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| CALNE FOOD BANK |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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). |
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| 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. |
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| 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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| SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY |
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| NEWS FROM THE TRUSSELL TRUST |
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| Matthew 25 instructs us to feed the hungry, clothe the poor and welcome the stranger. The Trussell Trust is working with churches and local communities to live out this important but challenging instruction. The Trust’s foodbank project which started in a garden shed in Salisbury has now helped 46 churches nationwide to launch their own foodbank. Last year Salisbury foodbank gave emergency food to nearly 3,000 people in crisis and the Trust’s foodbank network fed a total of 25,000 across the UK. |
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| The Trust’s ReStore Shop on Bemerton Heath in Salisbury has just been awarded UK ‘Shop Team of the Year’ by the Association of Charity Shops. It was one of the only Christian charities to be nominated, and certainly one of the smallest, but the judges were amazed by the difference the shop makes to lives in the local community. They were especially moved by the inclusive nature of the shop, which provides volunteering opportunities for people with mental, physical and social difficulties. ReStore Manager Chrissy says: ‘ReStore provides affordable clothing and goods and helps fund our projects, but most of all it’s a place where we show God’s love in the local community, helping lonely, despairing people know that we care.’ |
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| Everything we do at the Trust is about showing God’s love through practical action. We have seen so many lives changed but we could not do it without the help and support of churches in local communities. In Bulgaria, the Trust is working with Bulgarian churches to launch ‘Houses of Opportunity’ for young people leaving orphanages. We are encouraging UK churches to partner with Bulgarian churches to help them provide these vulnerable young people with an alternative to a life of crime, prostitution and drug abuse. |
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| It’s amazing what a difference churches working together can make ! |
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| If your church would like to get involved with The Trussell Trust call 01722 411244 or email enquiries@trusselltrust.org |
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| Practical advice for 'greening' churches |
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| www.london.gov.uk/gla/ publications/environment/ /ForCreedandCreation.pdf |
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