Slough Foodbank
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Slough Foodbank
Slough Foodbank is a local initiative run by volunteers from a variety of Slough churches. Its 'parent body' is the Trussell Trust.
There are 2 distribution centres: one at the Baptist Church in Slough & the other at St Georges CofE Church, Britwell.
Donations are collected by local churches, schools & from the public at collection points in supermarkets etc. This food is then sorted & made available to those in need.
People in need may be experiencing problems with low income; benefits being paid late or not at all; with redundancy & unemployment; sickness; unexpected debt; domestic violence; etc.
Professional partner agencies such as health care workers, children's centres, domestic violence refuges, Homestart, Probation Service etc. hand out vouchers to those in need. These vouchers can then be exchanged at Slough Foodbank for parcels of food which will last for 3 days to help people 'get back on their feet'.
There are many, many reasons why people end up in crisis & need the help that Slough Foodbank offers:
• We have supported a young lady, who has tried to beat her drug addiction, she stopped taking drugs in April, but due to various issues (not all her doing) her benefits have taken 5 months to come through. We have supported her about once a month, she came skipping into Foodbank the other day telling us her money would be paid in the next 5 days.
• We have supported a lady who fled domestic violence after giving birth, but had no recourse to public funds because she came from Pakistan into this country to marry. We supported her and her baby until she was able to get a passport and return to her own family in Pakistan.
• We have supported a man just out of prison until his benefits came through but chatted and prayed for him as he had had no contact with his 2 year old child whilst in prison. He came back about 6 weeks later for some more food and "kids food" as his child was coming to stay for the weekend. He was so excited he could not even stand still!
• We have supported many guys and a few women in probation hostels or just released from prison as their £46 of release grant has to last until benefits come through. Unfortunately, this can take 3-4 weeks and they are often released into an area unknown to them and therefore there is no community or family support to whom they can turn.
• We have supported a family with 3 children: mum had MS and was getting worse; dad gave up work to look after her and the children; they delayed applying for benefits hoping they could make ends meet and times would get better, but it didn't. Their situation just got worse. They were found one day by a support worker from 'Crossroads', trying to sell their Wii console and the games to make some money for food. The worker referred them to us; we gave them food and the 'Crossroads' worker helped them to apply for the benefits they were entitled to.
• We have supported a couple with one child: mum was the bread winner, dad looked after the child, but dad's mental health deteriorated and mum gave up work, partly to keep the child safe and to help her husband. Money ran out and benefits took too long to come through.
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Buy one; get one free: keep one; donate the other!
Donate both!
Slough Foodbank contact details:
Sloughfoodbank@gmail.com
01753 523058
For information on volunteering:
volunteerssloughfoodbank@gmail.com
For information on food donations (how to make a donation or arrange collection):
donationssloughfoodbank@gmail.com
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Slough Foodbank
Slough Foodbank is a local initiative run by volunteers from a variety of Slough churches. Its 'parent body' is the Trussell Trust.
There are 2 distribution centres: one at the Baptist Church in Slough & the other at St Georges CofE Church, Britwell.
Donations are collected by local churches, schools & from the public at collection points in supermarkets etc. This food is then sorted & made available to those in need.
People in need may be experiencing problems with low income; benefits being paid late or not at all; with redundancy & unemployment; sickness; unexpected debt; domestic violence; etc.
Professional partner agencies such as health care workers, children's centres, domestic violence refuges, Homestart, Probation Service etc. hand out vouchers to those in need. These vouchers can then be exchanged at Slough Foodbank for parcels of food which will last for 3 days to help people 'get back on their feet'.
There are many, many reasons why people end up in crisis & need the help that Slough Foodbank offers:
• We have supported a young lady, who has tried to beat her drug addiction, she stopped taking drugs in April, but due to various issues (not all her doing) her benefits have taken 5 months to come through. We have supported her about once a month, she came skipping into Foodbank the other day telling us her money would be paid in the next 5 days.
• We have supported a lady who fled domestic violence after giving birth, but had no recourse to public funds because she came from Pakistan into this country to marry. We supported her and her baby until she was able to get a passport and return to her own family in Pakistan.
• We have supported a man just out of prison until his benefits came through but chatted and prayed for him as he had had no contact with his 2 year old child whilst in prison. He came back about 6 weeks later for some more food and "kids food" as his child was coming to stay for the weekend. He was so excited he could not even stand still!
• We have supported many guys and a few women in probation hostels or just released from prison as their £46 of release grant has to last until benefits come through. Unfortunately, this can take 3-4 weeks and they are often released into an area unknown to them and therefore there is no community or family support to whom they can turn.
• We have supported a family with 3 children: mum had MS and was getting worse; dad gave up work to look after her and the children; they delayed applying for benefits hoping they could make ends meet and times would get better, but it didn't. Their situation just got worse. They were found one day by a support worker from 'Crossroads', trying to sell their Wii console and the games to make some money for food. The worker referred them to us; we gave them food and the 'Crossroads' worker helped them to apply for the benefits they were entitled to.
• We have supported a couple with one child: mum was the bread winner, dad looked after the child, but dad's mental health deteriorated and mum gave up work, partly to keep the child safe and to help her husband. Money ran out and benefits took too long to come through.
See the shopping list here.
Buy one; get one free: keep one; donate the other!
Donate both!
Slough Foodbank contact details:
Sloughfoodbank@gmail.com
01753 523058
For information on volunteering:
volunteerssloughfoodbank@gmail.com
For information on food donations (how to make a donation or arrange collection):
donationssloughfoodbank@gmail.com
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