NO ONE WANTED TO GIVE COMMUNITY CHEST MONEY TO A FOOD BANK

When trying to help decide which of the grants for Oscotts Community Chest Funding (now reduced to only 50K) no one on the OscottWard Advisory Board wanted to give Elim Church 3k towards their urgently needed food bank program.
Nobody wanted to give the money because we all felt it should not be necessary in this century to have to feed the less well off in the Oscott area in this way.
However what ever some whiz kids on their computors may say we Oscott Councillors as well as most residents  know there are many deprived residents all across the Oscott Ward and we will fight to help them as best we can.


It is shameful it has had to come to this and that Councils No longer have the resources thanks to cuts in their budgets to pay for the hard up in the area to eat their fill.
If it was not for the excellent work volunteer groups like the Elem Church who run food banks many would struggle and go hungry.
I am pleased if that is the right word that those community leaders,Oscott Councillors and other agency workers who make up the Oscott WAB felt that we all had to support the food bank fund  application.

Don't forget all it takes is a sudden, unexpected event – a bereavement, illness, redundancy – to throw people into a genuine crisis. This is where the FoodBank can literally be a lifeline to families and individuals who find themselves in this situation.
The Food Bank can provide people with the essentials at a time when they need them most, filling the gap of days – or sometimes weeks – before other parts of our social infrastructure can come into play. Elim Church also collect dried and tinned food through Fareshare, supermarkets, churches, schools and individuals.
Food parcels are made available to local families and individuals sent on referral. Referrals come from registered professionals including doctors, health visitors, church pastoral workers and social workers.

The Food Bank is also able to provide emergency “homeless” packs which include soap, blanket, toothpaste, toilet roll etc. as well as nappies and baby food.

If any one wants to help?

Become a Food Bank depositor - add an item from The Food Bank shopping list – eg. a tin of tuna, a packet of pasta, cup-a-soups, jam etc – when you go shopping. Then deposit it in the local Food Bank collection point  see below

To find more about the Elim Church food bank and how you could help ring
Elim Church Kingstanding
120 Warren Road
Kingstanding (opposite the Co-op)
B44 8QD
0121 350 9650


Note- following the Oscott WAB recommendations the Oscott Ward Committee this week agreed Community Chest funding should be given to Elim Church