Christchurch Food Bank provides 3 days worth of emergency food to individuals and families struggling or in crisis within our local community.
Christchurch, Dorset, UK
Joined December 2014
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“The guests we’ve seen for a long time are suffering more than ever, and we have this whole load of new guests needing us for the first time.” “The pressure on the third sector is just too great.” #CashFirst theguardian.com/society/2022…
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Figures released from the @TrussellTrust yesterday showed an alarming increase in the number of food parcels distributed to children. Stopping #freeschoolmeals vouchers during the summer holidays will add yet more pressure to families struggling to get by: huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/f…
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Furlough has been extended until autumn, but free school meal vouchers won't be made available over the holidays, despite our evidence on the scale of UK food insecurity. This will leave 1.3m children unsupported: the gov is facing legal action from @UKSustain & @GoodLawProject
Government faces legal action from @UKSustain and @GoodLawProject to provide #schoolmeals over the summer sustainweb.org/news/jun20_ho…
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.@IFAN_UK We've made two films to encourage food bank donations. - free to share. If any of your members want to use them, they can either DM us or contact via the website.
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If you have UHT milk you don’t need, please consider donating it to #foodbanks. Right now it’s hard to come by as the supply chain hasn’t caught up with demand so if you have some you no longer need, why not leave it at a supermarket collection point for your local #foodbank?
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This drum is going to get worn out from all of the banging we're doing. We have the volunteers, we're (gradually) getting the funds, we have the capacity, but we don't have the supplies and if this doesn't change this is going to get worse very quickly. buff.ly/2wrMy2c
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Your local foodbank (wherever you are) needs your help more than ever. Items flying off supermarket shelves are the items we need most. Toilet rolls, UHT milk, soap, pasta, tins. And carrier bags - we are making up bags in advance to aid “social distancing”. We need lots of bags!
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We have created a complete guide to financial support during #COVID2019 and we will be updating it regularly. In addition, we have also updated our Benefits Calculator to reflect the latest @DWP policy.
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#Food shortages aren’t only thing that will impact #foodbanks. What about #volunteers? Many r older people & some have underlying health issues. We’ve a duty 2 look after them. We can’t run by ‘working from home’ we r a frontline service. Difficult decisions ahead @IFAN_UK
@SufraNWLondon & @NPFoodbank are @IFAN_UK independent food banks based in London @BBCNews bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lo…
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This surely reminds us why food banks, which struggle at the best of times to keep stocks up, are no substitute for decent social security, however much some politicians would like them to be... theguardian.com/world/2020/m…
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Can your workplace pledge to ditch Secret Santa and be a Foodbank Santa?
Instead of spending a tenner on junk for a colleague - put your tenners in a pot for your local foodbank.
You know it makes sense.
Please RT, let's make this a thing!
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The awful truth about school holidays is thousands of families will struggle without free lunches, the @TrussellTrust's @emmarevie writes huffp.st/M0qMdIV
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Take a look at this week's Dave Walker cartoon: The Foodbank
churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2…
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Dear @AmberRuddHR, there are many reasons people need a #foodbank but today you said #UniversalCredit is “absolutely not” one of them. Evidence from @TrussellTrust shows it absolutely is. Will you correct your error? #5WeeksTooLong
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Accessibility is not charity.
Accessibility is not generosity.
Accessibility is not an amenity.
Accessibility is not a gratuity.
Accessibility is about equity.
Accessibility is about inclusion.
Accessibility is about transparency.
Accessibility is about fairness.
ChristchurchFoodbank retweeted
I would like to thank everyone—from people affected by poverty, to civil society, to government officials—who took the time to speak to me in the UK and without whom this visit would not have been possible. The work you are doing is what will lead to change.
The preliminary findings from my investigation into #poverty in the #UK are now online. The government has a lot of work to do. ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Page…
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Don't waste money on fancy advent calendars this Christmas. Instead, read this free FT article by @nikasgari about Reverse Advent Calendars - a fab idea from money bloggers to help your local food bank: on.ft.com/2DdqLvZ #FoodbankAdvent
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Did you know that a whopping 18,000 tonnes of #pumpkin goes to landfill in the UK each year? Don’t let yours go to waste this #Halloween – check out this handy guide: ow.ly/wYsP50jqTiP #PumpkinRescue
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@IFAN_UK @TrussellTrust Can you help a DWP Minister who doesn't understand why people use foodbanks but thinks they're an 'interesting phenomenon'? Foodbanks, homelessness, and the government's wilful ignorance ekklesia.co.uk/node/25452 via @ekklesia_co_uk