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Staff from across the Group have been collecting donations for the @TelfordSupport food bank and baby bank this Christmas. Huge thanks to everyone who's been involved with this and has donated.
October 2019 was the busiest Harvest festival season we’ve ever had!
Over the course of 4 weeks, our team collected 4652kg of donations from Pupils, parents, teachers and staff from 32 schools and a handful of churches and community groups across Telford and Wrekin.
We’d like to thank everyone that made a contribution to the Foodbank as it has helped to boost stock levels at a busy time of year.
Telford Crisis Support has been running a Foodbank for 5 years in Telford & Wrekin. As well as supporting people with food and toiletries, we’ve noticed that there’s been an increase in referrals for new parents that don’t necessarily need food, but need help with items to give their newborn the best start possible.
For 2019, we will be launching a brand new project ‘Telford Baby Bank’ to run alongside the Foodbank. Through this new project we will provide much needed essentials and equipment to mothers and families who are unable to provide these items for themselves; including but not limited to young mums, people seeking asylum, Women or Men fleeing domestic abuse or Family breakdown and trafficking just to name a few reasons.
Working with midwives, health visitors and other professional groups to provide support directly where it is most needed, Volunteers will sort and package a ‘Moses Basket’ of clothing, toiletries and essential baby equipment as an attractive gift to new mothers.
Each basket will contain: Size 1 nappies, Size 2 nappies, baby toiletries (Shampoo,baby bath,baby lotion,baby sponge) Mum/Dad toiletries (shower gel, toothpaste, deodorant, maternity pads, breast pads) baby vests, babygros, outfits, cardigans, baby coat, baby socks, shoes/bootees. 2 hats, 2 pairs of mittens, blankets, moses basket sheets, bibs, baby towel, a card and a box of chocs for Mum or Dad.
Referrals will go live in November. This is not a walk in or open referral service and is currently running as a trial with a few select professional groups that will be able to refer to begin with. In 2020 we will be looking to increase the outreach.
This project much like to Foodbank will be reliant upon generous contributions and donations. Please see the wishlist below.
Donations can be dropped off the the Telford Crisis Support office which can be found by clicking here
Alternatively if you’d like to be a donation point call us!
If you’re a health or childcare professional and think you can help or need assistance, please send an email with the subject ‘Baby Bank’ to tcsfoodbank@gmail.com
As part of his visit to Shropshire, Justin Welby paid a visit to our Foodbank Hub to meet some of the team and talk about the issues that many people are facing.
We discussed the rise in referrals, the common reasons for referrals being made and the vital work of our volunteer team and the hours that they invest every month.
A once in a lifetime experience for all here at TCS!
We’re often asked when are the peak times of the year for Food parcel requests?
Well we have provided a graph to give you a rough idea of how suddenly demand can change. For example in 2018 there was a big drop off in referrals from January to March with a gradual rise through until May.
However looking at 2019, we saw a similar decrease but with a sudden spike in March. which is usually when we see our lowest food stocks and supplies.
The most notable change has been the increase in referrals between July and August in 2019. This leads to a higher number of food parcels being made per working day.
The referrals will only rise between now until Christmas so the Harvest festival donations are so important in the run up to the new year.
If you feel that you can help with food donations, volunteering or financial support please look at the get involved menu at the top of our website.
We have visits planned to many different schools across the next two weeks so if we already haven’t contacted you and you’d like us to come and talk about the Foodbank, please send us an email to tcsfoodbank@gmail.com
