Empowering our community
Building resilience and creating joy through projects that promote innovation, education and positive collaboration.
Alice Hawkins Community Projects are working with local people to enable change within the community, providing support for those on the poverty line and from less privileged backgrounds so they can focus on improving their lives, accessing opportunities and developing the community they belong to.
As a community interest company we run a number of initiatives and projects supported by public donations and funding, run by volunteers and our members.
Food Support
Our first and ongoing project, setup in the pandemic and previously known as ‘Woodgate Community Food; our food bank offers support for those in need living in the Fosse and Westcotes wards of Leicester city. We provide top up food parcels for over 100 households a week and are always in need of additional funds for this ongoing project.
Fosse Neighbourhood Community Garden
Started in 2023 after being awarded The National Grid’s Community Green Spaces Fund to start a community container garden at the Annexe.
Winter Support - Electric Blanket Campaign
The cost of living has increased and this especially true in the Winter months for the most vulnerable in our community.
In 2022 we embarked on a electric blanket campaign to support those most affected with the high prices of fuel by providing an alternative cheaper way of localised heating.
“With the support from the Alice Hawkins team we have been able to afford to pay our electric and gas bill as food costs are covered”
— Foodbank User
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email woodgatecommunityfood@gmail.com
Phone and voicemail
0116 403 0146
Please leave a message and a volunteer will get back to you
Text only
07520 634 584
Do not phone this number please, only SMS