Summer Newsletter 2017
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SUMMER NEWSLETTER Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter Wadebridge, Bodmin & Camelford Foodbank — Latest News 2017 CAN YOU HELP TO FEED YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY? Our stocks are low and we are struggling to fill our food boxes with 3 days’ worth of nutritionally balanced food. If you are able to help by donating a can or two we are currently in need of a few things on the list. We have food collection points at the following stores: Sainsbury’s Bodmin, Tesco in Wadebridge and Padstow & Co-Op in Wadebridge. We are looking for premises so that we can hang our StoreHouse sign above a shop and offer second hand furniture & household goods once again. We receive a number of phone calls each week from people in desperate need of everyday items. Can you help? If you know anywhere we can call home again or have any secure dry storage space please do let us know. BODMIN ASDA SHOPPERS, we need your help. If you are shopping in the Bodmin Asda store during July, August and September we would love you to vote for our Foodbank using your green tokens. We rely on donations and funding to keep our doors open to help the local community. We provide, on average 1,600 meals a week to people referred to us by a professional organisation. Your donations really do make a difference to people's lives and can provide hope to someone who is having a really hard time dealing with a crisis. Emergency food is the first step in helping many people access other services and support which can help get their lives back on track. Wadebridge Foodbank, Unit 2 Trevanson Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall. PL27 7AR. Tel: 01208 815374 www.wadebridgefoodbank.org / [email protected] Registered Charity Number: 1166301 (England & Wales) Foodbank Drop-in Times Are you thinking about how to budget & prepare for Bodmin Universal Credit? Bodmin Christian Fellowship Berrycoombe Road Bodmin. PL31 2NS FINANCIAL SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE IN BODMIN. Come & join us on the next Moneybox Course which Mon & Weds 1pm-3pm starts in September during term-time. Camelford St Thomas’ Church The course helped me save & Tuesdays 2pm-4pm get ready for change. Wadebridge Unit 2, Trevanson Street Wadebridge PL27 7AR A relaxed way to learn and prepare Mon-Thurs 10am-1pm for Universal Credit Thanks to your support, we gave It led to some great volunteering and over 530 training opportunities shopping trolleys worth of food to people in crisis last year. If you are struggling financially, we can help to provide the knowledge & skills to budget, get on top of your finances and prepare you for However we still need food Universal Credit. If you or someone you know are a tenant aged donations so that we can between 16-64 and unemployed and would benefit from some support, continue providing this please give us a call at Wadebridge Foodbank on 01208 815374. much-needed service. Happy Camping at Mother Ivey’s Bay Holiday Park Thank you to Patrick & the team at Mother’s Ivey’s Bay Holiday Park for hosting another fantastic camping weekend and to Gary Dutton for the delicious BBQ. We are so grateful to everyone who helped to make the weekend a memorable one. If you would like to support us and the work we do at the Foodbank, please detach & return the slip below; Name: Address: Email Address: I would like more information on the work of the Wadebridge Foodbank YES / NO I would like a Standing Order Form YES / NO I would like to make a donation to the work of Wadebridge Foodbank for £ Please make cheques payable to Wadebridge Foodbank & Storehouse & return to Unit 2 Trevanson Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall. PL27 7AR .