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20-04-2015 11:38 AM #2
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Well done Hibs.
Shame in this day and age we need to do this.
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20-04-2015 11:55 AM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Nice gesture from the people involved. Big well done
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20-04-2015 10:56 PM #4
hopefully all who can, will make the effort. lots of people in our our area are virtually on the bread line, or below! make the effort and help our own, because no one else will!
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22-04-2015 02:26 PM #5
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Is there a list of the types of things they want?
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22-04-2015 02:43 PM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Milk (UHT or powdered)
-Sugar (500g)
-Fruit juice (long life carton)
-Cereals
-Tinned sponge pudding
-Tinned tomatoes
-Tinned vegetables
-Pasta Sauces
-Tinned rice pudding
-Tea bags/Instant coffee
-Instant mash potato
-Tinned meat/fish
-Tinned fruit
-Jam
-Biscuits or snack bars
-Tinned Baby Food
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24-04-2015 12:31 PM #7
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Thanks for the info.
Will nip into the shops in the morning
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24-04-2015 12:50 PM #8
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Great initiative by hibs, one which I hope many of the supporters, who can, support.
I do however hope that the food is distributed to the real needy and not to those in food poverty due to them wasting money on non essentials such as mobile phone contracts, sky packages etc.
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24-04-2015 01:07 PM #10
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24-04-2015 01:16 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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25-04-2015 01:41 AM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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25-04-2015 06:47 AM #13
I have a friend who uses our local food bank. Fair enough she is always skint and never has any money but....she does have sky (full package as well), a top of the range mobile, 55“ TV in the living room, I-pads, PS4 AND XBOX 1 which she pays for weekly/monthly. She is also off to Turkey next month for 10 days AI. Like everything in life, there will always be some folks who abuse the system. Still a good cause though.
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25-04-2015 07:04 AM #14
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Very few if any choose to use food banks through choice. It's just sad in this day and age that in Scotland that they are required
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25-04-2015 07:59 AM #15
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For every chancer there will be 100 folk relying/needing foodbanks and their donations. Great cause and well done Hibs.
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25-04-2015 08:06 AM #16
I work for an organisation that makes referrals to one of the foodbanks in Edinburgh. We ask for their last month's bank statement as part of the referral process to show they are in genuine need. Everyone we have ever referred has been in a desperate situation through no fault of their own.
Most of them have had their benefits stopped or sanctioned for spurious reasons. We also see a few people who regularly struggle due to the inconsistent income that their 'flexible' zero hour contract gives them.
This is a great cause that i'm sure Hibs fans will rally round again.
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25-04-2015 08:14 AM #17
Honest question here....Are the people who use food banks vetted in any way or can anyone walk in off the street?
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25-04-2015 08:27 AM #18
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25-04-2015 08:28 AM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You can't just walk in off the street because you're a 'bit short this month'.
The one thing I've always wondered about foodbanks is whether there is an educational element. Do they help people develop skills that can make food go a wee bit further? I was out of work for a couple of months 3 years or so back and with a fee basic skills I was able to feed myself and my girlfriend, well, for considerably less than £30 a week.
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25-04-2015 08:37 AM #20This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
For those that work their bank statement shows how inconsistent their wages are. Some people also bring in their recent wage slips although if we've got the bank statement theyre not really necessary.
I suppose there will always be a small minority of chancers but as i said everyone we've ever referred has been in genuine need.
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25-04-2015 08:44 AM #21This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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25-04-2015 08:48 AM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
http://www.cyreniansgoodfood.org.uk/what_we_do/food_education/Food_Preparation_Budgeting_Skills.aspx
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25-04-2015 08:56 AM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Yep food preparation courses etc seem a great idea imo.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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25-04-2015 09:33 AM #25This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteHIBERNIAN FC - ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY SINCE 1875
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25-04-2015 01:28 PM #27
Nearly missed this, cheers for the Bump with this thread.
Just nipped round with some stuff in the car before heading round for the game. seems a steady flow of people dropping what they can off.
Great cause, as others have said it's shocking that things like this are needed in this day and age.
Lets look after our own, If you cant take a bag, just stick a tin of something in your pocket. Every little helps.
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