Deal Food Bank
Telephone: 01304 728428
Email: info@dealarea.foodbank.org.uk
Website: https://dealarea.foodbank.org.uk/
Helping local people in crisis. Call 01304 728428
Deal Food Bank
We don’t think anyone in our community should have to face going hungry. That’s why we provide three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people.
St Richard's Church, 165 Mill Hill, Deal, CT14 9JR. Tuesdays 11am - 1pm
Trinity Church, Union Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 6EA Fridays 10am - 12pm
Deliveries by Communities Matter Mobile
Tuesday 9:30am - 11am. and Friday 9:30am - 10:30am. Bechange Car Park, Ackholt Rd, Aylesham, CT3 3AJ
Tuesday 11:15am - 12pm. and Friday 10:45am - 11:30am. Elvington Community Centre, CT15 4DZ
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About Deal Area foodbank
Deal Area Foodbank was started in 2012 by local people who recognised the need for food provision, opening its doors to voucher holders in December of that year.
They have since grown a number of food distribution centres in the Deal area, where people with vouchers can pick up 3 days food for themselves and their families. Each centre is also a place where trained volunteers welcome people, listen to them, and provide them with a safe place ‒ as often they arrive feeling humiliated at having to ask for help. This warmth and welcome is as much a part of the process as giving out the food.
Altogether they have over 80 volunteers helping in various roles, supported by a very active Trustee Group, and a Project Coordinator. Some handle the very large amounts of food taken to and from the warehouse. Others attend major supermarket collections that can take place several times a year, bringing in up to 1 tonne of food each time. Still others give freely to help with administration, IT, website and communications.
Deal is a very generous and caring community. Donations during 2015, for example, meant that Deal Food Bank were able to help over 2000 people across our foodbank outlets and through emergency food boxes provided by partner agencies. The need for foodbanks remains as high as ever.
Deal Food Bank are constantly looking for new ways to reach out to those who may be in need and work closely with many local agencies. A key area is the partnership with our voucher-holding agencies who work for the growing number in our communities who experience significant hardship and crises.
In 2016 they added the provision for school holidays, working with schools to identify families most in need during holidays and providing extra vouchers and fresh food where possible. They have also extended their own donations to other local groups who are also feeding people. These include the local homeless centre, the local hospice and a café that provides free breakfasts to children in need.
When Deal Food Bank have surplus stock, they share it across a wide area, mainly within East Kent but also extending across southeast England – for example through FareShare and charities working with people who are homeless or vulnerably housed.