Support In Mind; Food Bank
Halifax, UK
We are a dedicated team, and are all experienced in delivering care to service users facilitating Hospital Discharge and community referrals. We work to the highest standards and like to go the extra mile for the people for whom we provide care. The team is looking to find ways in which we can go that step further to support our service users in times of need, especially when it comes to help and assistance with buying food, amenities. We have been proactive and because of past experiences were service users have run out of money and have had no food, the team now has a small food bank with emergency stock we can use in the short term to help those experiencing difficulties and unable to buy necessary amenities. We actively support the Vulnerable of Calderdale and Deliver unwanted food from supermarkets, including Marks and Spencer’s, and Lidl. The project is run by a single person, Rhea, who has support from her family and friends to run this, operated out of her own home. We have service users who are 18+ with all different needs, we also have families out in the community who we support as and when needed. There is no charge for our support. We haven’t had any local press, but working as part of a council Rhea and her mum makes this known who we are and what we do. In the run up to winter we have individuals in which we work with who support us with donations for our stock. Our foodbank has been so helpful around the community, the toy bank donation in which we receive at Christmas time made so many children’s Christmas. We work closely with a social worker within the council who had many families who are in need and don’t know where to turn. We do not charge for our services - this is a free service, we distribute the surplus free of charge, which includes food e.g dry goods, toiletries such as soap, sponges etc, and from the Lidl toy bank around Christmas time, we get donations of toys. A reference from a social worker which we support often for individuals in which they are supporting is ‘ Hello Rhea/Tracey Thank you again for the food parcels you have kindly donated to Children’s Social Care over the past years, as well as the Christmas present donations. We greatly appreciate all your support and contributions for the children and families we work with who are in need of this help. Your generosity has made a real difference, providing essentials during difficult times, bringing joy to children at Christmas, and helping families feel supported and valued. Because of contributions like yours, we’ve been able to ensure that vulnerable families have access to food and gifts that they otherwise might have gone without. This has a huge positive impact on their wellbeing and sense of community. Warm regards, Natalie P’
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