Argos White Rose (Inside Sainsbury's)

Operating Trussell trust licensed food bank in the south and east of the city of Leeds, with 11 food bank centre's across this area. At Leeds South and East Food bank the number of food parcels given out by us has increased by 30% over the same period last year,which underlines the need for food bank's across the country. Our food bank's are for people in crisis,some of the reason's people come to us is low income,benefit delay's, or benefit change's although there are many other reasons for needing to use us. To access our food bank you first need to obtain a voucher from a referral agent such as the council community hub's,school's,doctor's or any other front line service within Leeds. The voucher is then exchanged for food at one of our centre's,there is a limit on food bank use- a food bank can only be used 3 times in any 6 month period. This is because food bank's are for a crisis situation only and most reasons for food bank use are resolved in a short period of time,anyone who uses a food bank is greeted with a drink and our volunteer's will discuss their requirements/problems in confidence and we will try and refer them onto other agencies who maybe able to help resolve there issues. We work with agencies such as citizens advice,mind,Cap,dial, Andy's Man Club to name a few. Food parcels are designed for 3 meals a day for 3 day's and vary in size dependant on whether the parcel is for a single person or family. The food parcels consist of cereal,beans,vegetables,potatoes,meat,fish,juice,tea,milk. All the food is tinned for storage purposes. Our food bank's rely entirely on donations from the public, both food and financial wise any donation's can be dropped at our food bank centre's on day of opening or our main warehouse at 18 Millshaw Park Ave, LS11 0LR All our food bank's are run by volunteer's and we are alway looking for help either at our centre's or at the main warehouse, anybody interested can call 0113 2772229 or e-mail info@leedssouthandeast.foodbank.org.uk