Why do we do it?

There are surprising and increasing numbers of people falling into poverty

Living costs – rent, fuel, food are all increasing

Wages are not going upBenefits are being affected

What is a Food Bank?

But to meet increasing But to meet increasing demand, at least once a demand, at least once a month we have month we have collections at Waitrose collections at Waitrose storesstores

We ask people to buy We ask people to buy an extra item of food to an extra item of food to donate to usdonate to us

Waitrose then deliver Waitrose then deliver to our warehouseto our warehouse

Who collects, sorts and delivers the food?

We rely on lots and lots of volunteers

How many people does ReadiFood help?

How do we know who to take food to?How does the food get to the people who need it?

What sort of food do we need?

We are not specifically collecting Christmas Food this year

Everything will help

Thank you

Collection boxes will be in your tutor rooms

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