Finance, food and friendship.

Aim

To provide subsidized food, healthy eating advice and recipes as well as debt and benefit, budgeting and financial support to the community.

At Welcome-Change we aim to make a real difference to the community of East Birmingham.

East Birmingham is one of the city's most deprived areas however we offer free support and activities to those who are in need in the community. 

We started our community fridge, which is housed at Glebe Farm Library, back in June 2022 and this has proved a great success and has grown from strength to strength. We started our club with only 15 members, and we have now over 100 members signed up, which shows how much need there is for this service. We want to replicate this service in neighbouring Shard End and use the knowledge and experience already gained to make it a great success!

The money will enable us to offer a weekly service to the community, giving financial support as well as practical support through the supply of fresh and affordable food.

We will offer the community a warm, friendly and safe environment for people to attend without judgement or stigma and be able to accept the help and support they need.

We provide free refreshments, recipes, quizzes and newspapers to create a fun, friendly atmosphere where community members can come and have a catch up and speak to the team about any issues or concerns. We have already received many positive comments from our existing service to back this up!

"I Look forward to going, the staff make it enjoyable, and I get to meet new people" Community Fridge Member

" It helps so much, gives me more money to spend on the kids"  

"They make you feel so welcome and help with everything they can."

This project successfully funded on 25th January 2023