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When you go to a food bank, can you pick the food yourself or do you have to take what they sort out for you ?
How often can you use a food bank. In cost terms, how much is the food that you receive from a food bank ? I realise that the requirements for people with children are different than for those without, so I am thinking of husband and wife having to use a food bank. |
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The one we donate to makes up boxes prior to people arriving and they are to last three days. You need to be referred though you can't just turn up.
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The one we donate to makes up boxes prior to people arriving and they are to last three days. You need to be referred though you can't just turn up.
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I've never had to use one, but I wouldn't think you get to pick the food yourself. They're meant to be for people in dire straits with very little food to speak of at home. It would seem a bit cheeky to pick and choose.
I do wonder if the stories about them being abused are exaggerated, as most people here have said you can't just show up and get food, you need a referral and then it's only every 3 months or something. Unless they tag-team but still it's not enough food to rely on solely to get by long-term. |
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Whenever I've seen food banks featured in TV documentaries, they've all seemed to be set up like self-service mini-supermarkets, with tinned foods in one section, fresh fruit & veg in another etc, but the people using them are instructed to only take a certain amount from each section as they make their way around. I think this system is a good idea as it means people can choose items of food they like and will therefore enjoy eating, but it also prevents someone stuffing their bag full of fresh meat which they can either take home to keep in their freezer, or possibly sell on for profit.
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You get 3 days worth based on the size of your family. They give out what has been donated, so you can't ask for lobster.
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Whenever I've seen food banks featured in TV documentaries, they've all seemed to be set up like self-service mini-supermarkets, with tinned foods in one section, fresh fruit & veg in another etc, but the people using them are instructed to only take a certain amount from each section as they make their way around. I think this system is a good idea as it means people can choose items of food they like and will therefore enjoy eating, but it also prevents someone stuffing their bag full of fresh meat which they can either take home to keep in their freezer, or possibly sell on for profit.
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I read a comment a while back that said food banks don't belong in 21st century britain and i wholeheartedly agree. Thanks tories.
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Whenever I've seen food banks featured in TV documentaries, they've all seemed to be set up like self-service mini-supermarkets, with tinned foods in one section, fresh fruit & veg in another etc, but the people using them are instructed to only take a certain amount from each section as they make their way around. I think this system is a good idea as it means people can choose items of food they like and will therefore enjoy eating, but it also prevents someone stuffing their bag full of fresh meat which they can either take home to keep in their freezer, or possibly sell on for profit.
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I read a comment a while back that said food banks don't belong in 21st century britain and i wholeheartedly agree. Thanks tories.
It's disgusting that people - people with pride and self-respect - are forced, due to circumstances beyond their control, to have to use food banks. |
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Absolutely.
It's disgusting that people - people with pride and self-respect - are forced, due to circumstances beyond their control, to have to use food banks. |
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What you see on TV are the warehouses where stuff gets sent to. It is then put into parcels of different sizes for the clients. The people going round the shelves picking stuff are the volunteers making up the parcels which are then sent to distribution point where the clients get sent. Clients don't go to the warehouses and self-serve. They don't do fresh food, only tins and packets etc with a long shelf life.
I think there are two types of food banks - the bigger ones you're speaking of and the small, independent ones serving just their local community. There shouldn't be any need for any of them though imo. |
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No, I've seen those too Alan and i'm not talking about them. The ones i'm referring to are definitely not warehouses, they're held in much smaller places such as community centres, where the volunteers stack the shelves with donations of food sent from the bigger warehouses, local shops etc. They're small, independent set-ups, serving the local community. I think the most recent example I've seen was a couple of weeks ago in a BBC documentary called 'Sister Rita To The Rescue', which was based in or near Manchester, iirc. They definitely have fresh veg available at the ones I've seen, as I remember seeing a volunteer bagging up rations of about half a dozen spuds into small bags from a massive sack.
I think there are two types of food banks - the bigger ones you're speaking of and the small, independent ones serving just their local community. There shouldn't be any need for any of them though imo. ETA: This specific one ONLY deals with fresh produce. I think they may work in conjunction with another food bank that handles the longer-life produce. |
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The one I used to volunteer for only gave to services such as hostels and supported housing. Never dealt with people directly.
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Absolutely.
It's disgusting that people - people with pride and self-respect - are forced, due to circumstances beyond their control, to have to use food banks. Quote:
Whilst I agree it's better we have them with than not as I can't see this austerity being ever ended.
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One of the TV documentaries about people on benefits featured people who had work trying to help claimants change their circumstances
One working single mother had three jobs to support her family, and she was trying to help another similar mother who was a claimant During their discussion about budgeting the claimant mentioned that she allowed £20 per week for her night at the pub. The working mother told her that she herself couldn't afford to spend £20 a week going out, and the claimant replied that she could only do it because of the food she could get from the food bank |
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I read a comment a while back that said food banks don't belong in 21st century britain and i wholeheartedly agree. Thanks tories.
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You would rather people starve ?????
Best wishes to you Andy. |
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You would rather people starve ?????
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Yeah, that's really want I meant isn't it ..
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I think he meant that people should not be in the situation where they need a food bank in the first place.
Best wishes to you Andy. |
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I agree, but we are in the situation, so they are needed.
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You cannot be serious
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