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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£750.9K
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Spending
£520.0K
- Charity no. 107714
- Company no. 638387
- Date registered. 17/07/2020
Public benefits
The direct benefits which flow from Foyle Network Foundations 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 referring people in crisis to other local support services. At Foyle Network Foundation, we are dedicated to
eradicating hunger and poverty within the Foyle area. We are committed to providing essential support while fostering dignity, respect, and empowerment within our community. Foyle Network Foundation is a leading anti poverty charity dedicated to tackling hunger and reducing hardship across the Foyle area. Through the provision of food and essential household items, combined with comprehensive wraparound support, we help households increase income, address financial pressures, and build long term stability. Our model integrates crisis response with sustained, person centred support to create lasting change. FNF works closely with partners across the community to understand and address the root causes of hardship, not just the symptoms. By collaborating with local organisations, we help ensure that those referred to Foodbank services receive holistic, joined‑up support that tackles the issues behind the crisis. Hunger is a symptom of deeper problems — low income, insecure work, rising costs, and systems that don’t catch people before they fall. Our work tackles both the immediate need and the root causes. FNF places people with lived experience at the heart of our work. Our Lived Experience Participation Group meets regularly to co‑design services, review what we deliver, shape policy change, and help us respond quickly to emerging needs. Our facility allows for the provision of a dedicated warm, welcoming environment for beneficiaries with purposely designed premises that includes a café welcome area, supermarket, large food warehouse, chilled food store, teaching kitchen and offices. There is no harm arising from the purposes of Foyle Network Foundation. The charity's beneficiaries are any individual(s) and families (across all sections of the community) financially struggling, in crisis or experiencing difficulty that could potentially lead to hunger and poverty 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 Network Foundation.
What your organisation does
Foyle Network Foundation 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 through our Foodbank and Social Supermarket services. Individuals and families in need
can access our services through self-referral and external referral agencies, including (but not limited to) health professionals, GPs, community groups, schools and MLAs. Partnerships with advice services and credit unions include: • Credit Union savings schemes • Benefits and debt advice • Money Management, budgeting, savings, good credit and advice on everyday household bills • Loan consolidation • Fuel voucher, SIM Card, vouchers for restaurants, supermarkets and butchers • Campaigns around money lending, issues affecting those in need of our service Support provided includes: • Immediate and longer-term support that includes food and household essentials alongside a full wrap around support (Social Supermarket) • The Network - affordable food shop, members can avail of a weekly shop priced at up to 50% less than the recommended retail prices • Financial advice which includes access to specialist benefit and debt advice services, advice and support on money management & budgeting, savings, lifestyle budgeting and energy advice • Referrals to other organisations for mental health, addiction, housing and more … • Support workers providing a full wrap around support service alongside referrals to other organisations • Counselling • Baby Hubs • Summer scheme holiday food provision • Cooking, nutrition and other programmes • Support into training, education and employment We are part of the Trussell network of Foodbanks and operate under their guidance.
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