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From YouTube: Lurgan Stories: The Social Supermarket
Description
Watch the story of Lurgan’s Social Supermarket; a Freedom Foods Pantry which has been set-up in the Emmanuel Church Lurgan, to assist people with the rising cost of living – a much needed initiative. You can find out more information here: https://www.yourlocalpantry.co.uk/pantry-listings/northern-ireland-portadown-freedom-foods-pantry/
This video was produced by the Lurgan Townscape Heritage Scheme which is supported by the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council and the Lottery Players, through The National Lottery Heritage Scheme. Find out more at: www.lurgantownscapeheritage.com
A
My
name
is
Nicola
Michael
Wayne
and
we're
here
in
Freedom
Foods
palm
tree.
That
was
established
three
months
ago
here
in
Lurgan
in
Emmanuel
Church.
So
after
the
pandemic,
we
just
saw
that
families
were
really
struggling,
and
this
is
obviously
before
the
economic
crisis
that
we're
currently
in,
and
so
we
had
the
foresight
at
that
stage
to
realize
that
families
really
needed
help
support
for
the
long
term,
rather
than
just
the
crisis
care
that
we
would
have
provided
previously
with
food
bank.
A
We
want
everybody
to
feel
like
them.
This
is
just
somewhere
where
they
can
come,
but
we
want
to
work
with
people
to
help
pay
off
those
debts,
and
we
have
those
wraparound
care
support
systems
here
as
well.
Okay,
so
the
ma
it's
a
membership
fee,
it's
you're
not
actually
buying
your
food
and
so
a
single
person.
Membership
fee
is
four
pounds
and
a
family
is
six
pounds
and
for
that
you're
able
to
get
a
specific
number
of
items
that
would
generally
save
I
would
say
a
family
at
the
minute
between
35
and
45.
A
Pounds
would
be
the
value
of
their
shop.
We
currently
have
75
members
here,
but
we,
our
cap,
is
about
200,
and
so
yes,
that's
very
clear
and
we
want
people
to
come.
We
want
people
to
use
the
facility.
It
is
it's
an
incredible
thing
for
people
to
use,
and
so
please,
please
get
in
touch
we're
only
open
three
months,
it's
very,
very
new,
and
but
we
have
had
members
that
already
haven't,
don't
need
our
help,
and
so
some
of
those
people
have
had
small
level
deaths
and
they've
been
able
to
pay
those
debts
off.
A
We've
been
able
to
help
people
with
benefit
applications,
and
so
then
they've
got
their
benefits
through
and
there's
also
people
here,
saving
just
for
their
oil
tanks
for
the
winter
and
to
be
able
to
see
especially
the
elderly
in
our
community.
That's
they're
really
really
struggling
at
the
minute
and
for
them
to
be
able
to
come
in
here
to
reduce
the
money
on
their
food
shopping,
but
then
to
be
able
to
have
the
money
to
put
towards
a
file
of
oil
has
just
been
incredible
for
them.
A
Okay,
so
the
food
comes
from
lots
of
different
areas.
Craigavon
area
food
bank
will
help
us
with
some
items,
the
ABC
Community
Food
Hub,
and
we
are
also
able
to
get
from
other
local
suppliers
that
suppose
maybe
food
that's
coming
close
to
date
or
food
that
maybe
they
can't
put
into
circulation.
For
other
reasons
and
comes
in
that
way.
A
So
renew
here
is
our
emergency
clothing
facility,
Adam
O'neill
church
and
over
the
past
10
years
we
have
clothes
over
two
and
a
half
thousand
people
here
within
Lurgan,
and
so
just
the
people
are
struggling
with
clothing
or
we
find
people
and
that,
just
even
whenever
kids
are
growing
up
and
they
can't
afford
to
buy
new
clothes
for
their
children,
they
would
come
here
book
an
appointment
and
come
and
select
the
clothes.
It's
just
an
incredible
facility
to
be
able
to
bring
people
into
again.
A
A
We
also
help
with
our
local
hospital
in
craigavon
and
if
sometimes,
whenever,
patients
come
in,
they
don't
have
clothing
with
them
or
they're,
going
to
be
there
for
a
while
and
they've
no
family
support,
and
so
they
would
contact
us
with
their
sizes
and
we
would
be
able
to
help
provide
clothing
and
pajamas
underwear
and
all
of
those
Essentials
that
they're
going
to
need
when
they're
in
hospital.
So
yes,
this
facility
is
also
open
to
our
pantry
members.