Services

Anika Food Bank

Our Food Bank provides emergency supplies of food, toiletries, essentials, dental kits, sanitary kits, blankets, quilts, sheets, pillows, sleeping bags, sanitary pads, underwear, socks and food hampers to individuals and families experiencing acute crisis.  We support individuals such as refugees, domestic violence survivors, single mothers with their new-born children, homeless individuals, children and families and individuals. The size of our food parcels varies depending on the size of the family they are designed to support, but they typically lasting 5 to 7 days.

Anika Food Bank provides food to:

  • NHS
  • Schools
  • Shelters (for example homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, women’s hostels, men’s hostel and more)
  • Families
  • Children
  • Religious places of belief ( for example: the church, gurdwara etc)

Anika Baby Bank

Anika Baby Bank is designed to help parents in need. We firmly support children. At our Baby Bank you will have access to baby clothes, baby toiletries (shampoos, shower gels, lotions) baby books, baby food, baby milk, and baby toys.

Donating Food Supplies

The Food Bank would not be able to operate without generous donations from the community – individuals, families, and businesses. To find out more about how to donate food and toiletries to help sustain the service, please click here.

Advocacy

Anika Food Charity campaigns and advocates for several causes including:

  • Food wastage
  • Food poverty
  • Food Insecurity
  • Homelessness
  • Mental Health
  • Domestic Violence
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Medical and Dental Access
  • Period Poverty
  • Women Empowerment

Workshops

We conduct free workshops to raise awareness on several important issues concerning health such as oral hygiene, giving dental advice, conduct menstrual hygiene workshops, hygiene classes, diet and fitness, general health and more. All our workshops are conducted free of charge.

Soup Kitchen

Coming soon!

Tutoring Classes

To help young children and adults with further studies, training, and future employment we are also offering free maths and English tutoring classes. We will also be offering additional services such as:

Employment Training:

  • Customer service
  • Literacy and
    numeracy skills
  • Personal mentoring
    in CV writing 

 

  • Mock interview skills

We organize regular life-skills workshops and a women’s support group. To help our domestic violence survivors integrate, we also organise outings that enable them to learn more about life and culture in the UK such as planning a movie trip together or a weekend getaway.

Cooking Classes

We also organize regular cooking classes. We have a separate class for the women and a separate class for young people.

This class was developed in response to educate people more about health and nutrition. 

We also wanted an engaging, safe space for the women to laugh, cook together and meet new people.

This is a fun and engaging class that teaches individuals how to cook a range of nutritious meals, understand the basics of healthy eating.

It also helps provide a route into future employment or apprenticeships in the catering and hospitality industry.

To take part in our next class, download a Registration Form here.

Homework / after School Club

The next generation is our future. We want to provide them with a safe, secure environment where they will thrive and prosper. Hence, we have our own homework club with healthy snacks offered where the children can catch up on any learning. We also have our own children’s library.

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