Harlow Foodbank set to move into former Wilko store

Charity / Wed 24th Jul 2024 at 07:39am

ANNOUNCEMENT – from Monday 29th July the Harlow Foodbank and the Bounty Club will be operating from St Paul’s Church as previously.

This will only be for a few short weeks until they move into the former Wilko building in the Harvey Centre!

Fresh food and supermarket food will be available as usual from the church.

The opening times will remain as they are: 10 am to 2 pm Monday to Friday

The School Uniform Shop will move upstairs to the first floor in the Harvey Centre will be open throughout August at the same times.

4 Comments for Harlow Foodbank set to move into former Wilko store:

Barry

2024-07-24 10:34:35

What a sorry state we live in, whenever shops close down all we get to replace them are charity shops and food banks. Goes to show what a sh*t state this country is in.

Peter Webb

2024-07-24 18:42:24

There is zero need for food banks, created by people that don't need it, for people that don't need it either.

David Forman

2024-07-25 06:38:50

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's report from January this year stated: "More than 1 in 5 people in the UK (22%) were in poverty in 2021/22 – 14.4 million people. This included: 8.1 million (or around 2 in 10) working-age adults; 4.2 million (or nearly 3 in 10) children; 2.1 million (or around 1 in 6) pensioners. Why is this is explained by JRF: "Before 1979, levels of poverty had been broadly flat at around 14%. In the 1980s, under the Conservative Government of Margaret Thatcher, there was then an unprecedented rise in poverty even at a time of high income growth, due to very unequal income growth over this period. This has not been reversed, meaning current levels of poverty are around 50% higher than they were in the 1970s." See JRF report at https://www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2024-the-essential-guide-to-understanding-poverty-in-the-uk

Kevin John Tierney

2024-07-26 12:11:43

I certainly hope you never need the services of the Foodbank, as it serves a purpose of helping people, including children, to overcome the emergency short term ability to feed themselves. Perhaps before making such sweeping statements and judging others needs, you put yourself in their shoes. Foodbanks are trying to work towards being eradicated, once the Government puts in place sufficiently funded benefits, so people can have the basic human right of surviving.