2019 Annual Report “Compassion Acts” – local charity which operates Southport Foodbank Registered Charity No 1172948 Vision A hopeful future, where poverty is challenged at its root and brought to an end; with individuals and families seeing real change in their lives.

Aim To tackle poverty and increase social wellbeing in all our neighbourhoods, through advice, guidance, food- distribution and other interventions.

Mission Bringing Churches and other people together to ACT as good neighbours in Southport, Formby and surrounding areas, revealing the COMPASSION in the heart of Jesus for the marginalised and powerless. Churches and Christian Organisations Retailers & Business Funders

St Peters, Formby British Gas Community Link Foundation These are the The Community Church, Southport LCR Cares/National Emergency Trust heroes that Experian The St Vincent De Paul Society, Birkdale Steve Morgan Foundation enabled us to Formby Village Church Lunia Photography PH Holt Foundation stay open Rufford & Tarleton Churches Together Pizzeria Mamma Mia Sefton MBC St Jerome’s, Formby Premier Inn Ocean Plaza Formby Parish Council each day Travelodge, Southport Sefton CVS/ Sefton 4 Good throughout Holy Trinity, Southport All Whites Taxis Scarisbrick New Road Baptist Church One Family Foundation the COVID-19 Formby Ainsdale Methodist Church crisis.. Black Cat Stationery Neighbourly Community Fund Grace Baptist Church Brown Turner Ross Knights of Saint Columba West Lancs Masonic Foundation Unite Professionals Lakeside Church Bloomcare Ltd Ainsdale Village Church Others Retail Heart Stone Parish Soroptomists in Southport The Millennium Experience The Salvation Army, Southport Rotary Clubs in Southport & Formby Django Coffee Cornerstone Methodist Church Fareshare Bates Dairy St John’s, Crossens The Trussell Trust Portuguese Shop, Princess Street St Cuthberts, Churchtown WH Smith St Simon & St Jude Staff at Southport Post Office Pemberton Free Grace Church, Wigan Staff at Walkers Crisps PPW Church Churchtown Bistro Hesketh Arms And generous individual Canning Road Evangelical Church Merseyrail shop donors, too many to Dunes Southport McColls name. THANK YOU / Asda / Morrisons/Coop/ Boots, Southport Corporate Learning Centre (Sefton Council) HSBC Branches in Southport & Formby ABP Food Group, Ellesmere 2019 Our year in numbers

53 Tonnes of food was donated to us by the public via supermarkets, simply through dropping off or via collections in our partner churches.

5131 people were fed through the year comprising 3107 adults and 2024 children

300 individuals assisted by our Adviser team during the year

£490,000 reclaimed for clients 2019 One year : Six projects

50 trips in our van to Fareshare depot in Liverpool for food for the Pantry 35 average number of members who access the Pantry at Grace each week 2 new Food Pantry sites for development identified. The first being at Bishop David Shepard Primary School in High Park

20 clients worked with through the year 1 volunteer CMA trained adviser working on these cases through 2019 7 new advisers trained up ready for future scale of work in December 2019 2019 One year : Six projects

11 weeks of a pilot programme 5 as an average of number of people attending on a Friday

36 people moved onto Debt Recovery programme 6 Money Management Courses 2019 Income Total £125,418

4% Personal & Business donations

Church donations 28% Asda/Tesco Top Ups

Food Pantry

43% Other income

Grants

12% Donated goods

5% 1% 7%

2018 Income was £90,697 2019 Expenditure Total £106,683

2% Warehouse, Premises, Telephone/IT 5% 1% 15% 4% Salary costs 7% Fees to national partners eg CAP,

Food purchase

Van

Miscelaneous expenses

Developing projects & fundraising

66%

2018 Expenditure was £ 88,385 Our national partners What’s Next ? COVID-19 Crisis Period Storagelogistics& vouchers Adopting e “Assemble” Newvolunteers Foodbank sessions Consolidated donations foodBulk -

COVID-19 Recovery Period Debt& Welfare advice Officer ApprenticeFinancial/Admin Development Next StepsProject NewFoodbank locations opening times opening morning Saturday Lateafternoon and Pantry Re - launch BDS launch

The new normal ? Campaigning work group and Courses Media InternMedia mergers? or partnerships Charity wellbeing emotional Mental& our needsour Premisestomeet