Argos Dungannon (Inside Sainsbury's)

Coalisland & District Community Food Bank was established to ‘address and help alleviate Food Poverty’ in the area. ‘A person is considered to be in Food Poverty if they have no food and no money with which to buy food after meeting their financial obligations’ (Rent, Electricity, Heating, Rates). The food bank is committed to providing short term relief for residents of Coalisland and district. Foodbank Volunteers take the time to listen and offer support where possible. They are specially trained to know about local services and offer practical guidance so that people have access to the right support, helping them to break out of crisis. We also help to support people in any other ways that we can and our aim is to provide non-judgemental support at the point of crisis. We know that anyone can find themselves at crisis point for a number of different reasons. Our Volunteers will offer advice and contact details for external groups in our area which may benefit and assist people.

We provide services within the local area to promote positive mental health.One being a food bank and food shopping for families living or experiencing poverty 1 in 4 children in Northern Ireland are affected by food and fuel poverty . We will provide food hampers around Christmas to families known to our services.