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Published on 6 November 2013
Archived on 6 December 2013
Stratford-on-Avon District Council, Warwickshire Financial Inclusion Partnership, the Trussell Trust and Tesco are working together as part of Focus on Food Week running next week.
A shopping trolley kindly donated by the local Stratford Tesco branch will be in the main reception area at the District Council offices on Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon as a collection point for food donations from Monday 11 to Friday 15 November, to provide emergency food to local people in crisis. Volunteers from the Stratford Food Bank and Warwickshire County Council will also be on hand at the District Council Offices to take any donations personally from 10am to 3pm on Friday 15 November.
Simply pick an item or two from the shopping list and bring your donations to the District Council offices. All food donated at the District Council foodbank collection will go directly to help local people in need.
The aim of 'Focus on Food Week' is to raise awareness about food poverty and healthy eating on a budget and Love Food Hate Waste including:
To find out more information about food banks within Stratford-on-Avon District please visit http://www.trusselltrust.org/
UK Foodbanks
Shopping list:
Milk (UHT or powdered)
Sugar (500g)
Fruit juice (carton)
Soup
Pasta sauces
Sponge pudding (tinned)
Tomatoes (tinned)
Cereals
Rice pudding (tinned)
Tea Bags/instant coffee
Instant mash potato
Rice/pasta
Tinned meat/fish
Tinned fruit
Jam
Biscuits or snack bar
Stratford-on-Avon District Council
Elizabeth House, Church Street,
Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire,
CV37 6HX
Tel: 01789 267575
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