When you do your shopping this week please keep in mind the Foodbank – helping people in times of crisis
The Foodbank provides local people with necessities, not luxuries. It allows people to collect the basic necessities they need to live.
This week 31st May the following items are needed:
We are currently feeding more people than ever, a trend which we hope does not continue for obvious reasons.
This increase does mean that we are, and have been for a while, handing out more food than we are receiving. Whilst we have good stocks of the basics - soup, pasta, rice, beans, biscuits, fish, it does mean that we have low stock or no stock of several items.
Our wish list is for items that we URGENTLY NEED –
Sugar - whilst controversial, is an item that our clients frequently request. For many people a sweetened hot drink often replaces a meal. The food we give people is aimed at putting calories into people who have had a very, very low calories diet. It is a short term diet.
Tinned meat pies
Tinned vegetables - not sweetcorn if possible
Long life sponge puddings
Tinned potatoes
UHT milk - semi skimmed and full fat
Instant mash
Jam
Ketchup
Long life fruit juice
Baby wipes
Nappies- size 6 only
Toilet rolls
Shampoo
Ladies deoderant
Clothes washing powder/liquid
Washing up liquid
Hand pump soap
We have a couple of fundraising events coming up - a music evening arranged on behalf of the Foodbank. The other event is our ever popular quiz night to be held at GRC on the 12th July. Our last quiz night was a sell out so please contact the office for further details and to buy tickets.
Please note that our next training session is on the 25th June. Should you, or anyone you know be interested in attending then please contact me for further details or to book a place.
Many thanks for your continued support
Admin Team Epsom & Ewell Foodbank
Email - foodbank@generation.org.uk
Phone - 0208 786 8221
Please note that the office is not open every day and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
DROP OFF POINTS:
Leeds Building Society, 13 High Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8DA
Epsom Methodist Church, Ashley Road, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5AQ
Budgens, 65 The Broadway Stoneleigh, Epsom KT17 2HP
Sainsbury’s, Kiln Lane, Epsom, KT17 1EQ
Sainsbury’s parking garage, Leatherhead
Tesco, Oxshott Road, Leatherhead, KT22 0EF
Asda – Burgh Heath
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