Many
thanks for all wonderful donations recently, I am as always very
grateful for the thought and care that goes into your donations. The
same amount of care goes into packing every single food parcel that goes
out and when we can put in something that is not expected it makes it
even more special.
Today
we had a young couple come into the Foodbank, they had two very small
children and the husband is out of work through no fault of his own.
His wife has recently had to have a spell in hospital she’s been very
poorly. Because they have no family around he
had to take two weeks off from his job as a delivery driver to look
after his young
children and because of this time off his company laid him off due to
his unreliability!!
The
family have signed on at the job centre, but again it takes up to 6
weeks to process any claim. They have done everything correctly, been
to the Housing Association for help with their rent, they been to
Citizens Advice Bureau for help with their outgoings, but they still
have no money coming in. The husband actually said one of the expenses
that they find quite difficult is that they go through 12 pints of milk
each week due to the age of the young children. This is where the
Foodbank steps in; we were able to provide the family with a family food
parcel containing extra milk and also some foods especially aimed at
the young children. This will allow the family to get through the six
week period knowing that for
the next few weeks there are a
further two food parcels that they can access should they be needed.
So our plea for this weeks is:
Little tit bits that young children could eat
Rice
Tinned vegetables, particularly green veg: but no more sweetcorn please for awhile
Sugar
Jams and marmalades
We are also coming up to Easter, if anyone would like to put in an Easter egg or two that
would be lovely as a special treat to find in a food parcel.
Please
also find attached a poster about a forthcoming Quiz that the Foodbank
together with the Cupola Project are running to raise funds. We would
all love to see you there!! Tickets are available from Blandford Forum
Parish Church and Set Fair 4 Trade and are priced at £7.00.
Many thanks for your continued support.
Gail Del-Pinto
Blandford Foodbank Manager
01258 456 093
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