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29 Apr 20
Certification of Recognition for Leicester South Food Bank
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Our heartfelt thanks to the panel at Leicestershire Cares for the nomination, it is an honour for our volunteers and employees at Leicester South Foodbank to be recognised for the resilience and the risk we take to support our community which would not be possible without The Trussell Trust support and campaign for change. Bruce Harrison our […]
15 Apr 20
Weekly shop!
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Unfortunately this is now starting to become a weekly occurrence. £250 worth of shopping on just the items we need to ensure we have all the items for a parcel. This may look a lot and we certainly get some funny looks from other customers, but this will literally only last a week. With the […]
28 Mar 20
Prayers really being answered!
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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1G2ILcZeIzkx9fKR0hCIQRUv86wH8O1bJ So yesterday we brought you news of Aldi allowing us to buy multiple items that we are running short of. I also mentioned that it would be great if Aldi and Lidl could put food bank collection baskets in their store. As soon as we had posted, we checked emails and Lidl had sent […]
27 Mar 20
Big shout out to Aldi
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The team are working so hard packing boxes to meet the growing demand of desperate people needing food. However we are running low on certain items. But thanks to a generous financial donation we set off into the wilderness to hunt down the illusive UHT milk……….sorry getting mixed up with writing a book! First large […]
23 Mar 20
Message from Cadent gas supplies
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Good morning all, Firstly, I hope that you, your staff and families are safe and well at this time. I write to you today as one of Cadent’s partners who support the countless people living in vulnerable situations across our entire network. During this difficult and challenging time for the UK, we are doing all […]
22 Mar 20
Advice and support
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During this time we are working alongside other agencies to give you as much support as possible. We are managing to keep the majority of our hubs open, so please continue to check our website for the locations. We are also trying to set up some more hubs with the community flats and children’s centres, […]
12 Mar 20
Coronavirus and food banks
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We’re being asked lots of questions about the possible impact of coronavirus on people needing food banks, and the support food banks will be able to provide. This is an unprecedented challenge, and we don’t yet know how things will unfold. We’re working with our network on how best to support people, and wherever possible, […]
9 Mar 20
Teachings of Shirdi Sai Baba in practice
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We have been privileged recently, to be asked to speak at Shree Ram Mandir, about Leicester South Food Bank. We spoke to an audience of about 300 people who were there to take part in Bhajans (Religious Songs etc). People listened as we explained the work we we do in supporting vulnerable and marginalised people in […]
17 Feb 20
Generosity at its best!
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We have been blown away by the generosity of the local community and business who donated over the Christmas period. Not only that, but we have now regular donors who want to continue not just through the festive season, but have recognised the continued need throughout the year. We have families who will shop monthly […]