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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£51.1K
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Spending
£47.3K
Public benefits
Purpose: The North Belfast Foodbank is established to relieve poverty and hunger, promote social inclusion, protect and preserve public health and well-being and to promote the benefit of the inhabitants who are in need of assistance as a result of their poverty or social and economic circumstances by partnering with professional agencies such as
social services, advice centres, housing organisations and community groups in a common effort to relieve poverty and financial hardship to improve the conditions of life for the beneficiaries. Benefit: Clients will be relieved of the burden of expense of feeding families in times of crisis such as financial difficulty, sickness, homelessness, domestic abuse or an unexpected difficulty. Measureable: Statistics of clients are entered into a central database to produce numbers and causes to be used in measuring response and need. Partner agencies are also encouraged to provide the Foodbank with feedback responses from clients as to the benefit the Foodbank has provided to them. Harm: North Belfast Foodbank does not see any harm flowing from our purposes. Food is only given to each client up to a maximum of three occasions therefore dependency should not be created. Public Element: The Foodbank is set up for the benefit of the public who find themselves in difficulty in North Belfast and Newtownabbey areas – although not exclusively. The need for food is a result of hardships identified by professional agencies. The Foodbank, in working with professional agencies, benefits from the network inclusion and recognition of added value in the area. The Foodbank operates with trained volunteers from across the community sector of North Belfast. Private Benefit: Through working within the Foodbank the Trustees have achieved training in governance, liaising with media and other transferable skills. However, these benefits are incidental and necessary to achieve the purposes of the Foodbank.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
On referral from statutory agencies the Foodbank provides three days worth of food - amount depending on the size of household. The food provides three meals for three days and this can be repeated up to three times within six months. The foodbank will also sign post clients to other statutory agencies who can look further into their personal,
mainly financial, circumstances in order to help alleviate the underlying problem. The Foodbank promotes the use of volunteers who are trained to work with the clients who present themselves at the Foodbank and create a welcoming environment.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Ethnic minorities
- General public
- Homelessness
- Unemployed/low income
- Volunteers
- Women
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Relief of poverty
- Volunteer development
