Welcome to our first quarterly newsletter for the Moorland Food Bank. It is hard to believe that we have been in our premises nearly 6 months. In that time, we have started to transform the old youth club building on Kemps Way into a welcoming space. The food bank has been providing support for people who need help with their cost of living in these times when money is very tight.
Firstly, a special ‘thank you’ to Jenny Barker for her work in setting the food bank up at the old junior school. It has given us a very solid base on which to develop and improve what we can offer to the community of the southern moor.
We are in the process of completing the transfer of the building to us from Somerset Council; this will give us the stability to move forward into the future and develop our services to the community. In addition, we are working to improve the facilities at the food bank, this includes building a purpose-built storage area for our donations. We are replacing the old gas fired heating system with a WIFI controlled electric heating. To support this, we are going to have WIFI installed and a dehumidifier to improve the environment for our volunteers and users of building.
The trustees are looking to develop the building as a community hub as well as the food bank. With this in mind we have been in discussions with several groups about them using the building for their meetings. We will give more information about these in the future. Please visit our website to find out more about this. If you wish to donate to us there are collection boxes and tins in the café and shop and the Royal Oak in Withypool, in the Royal Oak in Winsford and in Mollie’s Makers in Dulverton. Food can be donated at these points and the Coop in Dulverton.
We are looking at expanding our services and we let you know these developments when we have more information.
Finally, if you are struggling and need help please don’t hesitate to contact us, we are here to help. Contact information can be found on website.