MFB
Thank you for your generous donations for the MFB taken up on May 4th. We delivered nearly 176kg of food and in excess of £60 cash. We are now preparing for the next visit on May 31st., deadline for donations midday on Monday May 30th. when we load up at Our Lady and St. Benedict's, Ampleforth. Remember: non-perishable donations can be left now in the boxes at the back of St. Benedict's. They are moved frequently into storage.
TOGETHER WE CAN end the need for food banks. The need cannot end without us!From donating food, cash, volunteering your time or taking on a fund-raising challenge, there are lots of ways to get involved with raising awareness of poverty and helping end UK hunger.
Let's work on this, not least with our political representatives. (Mark 6:37 - "Give them something to eat.")
I do not have to use the local library every day to keep warm. Andrew (63) does.
Elsie (77) travels on buses, just to keep warm. I don't need to do this.
Joan (89) is thinking of stopping her TV licence to help towards the £200 per month she needs for energy bills. She avoids filling her kettle. I leave my TV on stand-by.
Jill (69) has the heating and water on for an hour in the morning. She digs in the garden to keep warm and goes to bed early with an electric blanket.
I am not one of the 2 million adults in the UK who have had to go without food at least for one day over the last month. Are you?
"If one household in seven is food insecure, society is failing in a fundamental way.....the problem is soluble, but far from being solved it is getting worse." (Prof. Sir Michael Marmot UCL - quoted in Guardian.)
(Above cases sourced in Guardian)
MFB Shortages: Tinned fruit/stew, curry and fish,long-life milk and juice.
We are all very aware of the HEAT or EAT dilemma facing so many people now..
PLEASE LET’S CONTINUE TO DO ALL WE CAN TO HELP!
13th May 2022
Dear MFB SUPPORTERS,
Thank you so much for your generous donations of goods and cash again this month!
We managed to deliver a load of 175.75kg and £60 in cash/ cheques..A worthwhile trip, thank you!
NEXT DELIVERY : TUES.31st MAY but …
DEADLINE FOR
DONATIONS: 12 NOON MON. MAY 30th!
MFB Shortages: Tinned fruit, stew, curry and fish, Long-life milk and juice.
We are all very aware of widening gulf between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’ so please help us bridge that gap again this month!
PLEASE LET’S DO ALL WE CAN HELP!
9th May 2022
UPDATE and REMINDER..
Next delivery to the MFB - Wed. 4th May
Deadline for donations of food-
Tues. 3rd, 12 noon
SHORTAGES - Tinned tomatoes, tinned fish, tinned stew, tinned curry, sandwich fillers eg tinned ham, luncheon meat and long-life milk…
Thank you 28th April 2022
Dear MFB SUPPORTERS,
Thank you so much for your generous donations of goods and Easter goodies which were taken up to the depot on Tuesday 5th April! ( 2 car loads weighing 324.6kg in total!)
The lovely Easter eggs will certainly help brighten Easter for our friends on Teesside!
NB Please the change of day for next month because of the Bank holiday.
DELIVERY : WED. MAY 4th but …DEADLINE FOR DONATIONS: 12 NOON TUES. MAY 3rd
MFB Shortages: Tinned fruit/ custard/ rice pudding/ coffee and carrots!
We are all very aware of the HEAT or EAT dilemma facing so many people now..
PLEASE LET’S DO ALL WE CAN HELP!
11th April 2022
Dear MFB Supporters,
Thank you all again very much for your generous donations to the MFB!
Now as Lent approaches we prepare for the EASTER APPEAL!
NEXT DELIVERY -TUES. APRIL 5th, but deadline for donations will be 12 noon on the 4th., MONDAY
We will be uniting our efforts with those of Peter and Sue Allen again for their Easter Appeal, from the villages of Cawton, Stonegrave and Gilling.
PS. EASTER EGGS and other TREATS would very welcome!
URGENTLY NEEDED ITEMS
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL MFB SUPPORTERS WHO MADE THE LATEST DELIVERY WORTHWHILE!
The donations were gratefully received!
NEXT DELIVERY -TUES. FEBRUARY 8th, but deadline 12 noon on the Monday.
(Please leave donations at the back of Our Lady and St Benedict’s or in the church hall)
CHURCH OPENING HOURS: 10am-3pm
or
cash/cheques at St Benedict’s House . Thank you! God bless .Eve and David. (07952 725961) 17th January 2022
Some of you will have switched your contributions to the Foodbank to valuable regular financial support via the Foodbank website. This is great but the MFB manager says they are desperately in need of actual donations of food too.
Please therefore, if you can, resume the practice of physical giving which we have built up over several years, perhaps in addition to any financial contribution you may make.
The MFB website provides a few statistics for you to think about, such as 115 3-day parcels given every day in 2020 to people in crisis; 41% of Middlesbrough children living below the poverty line – nearly half!; twelve and a half thousand people fed during 2020.
A reminder of what is urgently needed at Middlesbrough now:
URGENTLY NEEDED ITEMS
Thank you all again. Keep safe and God bless,
David and Eve
The following website will help with cash donations, single or regular:
https://middlesbrough.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-money/
(The Give.net scheme (a non-profit-making charity itself) suggested on the above website, charges a 3% administration fee. You can avoid this by adopting one of the other schemes mentioned on the website which I reproduce here):
DIRECT PAYMENTS
You can make one-off or regular donations directly into our bank account using these details:
REGULAR GIVING:
We believe in creating sustainable projects that have a lasting impact. Your regular gifts enable us to plan ahead and commit to projects. It’s also an easy way to manage your giving.
To set up a standing order by post, please download this standing order form and send it to Middlesbrough Foodbank, 5 Wear Court, Wallis Road, Skippers Lane Ind. Est., Middlesbrough, TS6 6DU.
8th November 2021
TOGETHER WE CAN end the need for food banks. The need cannot end without us!From donating food, cash, volunteering your time or taking on a fund-raising challenge, there are lots of ways to get involved with raising awareness of poverty and helping end UK hunger.
Let's work on this, not least with our political representatives. (Mark 6:37 - "Give them something to eat.")
I do not have to use the local library every day to keep warm. Andrew (63) does.
Elsie (77) travels on buses, just to keep warm. I don't need to do this.
Joan (89) is thinking of stopping her TV licence to help towards the £200 per month she needs for energy bills. She avoids filling her kettle. I leave my TV on stand-by.
Jill (69) has the heating and water on for an hour in the morning. She digs in the garden to keep warm and goes to bed early with an electric blanket.
I am not one of the 2 million adults in the UK who have had to go without food at least for one day over the last month. Are you?
"If one household in seven is food insecure, society is failing in a fundamental way.....the problem is soluble, but far from being solved it is getting worse." (Prof. Sir Michael Marmot UCL - quoted in Guardian.)
(Above cases sourced in Guardian)
MFB Shortages: Tinned fruit/stew, curry and fish,long-life milk and juice.
We are all very aware of the HEAT or EAT dilemma facing so many people now..
PLEASE LET’S CONTINUE TO DO ALL WE CAN TO HELP!
13th May 2022
Dear MFB SUPPORTERS,
Thank you so much for your generous donations of goods and cash again this month!
We managed to deliver a load of 175.75kg and £60 in cash/ cheques..A worthwhile trip, thank you!
NEXT DELIVERY : TUES.31st MAY but …
DEADLINE FOR
DONATIONS: 12 NOON MON. MAY 30th!
MFB Shortages: Tinned fruit, stew, curry and fish, Long-life milk and juice.
We are all very aware of widening gulf between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’ so please help us bridge that gap again this month!
PLEASE LET’S DO ALL WE CAN HELP!
9th May 2022
UPDATE and REMINDER..
Next delivery to the MFB - Wed. 4th May
Deadline for donations of food-
Tues. 3rd, 12 noon
SHORTAGES - Tinned tomatoes, tinned fish, tinned stew, tinned curry, sandwich fillers eg tinned ham, luncheon meat and long-life milk…
Thank you 28th April 2022
Dear MFB SUPPORTERS,
Thank you so much for your generous donations of goods and Easter goodies which were taken up to the depot on Tuesday 5th April! ( 2 car loads weighing 324.6kg in total!)
The lovely Easter eggs will certainly help brighten Easter for our friends on Teesside!
NB Please the change of day for next month because of the Bank holiday.
DELIVERY : WED. MAY 4th but …DEADLINE FOR DONATIONS: 12 NOON TUES. MAY 3rd
MFB Shortages: Tinned fruit/ custard/ rice pudding/ coffee and carrots!
We are all very aware of the HEAT or EAT dilemma facing so many people now..
PLEASE LET’S DO ALL WE CAN HELP!
11th April 2022
Dear MFB Supporters,
Thank you all again very much for your generous donations to the MFB!
Now as Lent approaches we prepare for the EASTER APPEAL!
NEXT DELIVERY -TUES. APRIL 5th, but deadline for donations will be 12 noon on the 4th., MONDAY
We will be uniting our efforts with those of Peter and Sue Allen again for their Easter Appeal, from the villages of Cawton, Stonegrave and Gilling.
PS. EASTER EGGS and other TREATS would very welcome!
URGENTLY NEEDED ITEMS
- LONG LIFE JUICE
- TINNED FRUIT
- LONG LIFE MILK
- TINNED TOMATOES
- TINNED MEAT
- TOILETRIES
- PASTA (NOT SPAGHETTI OR LASAGNE SHEETS PLEASE)
- BREAKFAST CEREAL (NOT PORRIDGE PLEASE)
- MILK - UHT OR POWDERED
- CORDIAL/SQUASH
- TINNED RICE PUDDING
- JAM/MARMALADE/PEANUT BUTTER/CHOCOLATE SPREAD
- BISCUITS (SWEET RATHER THAN SAVOURY)
- SNACKS/TREATS E.G. BARS OF CHOCOLATE, CRISPS
- TINNED VEGETABLES (CARROTS, SWEETCORN, MIXED VEG)
- TINNED POTATOES OR PACKET MASH
- PACKET SOUPS ("CUP-A-SOUP")
- TINNED/CARTON CUSTARD OR POWDER MIX
- TINNED FISH
- TEA
- COFFEE
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL MFB SUPPORTERS WHO MADE THE LATEST DELIVERY WORTHWHILE!
The donations were gratefully received!
NEXT DELIVERY -TUES. FEBRUARY 8th, but deadline 12 noon on the Monday.
(Please leave donations at the back of Our Lady and St Benedict’s or in the church hall)
CHURCH OPENING HOURS: 10am-3pm
or
cash/cheques at St Benedict’s House . Thank you! God bless .Eve and David. (07952 725961) 17th January 2022
Some of you will have switched your contributions to the Foodbank to valuable regular financial support via the Foodbank website. This is great but the MFB manager says they are desperately in need of actual donations of food too.
Please therefore, if you can, resume the practice of physical giving which we have built up over several years, perhaps in addition to any financial contribution you may make.
The MFB website provides a few statistics for you to think about, such as 115 3-day parcels given every day in 2020 to people in crisis; 41% of Middlesbrough children living below the poverty line – nearly half!; twelve and a half thousand people fed during 2020.
A reminder of what is urgently needed at Middlesbrough now:
URGENTLY NEEDED ITEMS
- LONG LIFE JUICE
- TINNED RICE PUDDING
- COOKING RICE
- TINNED CUSTARD
- TINNED MEAT
- TINNED TOMATOES
- PASTA (NOT SPAGHETTI OR LASAGNE SHEETS PLEASE)
- BREAKFAST CEREAL (NOT PORRIDGE PLEASE)
- MILK - UHT OR POWDERED
- LONG-LIFE FRUIT JUICE OR CORDIAL/SQUASH
- TINNED RICE PUDDING
- JAM/MARMALADE/PEANUT BUTTER/CHOCOLATE SPREAD
- BISCUITS (SWEET RATHER THAN SAVOURY)
- SNACKS/TREATS E.G. BARS OF CHOCOLATE, CRISPS
- TINNED VEGETABLES (CARROTS, SWEETCORN, MIXED VEG)
- TINNED POTATOES OR PACKET MASH
- PACKET SOUPS ("CUP-A-SOUP")
- TINNED/CARTON CUSTARD OR POWDER MIX
- TINNED FISH
- TEA
- COFFEE
Thank you all again. Keep safe and God bless,
David and Eve
The following website will help with cash donations, single or regular:
https://middlesbrough.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-money/
(The Give.net scheme (a non-profit-making charity itself) suggested on the above website, charges a 3% administration fee. You can avoid this by adopting one of the other schemes mentioned on the website which I reproduce here):
DIRECT PAYMENTS
You can make one-off or regular donations directly into our bank account using these details:
- Sort code: 08-92-99 (Co-operative Bank)
- Account number: 65603002
- Account name: Middlesbrough Foodbank
REGULAR GIVING:
We believe in creating sustainable projects that have a lasting impact. Your regular gifts enable us to plan ahead and commit to projects. It’s also an easy way to manage your giving.
To set up a standing order by post, please download this standing order form and send it to Middlesbrough Foodbank, 5 Wear Court, Wallis Road, Skippers Lane Ind. Est., Middlesbrough, TS6 6DU.
8th November 2021