1. @bcfoodbank

2. What is Foodbank? MISCONCEPTIONS
BAD PROIRITIES
Just after free stuff
LAZY
POOR
Spongers
ALL IMMIGRANTS
HOMELESS
ADDICTS
BENEFIT CHEATS
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3. What is Foodbank?
Foodbanks provide 3 days of nutritionally balanced food to people in crisis, while they are engaged with another agency to resolve the underlying issues.
UNDERLYING ISSUES –
Eg. Debt
Addiction
Illness
Domestic Violence
Homelessness
CRISIS- doesn’t just mean “poor” It can be anything from an unexpected bill, cut in benefit to a house fire or illness
ENGAGED –means working with
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4. Foodbank in the black country
Started in 2006, on a dining room table, provided food to 45 people that year.
Demand doubled year on year and peaked in after Crisis Loans stopped.
In 2017 we provided over 180,000 meals to families in crisis.
Demand is rising steadily partly due to Universal Credit.
Wendy’s vision.
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5. Acknowledge visits not individuals.
2018
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6. and help those in trouble.
Feed the hungry
and help those in trouble.
Isaiah 58:10
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7. The Storehouse
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8. How Foodbank works… Donor Store house Food/ toiletries
Distribution Centre
Addiction
Agency
Probation
Job Centre
Debt
Unemployment
Benefit Delay
Childrens Centre
Voucher and advice
Domestic Violence
House fire
Citizens Advice
Rehab
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9. 52,500 21 tonnes Food Donated this year so far: Equivalent to: tins
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10. Where are we?
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