Community Platform Neighbourly and retailers including M&S, Lidl and Aldi are leveraging their existing local grass roots charity networks to get more support to redistribute food to people in need as quickly as possible.

In providing additional and immediate support to the local charities, the community giving platform Neighbourly and its retail partners are encouraging other community organisations to join the programme to access items for redistribution in their locality. Existing charity partners also have access to funds via the Neighbourly Community Fund, which has been successfully disbursing micro-grants to support them.

Fritz Walleczek, MD of Corporate Responsibility at Aldi, explained: “Supporting those in need is more important than ever and we would encourage any charity that is struggling during this difficult time to sign up to Neighbourly’s platform. As a long-term partner of Neighbourly we are committed to helping them make a difference to as many communities as possible through donations from our stores every single day.”

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