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Food Banks

Food Bank at Bradford on Avon

Set up and run by a Women's World Day of Prayer committee, this venture is supported by 8 churches from Bradford on Avon and the surrounding villages.

The Bradford-on-Avon Foodbank began in September 2008.

Approximately 145 boxes have been given out, generally through agencies such as local schools, debt advice centre, housing organisations, Community 4.

At least seven Churches are contributing regularly to the scheme.

Bearfield is seeking funding to provide storage for the boxes and Frank Turner ( tel 309102) is the co-ordinator of the scheme.

Thank you to everyone for contributing-it's a great example of Christians working together to show love to the community.
The contact person for the Food Bank is Sue Le Blond, phone no : 01225 865982.

Calne Food Bank

Calne Food Bank is an initiative run by the Calne Partnership of Churches. It was established in 2005 with the help of the Trussel Trust and provides a three day food pack for an individual or for a family in crisis.
This enables the recipient time to work with professionals to address the cause of their crisis, without having to worry how they will feed themselves or their family.
Food boxes contain a range of tinned, dry and long-life foods including pasta, tinned meats and fish, long life fruit juice, milk and some treats including chocolate, providing a nutritious diet (checked by the NHS).
This year, since April, we have issued 85 food boxes, a 28% increase on the same period last year. It is noticeable that there has been an increase in the number of single young people needing support, a reflection on the level of youth unemployment in the area.
This is a real example of local churches meeting a local need. Food and finance is donated and has come from a wide variety of sources, including churches, local gymnasiums and a constant support from St Mary's School in Calne.



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