Food banks

When we last moved house the removal men couldn't get our settee out of the house - I said, well the firm got it in OK I don't know why you can't get it back out again.
Then I remembered that we had had some alterations done and one of the doors to the sitting room blocked off.

Thank you Anniebach for your reply.

What a day you have had. A neighbour of my fathers died and the local Emmanus charity came to collect furniture and they they took the front door off it's hinges to get his suite and other pieces of furniture out AND JUST LEFT!!!

All hell broke loose so I can imagine how upset you would be.

just read the read of your post - what a day!! Hope all is better now and you are relaxing on your new sofa
I hope your front door lock has been fixed before tonight.

furniture delivery men turning up an hour earlier than agreed

Well, that must be a first for delivery men, were they feeling OK?
I waited all day and evening until 10.15 pm once - I was just on my way to bed having given up when they came with a delivery of my washing machine!!

They are erected now Ana , but we are talking council speed , i was on the telephone 40 minutes - cordless phone - trying to get through, then transferred to another department , their recording thanked me for waiting , they had a high volume of calls, another fifteen minutes and so it went on. Unbelievable I know but i was asked what was the force of the wind!

Thank you, and at least I had a really good bargain with the nearly new sofa

Shouldn't barriers have been erected around the live cables by the Council?

Sorry you've had such a stressful day, Anniebach.

I made an error in an earlier post but in my defence have had a stressful morning with furniture delivery men turning up an hour earlier than agreed and the street light outside my house fell over , followed by the delivery men getting a sofa stuck in the front door way and breaking the lock so I cannot shut my front door, this now means the delivery men and the council are having a heated debate on who should pay for repairs , should be the delivery men but they saved the street light from crashing to the ground, meanwhile I have been outside for hours because we have sheltered accommodation bungalows here and several tenants have very bad eye sight , I feared them walking into live electric cables sticking out of the ground - and being Wales it's raining

My error for which I apologise for - I said 90,000 food banks but meant 90,000 people who use food banks , being human I make mistakes , oh to be like some here

Yes you may ask POGS

I'd like to know that too. Even the Trussell Trust only has 445.

Anniebach

May I ask where the figure of 90 thousand food banks is a statistic/recorded.

Rosequartz, I can only say what I would do not others at the bank, no way would I let food go out of date then watch it being thrown away, I would give extra and then resign - before being thrown out ! I am sure most would do the same

I think that is what they would do as well , anniebach.

With 90000 food banks , some in cities, some in town, some in rural areas there will be imbalance surely? The South Wales Valleys compared to the Cotswold area!

And yet pensionpal, in her post of 3rd November, is saying that despite the food bank where she volunteers not being in a prosperous town they have too much food and not enough takers. Plus, they have no storage facilities.

There's an imbalance somewhere.

We have storage Rosequartz , we are fortunate to have been given extra storage space in a near by church , the priest allows us to store in a side chapel , he removed the seating .

I think if we had too much food I would ignore the rules , no way would I throw food away , being an area where one knows almost everyone no problem in knowing who is in desperate need. I also help in a scheme where we are given furniture, clothes etc, and have a drop in centre to help people in need of advice , so one gets to know just how some are really in greatest need

I no doubt will be accused of virtual thingy by saying this, but no matter, i feel no self gratification, just a deep sadness that people are in need of charity to this extent

So would you pack up extra in the parcels that you give out, if you have an influx of extra food Anniebach?

Or store it? DN said their storage facilities are limited; certain times of the year they will get a lot more food than at others.

. We have never had out dated food and watch the use by dates to make sure the food moves within that time. A lot of planning goes into making up the food parcels , I admit I like to pop in chocy biscuits when there are children in family , rich tea is boring for a little one . But not as extras.

Yes, I know and they are only allowed so many as Charleygirl said, but DN does see the same people, so how does that happen?

And when they are inundated with food, as does happen, does it just sit there going out of date if only so much is allocated?

They cannot receive food without a voucher , just giving it away isn't permitted

I think they are allowed them if their benefits have not come through or they are waiting for decisions to be made.

Someone else may know more about them; however DN works in one and said that some of the same people do seem to be there regularly. If they have more than enough food donated - and often they do, I can't see them turning people away.

I believe that families who receive food from food banks are only allowed so much each year- something like 4-5 parcels. What on earth do they live on in between?

Fareshare is on Hugh F-W's War on Waste tonight.

thirdforcenews.org.uk/tfn-news/trussell-trust-will-not-have-jobcentre-staff-in-foodbanks

I am listening to the policing debate in the house, seventeen thousand police officers gone in the last four years , with the demonstrations which are sure to take place , very worrying

I think there is going to be trouble with the police. If not with the police the result of the cuts will be felt badly in some communities.