About
About our foodbank
Here is an introduction to our project.
The South Normanton Area Foodbank is a project founded by local churches working together towards stopping hunger in our local area.
We operate from two different centres, twice a week in South Normanton, once a week in Alfreton. We provide a three day supply of emergency food to our clients. Food is given as a result of referrals from registered Care Professionals such as Citizens Advice, Social Services, Health Visitors, Church Pastoral Workers, schools and others working in the front line of poverty.
Families collect food from one of our centres, while they wait we offer drinks and biscuits. This allows us time to offer a listening ear and possibly point them towards areas of help in order to break the poverty cycle. We partner with local groups including Citizen’s Advice and other churches to provide help for people to change their circumstances and lift them from needing food support.
Our foodbank could not run without a dedicated team of volunteers who give up their own time to help make a difference in our community.