Lichfield foodbank will be distributing food from Curborough Community Centre, beginning on Monday 26 July. The new service is in addition to the current distribution centres at LifeChurch and Wade Street Church.
In the year ended 31st March 2021, Lichfield foodbank provided food for nearly 4750 individuals in Lichfield and the surrounding area – that’s an average of over 90 people every week who could not afford to feed themselves – just under half of them were children.
The new distribution session at Curborough Community Centre (CCC) will enable volunteers to signpost foodbank service users seamlessly to additional targeted support and advice groups already based at Curborough.
Lichfield foodbank Community Liaison Volunteer, Matt Wilson, said:
“This new partnership with CCC is part of our wider strategy to end the need for a foodbank in Lichfield by 2025, and we continue to work with statutory, voluntary, community, faith and political groups across the spectrum to make this happen. In the meantime, as both the furlough scheme and the uplift to Universal Credit end, we are predicting a further upsurge in foodbank use. We would like to thank the people of Lichfield for their kindness and generosity, and ask they continue to support us as a challenging winter approaches”
James Flintham, Chair of Curborough Community Association, added:
“We are working with our user groups, and through our physical bases at Curborough Community Centre and Cruck House, to provide more services and opportunities for residents in North Lichfield and beyond. This new partnership with Lichfield foodbank is one example and we look forward to working together to improve information, support, advice and signposting for local residents.”
Lichfield foodbank will run the distribution session every Monday (except bank holidays) between 10.00am and 12.00pm from Monday 26 July.
