The Sherwood Exchange was set up during covid and is based at The Place Activity Centre
A Nottingham community centre is helping to tackle the "stigma" of using food banks as its future remains under threat. The Place Activity Centre in Sherwood started operating in 1997 on a peppercorn rent of £10 a year to the building's owner, Nottingham City Council.
"From the richest of residents to the poorest of residents, we're just trying to reduce landfill waste and make sure that everybody's got access to food. We are quickly becoming quite an essential service for the people that are using us." Mr Churchill said: "There's a huge demand within Sherwood and Carrington for places where artists can go and work, so we've created five studios where people can come and next door to that, we've created a kind of a workshop, meeting, exhibition area where local artists can start to exhibit their work and hold workshops to discuss ideas.
"We're somewhere where people can share and that then brings people in who might be a little bit too embarrassed to say they need a food bank, like people working in professional jobs that are stung by the cost of living." The £100,000 giveaway is part of celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards, which are screened on ITV1 later in the autumn. The fund, a charity that aims to spread the Pride of Britain spirit, was set up to help charities and community organisations across the UK.
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