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[davidpuppet]

Not sure if anyone if this has been mentioned on here? norwood foodbank recently opened. http://www.norwood.foodbank.org.uk also ther foodbank has applied for a grant from nat west community grants. deatails of hoew to vote for projects - http://communityforc...om/project/4856 or phone 0800 2100 246

[RetiredMember2]

Not sure if anyone if this has been mentioned on here? norwood foodbank recently opened. http://www.norwood.foodbank.org.uk also ther foodbank has applied for a grant from nat west community grants. deatails of hoew to vote for projects - http://communityforc...om/project/4856 or phone 0800 2100 246

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[RetiredMember1]

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Me too. And I voted for the project. Registration took two minutes.

[janny]

Yes I have seen this and volunteered my mum (and myself) to help out in the cafe.. Great cause. Just a shame in this day and age it is needed..

[St. Lukes Railings]

I'll be opening account at this branch shortly....

Seriously though is there really such a need for this type of thing. I may be wet behind the ear here(I only have one) but don't we have a benefits system ? Honest question. Not fishing as I'm sure I'll be accused of

[Summit Lover]

I'll be opening account at this branch shortly....

Seriously though is there really such a need for this type of thing. I may be wet behind the ear here(I only have one) but don't we have a benefits system ? Honest question. Not fishing as I'm sure I'll be accused of

I was rather wondering that myself - but it seems that it is there for people in acute need as identified by frontline professionals such as doctors, health visitors, social workers, CAB and police, partly because I guess it takes a wee while for the social services machine to kick in effectively?



How a foodbank works

Food is donated

Schools, churches, businesses and individuals donate non-perishable, in-date food to the foodbank. All food given out by foodbanks is donated.
‘Supermarket Collections’ are one of the main ways that food is donated. These are food drives held at supermarkets where volunteers give shoppers a ‘foodbank shopping list’ and ask them to buy an extra item or two for local people in crisis.
Food is sorted and stored

Volunteers sort food to check that it’s in date and prepare food parcels ready to be given to people in need.
Frontline care professionals identify people in need

Care professionals such as doctors, health visitors, social workers, CAB and police identify people in crisis and issue them with a foodbank voucher.
Clients receive food

Foodbank clients bring their voucher to a foodbank centre where it can be redeemed for three days emergency food. Volunteers meet clients over a cup of tea or free hot meal and are able to signpost people to agencies able to solve the longer-term problem.

[St. Lukes Railings]

Fair enough SL if that is the case. Again I'm probably in the wrong but I really do think we should put our own house in order before sending the hilariously unfunny Lenny Henry to africa to guilt trip us into sending our hard earned there when we have situations like this.

By the way I speak no I'll of the food bank I just think it's a disgrace that we have to do this

[Dazza]

Their based at St Lukes church ! Very apt name for you St Luke Railings i would love to see your application mate !

Good cause !

Dazza

[Posie]

SLR you would be surprised at just how many people rely on food banks to help them feed their families, a personal niggle of mine is just how much food the supermarkets throw away, I worked a twilight shift for one of the big four a few years ago, under the wing of their home shopping division, to stand in a car park and throw away crates (the type you see in the supermarket, housing the milk) full of milk made me feel sick, especially when you think about how we get to keep those cows producing milk!! The compacter was fun though, shoveling in bags and bags of all sorts of food, fruit, veg, ready meals, the lot went in, criminal really, and twas very depressing!! There was no way they would reduce the price for the couple of hundred people who worked at this warehouse, or stick it in a couple of the delivery vans and trundle it five minutes up the road to the supermarket and sell it reduced to the public!! Never mind donating it to a charity for the homeless!!!Grrrrrrrr! Makes me sooooo angry!!

[St. Lukes Railings]

Like I said. Wet behind the ear. I asked an honest question. Not to provoke. Thanks for your response

[Posie]

Yup, I get where you are coming from SLR it's something you really would think about till the subject is brought up is it?, someone I know has relied on them when they have fallen on hard times, and one of my sis in laws helps out at the one her church runs, although that is in Portsmouth, and I would hate to think you may feel I was having a pop at you, I just get so angry at the waste all around us, funny enough I was channel hopping last night when I came across a programme from the U.S entitled Man Vs food? This guy was trying to eat his way through a burger that this establishment had on its menu,think it weighed in at 12lb, ridiculous and just wrong in a world where so many have so little. I really admire the guys and girls who go skipping, good luck to them thats what I say!!

[charlie]

This seems like an excellent project. When you fall on hard times, as SL said, sometime it takes a while for social services to kick in and Posie you are right it is suprising the number of people that do rely on this type of scheme and it is not just the homeless.

Things do seem do be getting better regarding supermarket food waste too - there was a news report on FareShare the other day which a lot of the big supermarket chains are signing up to.

The late night sandwich run

[fauldsb]

This sounds like a great idea. I agree with Charlie's comments regarding social services sometimes taking too long to help those in desperate situations. You've got my vote.

If anyone hasn't registered with NatWest CommunityForce, I'd really recommend it. It takes only a couple of minutes to register and vote and there are several community groups in our local area looking for support. NatWest allows you to vote for 3 different causes and will award three grants in the area (which stretches all the way to Battersea?!?). My other votes went to causes near me - Spa Hill Allotment Society http://communityforc...om/project/2929 who are hoping to provide disabled access facilities and David Livingstone Primary School http://communityforc...om/project/2725 who want to turn their school pond into a wildlife area.

I should take declare an interest - I am a member of Spa Hill allotment society.

[davidpuppet]

thanks, interesting to read about these other projects too. your question was quite understanding 'st luke's railings', and something that was asked by one or two people when we did a supermarket collection. Sadly though, there does indeed appear to be a need for this type of thing. pleased to see that janny & mum are keen to help too, as we are a little short on volunteers I believe.

[St. Lukes Railings]

Davidpuppet. I wish you well with your project and im sure you'll get lots of support from the denizens of this site