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Month: October 2017

Free phone use is available at each centre

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Note all the Foodbank distribution centres have the use of a phone. We were pleased last week when the Department for Work & Pensions announced that there will be no charge to call the Universal Credit helpline from the end of the October, and by the end of the year, there will be no charge to […]

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If you know someone who needs support for their UC THEN …

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In 2015, Great Yarmouth was picked as the trial site for a pilot of “universal credit,” in which the various benefits paid to low-income people were replaced with a single payment, centrally administered. For the last two years we have worked very hard to to fill the needs.The system is designed to be exclusively served via web-based forms, […]

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Donating food helps local people in crisis

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Just by giving food to Gt Yarmouth Foodbank – you can be a vital part of the community that’s providing emergency food to local people in crisis who find themselves on the edge of disaster. These supplies take the form of nutritionally balanced emergency foodboxes to cover an individual or family’s basic needs for 72 […]

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GOOD NEWS UC HELPLINE TO BE FREE WITHIN A MONTH

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The government is to scrap fees for the Universal Credit helpline after it was revealed some claimants have been charged up to 55p a minute to access advice and support. Work and Pensions Secretary David Gauke confirmed the move on Wednesday saying the helpline will be free within a month.  

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A TRIBUTE TO OUR VOLUNTEERS

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Our volunteers perform around 700 hours of unpaid tasks per month, including stock-taking, picking up and delivering food, inputting data, helping clients, packing boxes and other work, worth thousands if the country had to pay. WELL DONE EVERYONE OF YOU.  

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We don’t just do Food Parcels we offer meals as well.

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We offer food for lunches that you can stay onsite and enjoy. At St Mary Magdalen Tuesdays there is a  3 course meal which starts at 12.30 . On Thursdays at The WELL at St Andrews we offer soup, sandwiches ,fruit yoghurt, plus a mixture of other foods served between 11 am and 12.45. At Herbies […]

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Impact of Universal Credit to the use of the local Foodbank means Higher Demand and Repeat Visits

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  The most common reason is providing food and support for the length of time it takes to receive the first payment. This varies from 6 – 14 weeks  At first we saw a quadrupling of demand now it is up about 20%. We try to  give food for the duration of Universal Credit wait, and […]

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Harvest Festival giving is filling the shelves again

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  A big thank you to the local churches and schools who have given their Harvest Thanksgiving produce to The Foodbank

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We need more baked beans folks please

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We have plenty of cereals but are short of Baked beans puddings sugar and tinned vegetables – if you can please help thank you all you wonderful people.

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Foodbank vouchers

We know that anyone can find themselves at crisis point especially now during the lockdown.

In order to provide the most appropriate help for the circumstances of your situation, we work with local agencies. If they feel you are struggling to put food on the table, they will issue you with a foodbank voucher. The local agency can also provide long term support if needed to help address some of the issues behind the reasons for your crisis. 

Our foodbank works with a number of different agencies, such as Citizens Advice, Jobcentre Plus, Early Childhood and Family Service (formerly Children’s Centres), health visitors, Social services, Doctors surgeries, and many more. When you visit a referral agency, they will take some basic details from you to complete the voucher. This will help them to identify the cause of your crisis and offer practical guidance. It also means we are able to prepare suitable emergency food for the right number of people.

Once you have been issued with a voucher, you can exchange this for an emergency food parcel at your nearest distribution centre. If you are a support organisation or agency and would like to become a registered voucher holder for our foodbank, please contact us here to find out more.

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