1. …helping local people in need

2. National picture 1,084,604 people fed by Trussell Trust food banks in year April 2014 – March 2015. Increase compared to 2013/2014 (913,138)

3. Trussell Trust Research People turn to food banks as a last resort Most food bank users face an immediate, acute financial crisis sudden loss of earnings change in family circumstances: bereavement or homelessness. waiting for benefit payments sanctions reduction in disability benefits The emergency support available to people at a time of crisis was not sufficient to prevent them having to turn to a food bank Report “Emergency Use Only” Understanding and reducing the use of food banks in the UK (2014)

4. National Statistics

5. Cambridge City Foodbank Summary 1.Providing emergency food boxes through seven distribution centres: St. Pauls & OLEM church on Hills Rd Alpha Terrace, Trumpington New C3 Centre, Coldhams Ln Chesterton Methodist Church Good Shepherd, Arbury Cambourne Centre [Waterbeach Baptist Church] 2.Warehouse and Office Orwell House Pickfords rental units 3.Agencies 116 active agencies 4.Staff 101 Volunteers is various roles: client facing, warehouse, drivers, admin 9 Trustees bring wide range of experience and skills no paid employees

6. Clients Our relationships Agencies GiversShops Press Partner Charities Host Churches

7. How does CCfb work? 4-step process: 1.Collecting food donations locally. 2.Sorting, storing and packing food donations. 3.Voucher system for referrals 4.Distributing food supplies to clients.

8. Step 1: Collecting food donations 1.Regular donations (churches, workplaces). 2.Special harvest and Christmas donations locally. 3.Supermarket collections. 4.Collecting bins in supermarkets. See Shopping List for what we ask for.

9. Supermarket collection

10. Step 2: receiving, sorting, weighing, storing, packing in the warehouse

11. Step 3: Voucher System Trussell Trust DatabaseCCFB Office CCFB Distribution Ctr Agency Client food

12. Step 4: Distributing food to clients

13. Food distributed (weight)

14. People Fed

15. Referral Reason

16. Top Five Wards, 2015 Jan- Oct

17. Percentage of population

18. Other activities Energy voucher scheme Electricity and Gas top-up scheme Small Grant Scheme To support community initiatives which feed people in poverty Supporting community meals in areas high in poverty Example: “Make Lunch” programmes and “Holiday hunger” programme in King’s Hedges / Arbury Research Older people use of foodbanks Collaboration with CAB for data collection Others initiative under consideration Delivery service Community shop / social supermarket How to provide fresh food supplies

19. …helping local people in need