….
By Monica Jones
With the cost of living escalating and many struggling to make ends meet, the Surplus to Supper weekend shop will be a life saver. Open to anyone, you can get a couple of bags of shopping and make a suggested donation of around £10 for it (less if you can’t afford that). The produce available is all surplus from local supermarkets etc. The food is not ‘OFF’ and the shop is NOT a foodbank. So come on down on Saturday or Sunday from 11.30-1pm. It is a great boon to have this in our community and is available to ALL. Surplus to Supper shop, Sunbury Cricket Club, Lower Hampton Road, Sunbury, TW16 5PS.
How can you help?
Well this fantastic service does not happen without an army of behind the scenes volunteers, and a few front facing ones too. The photo above shows just some of them. And to think the charity has only been running a couple of years! Surplus to Supper is looking for more volunteers to help them in various capacities. You can register your interest and availability on the website surplustosupper.org/volunteer. As the operation is 7 days a week, you are bound to find both an activity and time that suits you. It may be lifting and shifting, driving, a driver buddy, food prep, kitchen help, or helping the shop at the weekend. Every day, supermarkets (and many other businesses and outlets) needs to shift food and other goods they no longer want. So, Surplus to Supper drive around,
making collections, drop it off at the hub in Sunbury, sort it, cook it, make meals for those in needs, supply schools and charities in the area, sort and supply food banks in the area. They also use some of the food for events and the Surplus Café at the Sunbury Cricket Club. This takes a lot of people! We have a lot, but we need more. These are volunteer positions, but we ask for a regular commitment. We also have current vacancies for paid kitchen manager/chef. Someone who cares about the community and is willing to get involved. Please get in touch by email at admin@surplustosupper.org for more information.
If you know someone who might be interested, please do share.