Broxtowe Community Projects Food bank

Over the past six months we’ve been operating as the Broxtowe Labour Hub foodbank and to date we’ve made more than 3000 deliveries, providing food for over 8000 people in the Broxtowe area. We never imagined that six months on we would still be working on the foodbank, the need has not gone away - if anything it’s needed now more than ever. ⠀ The food bank team are now launching a new charity to carry on this important work, as well as aiming to deliver some other exciting new projects. The new group is called ‘Broxtowe Community Projects’ and we are currently fundraising to secure our own premises and continue funding the much needed food parcels. Today we had some really exciting news about a premises and now launching the charity has become a reality. ⠀ We are asking people to contribute to the running costs of this charity in order to keep our shelves stocked and to help us invest in important community projects which will improve the lives and opportunities for the people of Broxtowe. We are fortunate to have secured a premises rent free, but the need for food is increasing so funds are needed now more than ever. The £10000 we are hoping to raise will keep our shelves well stocked for the next six months and allow us to invest in a range of training for our volunteers, introduce more grants and support schemes for our service users and maybe even secure a van to enable our service to travel. We are fairly unique amongst food banks in that we do not limit the number of food parcels someone can access in a year, we accept self referrals and also offer fresh food that includes fruit and vegetables, cheese, milk and a range of frozen foods in addition to the usual ambient packets. We also try and offer our service users a degree of choice to ensure a sense of dignity and we provide advice, guidance and onward referrals where needed. Please if you can, give generously so we can continue to do this important work. Thank you, Broxtowe Community Projects Team.