Eastwood food bank appeals for donations to help those in need at Christmas
Eastwood Volunteer Bureau and Food Bank is launching its annual appeal for Christmas donations.
This year’s Christmas food bank will be on Tuesday, December 23 and all food parcels will be doubled up as the food bank is closed for the holiday.
As well as the staple food parcel, recipients receive a special Christmas bag and all the families receive gifts for children.
The staples needed include tinned meat and tinned vegetables, coffee and sugar as well as well as personal care items such as shampoo, deodorant for men and women and washing pods.
On the special Christmas food bank shopping list are boxes of Christmas crackers, boxes of biscuits, mince pies, instant mash, long-life milk, sponge puddings, tinned meat and fish, trifle mixes, Angel Delight, Cup A Soup, packets of custard and pickles and condiments
Donations for Christmas are needed by December 16 so that any shortfall can be sourced, using donation monies before the Christmas food bank itself on December 23.
A spokesperson added: “Emergency food parcels are also possible in extreme emergencies on a one-off basis.
"Thank you for all your donations so far this year.”
There will be a usual Friday food bank on December 19 before the special Christmas one on December 23.
Both food banks will be open 9.30am and 12noon.
After Christmas, the food bank hours are changing and will be open between 9.30am and 11am
The first food bank after Christmas will be on Friday, January 9.
To apply to use the food bank, visit the volunteer bureau on a Friday and complete a simple form.
To register for the food bank customers need to have a simple disposable income review carried out by the local Citizens Advice Bureau.