Programmes

Four things we run, every week.

All of it free at the point of need, and all of it run by about eighty volunteers with three paid staff.

Volunteers passing tins across a distribution table
Tuesday and Friday mornings

The food bank

Three days of food for anyone who asks, no referral and no questions about why. Nappies, toiletries and pet food too.

Volunteers plating meals in a community kitchen
Every Thursday at 12.30

Thursday lunch

Two courses, pay what you can. The busiest table in town, and the one most people come back to.

Young people at a youth group session
Friday evenings

Youth group

For eleven to seventeen year olds: food, games, a quiet room for homework, and adults who stay.

A woman browsing rails in a second-hand shop
Monday to Saturday

The shop

Donated clothes and books on the high street. Every sale goes back into the three things above.

Two volunteers packing rows of paper grocery bags
If you need help

You do not need a referral. Just come.

1Come to the hallTuesday or Friday morning. Somebody will make you a cup of tea.
2Tell us what you needFood, nappies, a warm coat, help with a letter. As much or as little as you like.
3Leave with itThe same morning. If it is something bigger, a caseworker rings you that week.
Common questions

The work

With the communities they serve, and we publish what did not work as well as what did.

Independently, against numbers set before the work starts.

Yes, and we will say no to anything that would work better as a press release.
Donors, partners and volunteers

Ask where the money goes.

The accounts are published every year, and we will walk you through them. What comes in this month is spent this month, on the work.

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