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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£297.2K
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Spending
£230.8K
Public benefits
The direct benefits which flow from the Foyle Foodbank's purpose of the prevention and/or relief of poverty is recognition that ending hunger is about more than food therefore, our provision of compassionate and practical support and signposting to people in crisis to help better address the underlying causes of poverty. Direct benefits
include: • Provision of a dedicated warm, welcoming environment for beneficiaries with a large food warehouse, chilled food store, café area and office. • Collection, sorting and distribution of food so that individuals and families in crisis do not experience hunger • Provision of a demonstration kitchen that is being used for healthy and low-cost cookery classes education and benefiting users of the Foyle Foodbank and the general public. • Provision of access and use of a fully kitted out and functional IT suite for the perusal of beneficiaries. • Strong partnerships with, community- based organisations to provide follow up on support and signposting options in our local collaboration to alleviate hunger among local people who are in crisis situations in the Foyle constituency and surrounding area. These benefits are evidenced through feedback from clients and external agencies. The vital work of Foodbanks is widely reported in the media. In 2018, Foyle FoodBank distributed 22.4 tonnes of food, equivalent to 39,141 meals to 3,804 people including 1,622 children. National trends across the UK demonstrate that the need for foodbanks is growing year on year due to the implementation of universal credit. There is no harm arising from the purposes of Foyle FoodBank. The charity's beneficiaries are any individual(s) and families (across all sections of the community) in crisis or experiencing difficulty that could potentially lead to food hunger and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty primarily within the Foyle constituency and surrounding areas. There is no private benefit (incidental or necessary) flowing from any of the purposes of Foyle FoodBank.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Foyle Foodbank receive donations of non-perishable food and essential household products from the local community through supermarkets, community groups, businesses, churches and the public. These donations are sorted and distributed from our premises. Individuals and families in need can access our services through self-referral and external
referral agencies, including (but not limited to) care professionals, doctors, health visitors, social workers, police, churches, schools and MLAs. We are part of the Trussell Trust network of Foodbanks and operate under their guidance. We do this in a way that: • Provides practical help in the form of emergency food without creating dependency. • Long term food and household products with a full wrap around holistic support. • Inhouse support services through our financial inclusion service of benefits and debt advice and money management. • Wrap around support including one to one support worker, counselling, health and wellbeing programmes and cooking and nutrition programmes. • Treat people with compassion, dignity and respect while maintaining confidentiality, • Provides a welcoming environment. • Addresses the underlying root causes of poverty by partnering with frontline care organisations, charities and other organisations, • Involves the local community, businesses, schools and charities in providing awareness, food and additional support • Involves volunteers in delivering the service.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
- Asylum seekers/refugees
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Ethnic minorities
- Ex-offenders and prisoners
- General public
- Hiv/aids
- Homelessness
- Interface communities
- Language community
- Learning disabilities
- Men
- Mental health
- Older people
- Parents
- Physical disabilities
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Sensory disabilities
- Sexual orientation
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Tenants
- Travellers
- Unemployed/low income
- Victim support
- Volunteers
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Relief of poverty
