January 2019 - Great Yarmouth Foodbank, Norfolk

Thank you to all who donated at East Coast College

Thank you East coast college Church Lane Gorleston

More foodstuffs and festive items were handed over to the Great Yarmouth foodbank yesterday, Thursday 20 December, with dozens of items donated by staff in wards and departments across the hospital being collected to support those in need this Christmas.

Foodbank community collections

We are so grateful to you all allowing us to continue to help those in need over Christmas. Here are some of the donations obviously they cant all be mentioned – but they all meant so much to us however small because they were so generous and WE COULD SEE A LOT OF TIME AND […]

We hope you all had a lovely Christmas & would like to wish you all a very happy new year! Thank you for your support for The Foodbank. Note – all sessions are operating as normal from Wednesday 2nd January there is even an additional opening time at St Andrews on Fridays at 2.25 – 3.30pm. […]

Foodbank vouchers

Our foodbank works using a voucher referral system.

We know that anyone can find themselves at crisis point for a number of different reasons.

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, 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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