The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I have a standing order to our local one and have been down a few times to see what they are doing etc but I think I will deff offer some time.
Food Banks not necessary says Cameron
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I have a standing order to our local one and have been down a few times to see what they are doing etc but I think I will deff offer some time.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
It's been heavily reduced in lots supermarkets for a while, which is why I'm guessing it ended up there.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Moving to Corby on sunday, so Land of Opportunity wrt volunteering.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Corby? Jesus mate you don't half pick them.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
It's not that bad! honestly people make out its like Beirut but its seen significant regeneration since the eurohub came into full swing. I'm due to live in a room in a tower block that looks like a smackheids paradise but it honestly looks worse than it actually is.
Plus Sawford is MP there now after the odious Loise Mensch bailed and he's part of the Socialist Campaign Group- a labour tendency of about 4 members, so surely all will be right with the world
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Hope it goes well
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
TBF I've not been for years...fucking weird accent mind.
What's promoted the move? You got work lined up?
What's promoted the move? You got work lined up?
UrbaneFox
They've doubled in price
Perhaps someone will challenge the legality of this.if £71/week is enough for food, bills, clothes and now council tax top ups etc, why the fuck do mps get £400 per month for their food allowance?
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
not lined up but Kettering is dead unless you want to do 40 hours of shift work for min wage. Fine when you're 18 but now, no.
I want at least an extra pound per hour
menace that I amPlus I needed to be out of mas house before I hit thirty next month. I've lived on my own from 17-25 but regardless, if your living with your old dear aged thirty people cuss you down .
oh remember that place round the corner from your parents where we had a sesh? my bros yard? some total cunt burgaled it the other day. You have to wonder what motivates people to rob a place that holds so little items of value. Crack I suppose. Ce la Vie etc
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Not only is it that shit, it's stupid...go somewhere posher and the pickings will be richer.
Good luck with the move.
Good luck with the move.
BigTom
Well-Known Member
May have come from a supermarket, some give their out of date food to organisations like Fareshare in Birmingham who distribute it to food banks rather than throw it away.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
The routes by which largess cometh is a strange one. Hence you get stuck with Ainsley 'wild eyes' Harriots produce
and pasta. Lots of fucking pasta. At this rate I'm going to have to go veggie not through ethical choice but through sheer lack of funds.
scoped out farmfoods today though, one pound fifty for a dozen square sausages. When you live in poorsville the shops reflect it. I feel sorry for people trapped in rural poverty in richer areas, they must have to bus into the nearest urban centre to get value for money on food bills.
It's no wonder loads of villages have become commuter dwellings for people who only venture townsward for work and the poor, well they're fucked or have fucked off. All part of the ghettoizing process
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Yep. Our food bank has been running for a few months now. It survives almost entirely on private donations of food and cash, and the few businesses that do help us are small independent shops. We asked lots of bigger businesses for help but none was forthcoming. As a result the stuff we have to give away isn't the sort of quality we'd like, not enough fresh veg being the biggest problem, but so far we've had enough to give everybody who comes to us enough to tide them over in the short term.
The food bank operates on a referral basis, so the people who come have been sent by local community centres, charities or the local law centre based on an urgent need for help. Some people have found themselves in the dreaded gap between losing a job and getting benefit payments, some are on benefits but due to debts, bills or other factors still can't afford to feed themselves or their kids. On top of that we get a fair few migrants and refugees.
Lots of people who come to the food bank express a simillar sentiment, namely a sense sheer disbelief that they have no choice but to turn to charity. Most have never been in this situation before. Nobody would be there if they had any other choice, that much is clear. Those who claim that food banks are just feeding those who've spent their giros on cider and scratchcards not only fail to understand how food banks operate but also clearly have a very low opinion of their fellow humans.
e2a: I should note here that I only help out with the foodbank occasionally, helping sort out the venue we use and moving boxes around and that sort of thing. I had little to do with setting it up in the first place and I don't spend a lot of time doing 'front of house' stuff, mostly because I find it quite difficult to see decent people in such a crappy situation and my social skills, very important for making people feel as welcome and as comfortable as possible in the circumstances, are not my strong point. Luckily we have a big pool of volunteers who are better at this stuff than me.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Good for you. I really believe that the more people who are involved in these projects the more they become genuine community resources rather than something with an strict provider/customer dynamic. A fair few current and former users of our foodbank now volunteer there, which was always part of the plan. Volunteering can be something as simple as sharing a cup of tea and a chat with people who turn up.
The rural poor are double fucked, higher property band rates and worse access to services
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
Urbs, Food Bank Question:
i'm looking to donate food to my local food bank, and obviously i want to give food that is going to be most useful to the most number of people (Spooky Frank can take the credit, his words in post 103, above, have prompted this social concience) - so should i donate only the most basic, easy to make food items like beans, porridge, tins of ravioli etc.. or should i also give oven cooked things like part-baked bread, lasange ingrediants etc.. on the assumption that the people recieving such would have access to an oven, rather than just a kettle or hob?
i'm assuming that toiletries and cleaning products would also be ok on the basis than when you're down to your last £5 note, you spend it on food for your kids and not loo roll and soap. oddly, my local FB says thay they won't take perishables like fresh veg, and tbh their 'this is what we need, and this is where you can drop it off and when' information could be a lot better...
christ, i can't imagine the indignity of being in that position, its fucking horrifying.
i'm looking to donate food to my local food bank, and obviously i want to give food that is going to be most useful to the most number of people (Spooky Frank can take the credit, his words in post 103, above, have prompted this social concience) - so should i donate only the most basic, easy to make food items like beans, porridge, tins of ravioli etc.. or should i also give oven cooked things like part-baked bread, lasange ingrediants etc.. on the assumption that the people recieving such would have access to an oven, rather than just a kettle or hob?
i'm assuming that toiletries and cleaning products would also be ok on the basis than when you're down to your last £5 note, you spend it on food for your kids and not loo roll and soap. oddly, my local FB says thay they won't take perishables like fresh veg, and tbh their 'this is what we need, and this is where you can drop it off and when' information could be a lot better...
christ, i can't imagine the indignity of being in that position, its fucking horrifying.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
BigTom
Well-Known Member
As above or better find and contact the food bank and check with them, i know local ones to me usually have a wanted list and not all of them are tresell trust, so might want different stuff.
Having a meeting in a couple of weeks where setting up a food bank alongside a mutual support/advocacy group may be an outcome.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
cheers.
what about things like nappies and baby milk, or wasking up liquid, soap, toothpaste, washing powder/liquid etc..?
i am, for which i get down on my knees and thank my parents, utterly ignorant of this whole area. i have money, some time and a car with an enormous boot - how can i best help?
what about things like nappies and baby milk, or wasking up liquid, soap, toothpaste, washing powder/liquid etc..?
i am, for which i get down on my knees and thank my parents, utterly ignorant of this whole area. i have money, some time and a car with an enormous boot - how can i best help?
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
I'd have thought all of that would be gratefully received by the people who come to the banks, but it also depends on how much storage space the foodbank actually has
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
We do bog roll, toothpaste soap etc as well as food. I'm sure a few nappies would be appreciated too.
I just asked the bloke who looks after the stock for our food bank and he said it's bread, milk and oil that we're most often short of. We also have to drive around a fair bit to pick up donations so a few quid towards petrol comes in handy as we basically have zero funding and we can only operate because we have spaces we can use for free and lots of volunteers.
I'm sure other food banks work completely differently to ours though, so your best bet is to pop down and ask. Failing that anything you can donate will find a good home somewhere.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I'd have thought all of that would be gratefully received by the people who come to the banks, but it also depends on how much storage space the foodbank actually has
Yeah, storage and transport issues might make a big difference to what your local foodbank is most in need of or most able to deal with.
8ball
Maximum Facepalm
You are all being very unfair to Cameron.
I'm sure what he meant was that since we, the taxpaying public, are subsidising the likes of Tesco et al in terms of paying their taxes and also, since they are not willing to properly pay their staff, forking out for tax credits and top-up benefits, then anyone who cannot make ends meet after generously shelling out to keep Tesco afloat (including nobly sacrificing their job in order to keep wages depressed) is surely entitled to walk into the store and help themselves to the necessary food supplies.
I'm sure what he meant was that since we, the taxpaying public, are subsidising the likes of Tesco et al in terms of paying their taxes and also, since they are not willing to properly pay their staff, forking out for tax credits and top-up benefits, then anyone who cannot make ends meet after generously shelling out to keep Tesco afloat (including nobly sacrificing their job in order to keep wages depressed) is surely entitled to walk into the store and help themselves to the necessary food supplies.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
This time next year: Food not necessary says Cameron.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
That's what second-hand shops are for. You don't think us hardworking taxpayers expect you to wear new clothes do you?!
Even at a quid a knock from a charity shop, it's still money a lot of claimants won't have spare.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
The only thing I've found to work is explaining to them that those cunts in Parliament see their benefits (tax credits, housing benefit" as much as "scrounging" as they see JSA, Income Support and disability benefits, and that once they've finished buggering the likes of me, they'll be lining up their next lot of victims - the "nice" people on tax credits etc - for some sodomy sans lube.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Even at a quid a knock from a charity shop, it's still money a lot of claimants won't have spare.
We all know that, but they don't give a shit.
Maybe Cameron would suggest you work voluntarily in the charity shop for a day to earn your £1 item of clothing
BigTom
Well-Known Member
I've definitely seen nappies and baby food on wanted lists for foodbanks local to me - best thing would be to find one local to you, whether that's a tressel trust food bank: http://www.trusselltrust.org/map or an independent / other organisation - I'm assuming Tressell trust only list their own food banks on their site but a google search might find ones closer to you or from other orgs (tressell trust are tight with the tories, personally I have a choice of food banks I can give to near me so I give to a non-tressell trust one, but I wouldn't for a second discourage you from helping/getting involved with a tressell trust foodbank)
purenarcotic
Conveniently Pocket Sized
Your local SureStart / cildren's centre will appreciate donations of nappies / formula. They do have money allocated to purchase these, but I'm sure free extra ones would not go amiss at all.
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