{"id":385,"date":"2013-10-13T18:49:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-13T17:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leeds\/?p=385"},"modified":"2013-10-13T18:55:37","modified_gmt":"2013-10-13T17:55:37","slug":"food-banks-in-leeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/leeds\/2013\/food-banks-in-leeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Banks in Leeds"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 9 September John Casey gave a presentation to the club on the development of food banks in Leeds.\u00a0 The 4 food banks being developed (north, east, south and west areas of the city) are following the framework developed by the Trussell Trust, which is a national organisation, with a successful track record in this area.\u00a0 The 4 food banks in Leeds will operate under 1 charitable trust which ensures city wide engagements alongside being embedded at a local community level.\u00a0 http:\/\/www.trusselltrust.org\/foodbank-projects<\/a><\/p>\n

Food banks provide immediate emergency food for 3 days on receipt of a voucher given to the individual\/family by an appropriate agency eg doctor, social services, police.\u00a0 In addition to food they provide a listening ear and a signposting service to try and help people break the cycle.<\/p>\n

John outlined the scheme being developed to deliver the food banks which relies totally on volunteers and donations.\u00a0 There are no paid workers involved.\u00a0 Volunteers and donations of food and cash are always welcomed and any support and joint working with SI Leeds would be very much appreciated.\u00a0 It is anticipated that there will be more demand for food banks as changes to the welfare system take place (as discussed at the last SI Leeds meeting), and already the demographics are showing that more people in low paid work are turning to food banks than before.<\/p>\n

There was significant interest expressed in the work and many people said that they wanted to have further involvement.\u00a0 Following the talk a number of actions were agreed as follows:\u00a0<\/p>\n