EVERY WEEK IN BRITAIN MORE AND MORE PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO FILL THEIR CUPBOARDS. WE HELP 50 A WEEK

We have been issuing emergency food parcels for nine years. In the past this meant helping people who were mainly homeless and fighting a variety of problems. Now it seems that many who cannot affford the weekly shop are working people. Salaries are eaten up by heavy mortagages, sky high heating bills and painfully expansive petrol. Overtime is no more. Tax Credits have been slashed. There is often only one cost left to cut after paying to keep a roof over the family's heads: Food. We provide it

Why the community needs this charity

The news is making us more and more aware every day that there are many among us who find it hard to feed our families. This isn't Ethiopia or Somalia. It's here. Great Britain 2012. Many would like to do something. To help those who live in our own town. This can be hard. Collecting food is one thing. Finding a way to give it to those who need it it is another thing all together. We make this achieveable. Anyone who brings us three tins of beans knows 100% where they will go.

Results and outcomes

This dire recession has a way to go yet. If we travel the same road as Greece then our communities are going to have to relearn the lessons of self help. Maybe in a year's time we will be handing out 200 food parcels per week. We are absolutely determined to keep up with demand, no matter how hard this proves to be. That is our single, targeted outcome. Nobody EVER comes into First Base for a food parcel and goes away empty handed.

Latest activities and projects

'Peace of Mind' Project

Our local NHS Mental health team are willing and eager to provide expert personnel to come to First Base one afternoon each week to undertake support sessions with our clients. These sessions will run for ten weeks and they have a well proven track record in this area. Initially, a half day each week will be enough time to cater for the needs for our clients. However the project is attracting new clinets every week and we envisage that we will need to offer a full day a week in the future. read more