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 'bank it' ready to be given to people in need.
Frontline care professionals identify people in need
Care professionals identify people in crisis and issue them with a foodbank vouchers.
Current Referrers Include
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1625 Independent People
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SPAN
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Bristol City Councils Tenant Support Team
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Social Services Care and After Team
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Social Services Locality Teams - Welsman
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Action for Children
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British Red Cross
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BASS SW
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Citizens Advice Bureau
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Leaving Care Company
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One 25
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Next Link
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Second Step
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BDP
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Bristol Childrens Playhouse
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Bristol Debt Advice Centre
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Novas Scarman
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Homestart Bristol
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Easton JobCentrePlus
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Family Intervention Project
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Charlotte Keele GP/Health Visitors/BDP/CAB
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Wellspring NHS
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Stoneham
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Summerhill Junior School
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Nilaari
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Bristol Young Carers
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Bristol Debt Advice Centre
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DHI S Glos
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YOT East Bristol
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. The clients receive the food in carrier bags and take it home as if they had just been shopping.
Watch our foodbank video You can see how we work by clicking on the picture
Watch our foodbank video
You can see how we work by clicking on the picture
‘Every church should consider a foodbank’ Steve Chalke MBE, founder of Oasis, Stop the Traffik and Faithworks
