Salford Central Foodbank has launched a new appeal, asking local people to take a different approach this Harvest by giving a ‘Combined Harvest’ donation of food and money, which will help the charity continue its vital work during the shift from Autumn to Winter, when the foodbank sees a significant rise in need for their support.
The foodbank, which is part of The Trussell Trust Foodbank Network, provides vital emergency support to local people when something unavoidable – such as redundancy, illness or even an unexpected large bill – hits and there’s no money to put food on the table.
In the last financial year, 3285 three-day emergency food supplies were provided to local people in crisis by the foodbank. 1426 of these went to children.
Mark Whittington, Salford Central Foodbank manager said:
“During previous years we’ve been incredibly humbled by the level of support local people have given the foodbank at Harvest time. We want to say a big thank you to everyone who has donated food, time or money; your compassion and support means that people in Salford unable to afford food after being hit by something like redundancy, illness or a delayed benefit payment, have had somewhere to turn.
We rely on the support of the local community to make a lasting impact in Salford, providing emergency food but also helping people to break out of crisis more long term. The vast majority of the food we provide is donated, so food donations are really important. But the foodbank also has lots of costs you might not immediately think of: covering transport costs and paying for utilities and insurance.
We are particularly grateful for extra help at Harvest as we prepare for winter, the foodbank’s busiest time of the year. That’s why this Harvest we would love for anyone considering helping the foodbank to ‘combine’ their donation and give both money and food – it will make a real difference as we continue to provide much-needed help to people in our community.”
People can make a financial donation to the foodbank at: https://www.totalgiving.co.uk/donate/freedom-central-manchester
Urgently-needed food items include:
Sugar
Tinned rice pudding
Biscuits
Jam
Tinned vegetables
Long life fruit juice
UHT milk
These can be donated at Sainsburys, 100 Regent Rd, Salford, M5 4QU
Tesco Extra, Pendleton Way, Salford, M6 5JG
