News from the Foodbank
HAYES COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: Registered Charity 1198866
Account details (Co-op Bank):
Hayes Community Foodbank Kent; 08-92-99; 67307296.
Harvest festival came a little early this year thanks to the Guiding and Scouting groups attached to HFC.
As a church we have been looking at parade services, knowing which ones are well attended and which less so. As the uniform groups have been supporting Foodbanks for a number of years and the Hayes Community Foodbank since 2020, they were asked if they would be happy to have Harvest in June. The support they gave and the gifts they brought were fabulous – thank you so much to everyone.
We all like to receive a thank you note but we have had a couple recently from 2 of our families who now feel they are coping sufficiently well to not need regular deliveries. This is the kind of news we always hope for and are delighted to get these lovely thank you cards.
I have mentioned before that we collect cleaning and toiletry products from the Hygiene bank based in Orpington. On my last collection visit I was chatting with the lady that runs the bank and asked about their running costs. Sadly they received very little from local councils and she spends a lot of time chasing bids to keep the bank running. Some companies – Dove, Proctor and Gamble – are very generous with their donations and we have received hygiene products amounting to nearly £17,000 in the last year. As a foodbank we would not have been able to sustain that ourselves so we are very grateful for their support.
The Foodbank lead team did however organise a fundraising quiz night which made the amazing sum of £1481!!! The questions were wide ranging and there was a lovely local picture round but in the end victory went to the team from St Marys. My team, sadly, came bottom alongside 2 other teams! I’m blaming the extremely hot weather!
As we head towards the summer holiday period we know that a number of children, who would normally have free school meals, won’t be getting them so we will increase our own spending to make sure every family gets some good protein each week.
Finally – our AGM is on Tuesday 8th, in the church at 7 for 7.30 start. All are welcome to attend.
Teresa and the team.
If you need to contact the foodbank regarding a delivery request please contact –
Mob – 07719 952 047 but these messages are only picked up on a Friday
Or email hayescommunityfoodbank@gmail.