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Melksham Food Bank

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Melksham Food Bank is a scheme run by volunteers from the Churches in Melksham under the auspice of the Melksham Family of Churches.

The purpose of The Melksham Food Bank is to provide practical short term help to a person or a family in need during the short interval between that need or problem arising and Social Services organising the benefits. This is done by providing a food parcel containing sufficient food basics for 3 days. This will allow the person or family concerned to concentrate on resolving their problem (in conjunction with the appropriate agencies) without them also having to worry about their food needs.

The Melksham Food Bank started in September 2007. Food banks are also operating in the nearby towns of Bradford on Avon, Calne, Devizes, Malmesbury and Trowbridge.

People with genuine needs are identified by recognised ‘agencies’ who operate in this sphere. The 'agency' will collect a food parcel from Melksham Food Bank and deliver it to the person(s) in need. A list of 'agencies' who have used Melksham Food Bank is provided at the end of this article.

The Food Bank is non-profit-making and relies on donations of food to work. A list of suggested food donations can be found toward the end of this article. In addition to food donations, financial donations are also welcome as these can be used to make up shortages in the food donated.

Each participating Church has a representative who promotes the work of the Food Bank in their Church and coordinates the collection of food donations on behalf of their Church.

A small central team of volunteers run the scheme by: receiving the food donations from the various Church representatives; making up food parcels; dealing with the recognised ‘agencies’; coordinating the distribution of food parcels; and keeping records.

No food is wasted! Food approaching its expiry date is passed on to other local organisations who are able to use the donations immediately.



Email Melksham Food Bank

Phone Melksham Food Bank - 07851 016027

Suggested donations:
The following items are specifically suggested in order to meet the requirements for the food boxes. Sizes given are approximate and reflect that we are catering for single people and families. Please don’t provide fresh produce or frozen produce.

  • Fruit Juice (Carton, 1 litre)
  • Breakfast Cereal (small packet, 1 kg packet, ‘variety’ packs)
  • Soup (tinned, 400g)
  • Baked Beans (200g and 400g)
  • Tomatoes (tinned, 200g and 400g)
  • Tinned Vegetables (assorted, 200g and 400g)
  • Instant Mash Potato
  • Meat (tinned, 200g and 400g)
  • Fish (tinned, 100g)
  • Fruit (tinned, 200g and 400g)
  • Rice Pudding (tinned)
  • UHT Milk (Long Life, 0.5 litre, 1 litre)
  • Sponge Pudding (tinned, 200g and 400g)
  • Pasta (500g)
  • Cooking Sauces (tins or packets)
  • Sugar (500g)
  • Tea Bags (40s)
  • Biscuits (large packet, small packet)
  • Snack bars (e.g., cereal bars)
  • Chocolate Bar (single bars or multipacks)


Agencies:
The following 'agencies' have used Melksham Food Bank:
  • Advice and Assessment
  • Bromford Support
  • Citizens Advice Bureau (Melksham)
  • Citizens Advice Bureau (Trowbridge)
  • Community 4
  • Community Mental Health Team
  • Connexions
  • Devizes Crisis Centre
  • Emergency Duty Team
  • Kings Park Childrens Centre
  • LPSA
  • Health Care
  • Home Care Social Service
  • HOPE Counselling Service
  • Melksham Church Ministers
  • Queensway Chapel Children's Centre
  • Queensway Chapel Family Centre
  • Queensway Chapel Pastoral Care
  • Reachout
  • Selwood Housing
  • Sheltered Housing
  • Social Care Help Desk
  • Social Emergency Services
  • Social Services
  • Social Services Aftercare
  • Spa Medical Centre
  • SPLITZ Voice (Children's Rights Service)
  • WASS4YP
  • WCC Social Services Aftercare Team
  • Westlea Supported Housing Temporary Accommodation
  • West Wiltshire County Council
  • Wiltshire Council
  • Wiltshire Early Intervention
  • Wiltshire Police
  • Wiltshire Primary Care Trust
  • Wiltshire Primary Care Trust Health Visitors
  • Wiltshire Probation Service
  • Youth Offending Service


Support:
We are grateful to the following 'organisations' for supporting Melksham Food Bank by donating food and/or money (in alphabetical order):
  • Aloeric Primary School, Melksham
  • Bowerhill Primary School
  • Citizen's Advice Bureau, Melksham
  • Core Church, Bowerhill
  • Curves, Melksham
  • Curves, Trowbridge
  • Forest & Sandridge Primary School, Melksham
  • GoodNews Church, Melksham
  • Keevil Primary School
  • Kings Park Primary School
  • Melksham Baptist Church
  • Melksham Carnival
  • Melksham Women's Institute
  • Melksham United Church
  • Queensway Chapel, Melksham
  • Sainsbury's Ltd.,
  • Seend Primary School
  • St. Andrew's C of E, Melksham Forest
  • St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church
  • St. Barnabas' C of E, Beanacre
  • St. George's, Semington
  • St. Michael's and all Angels C of E, Melksham
  • The Manor Primary School, Melksham
  • Waitrose Ltd.,
  • Whitley Methodist Chapel
...and also to the many individuals who have supported us anonymously.

 

 
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