Foodbanks can supply food to individuals and families in financial crisis
Foodbanks
There are a number of foodbanks across Cornwall which can supply food to individuals and families in financial crisis:
Bude Foodbank www.budenewlifecentre.org, 01288 359714, info@budenewlifecentre.org, Bude New Life Centre, 35 The Strand, Bude, Cornwall, EX23 8RA (Mon to Thurs 10.00am-1.00 p.m. and 2.00 to 4.00 p.m. and Friday 10.00 to 1.00 pm)
Camborne, Pool, Illogan, Redruth Foodbank, 01209 714592, donovan.gardner@sky.com / donovan.gardner@homecall.co.uk
Liskeard and Looe Foodbank (Foodbank In development), 07512 011452, Liskeard.Foodbank@gmail.com Covering South East Cornwall including Torpoint, Saltash, Callington, Liskeard & Looe. Postal address: c/o Grace Community Church, Oaktrees, Morval, Looe. Tel: 07512 011452.
Penryn and Falmouth Foodbank, http://www.highwaychurch.co.uk/website.asp?page=foodbank, 01326 378433, foodbank@highwaychurch.co.uk, Distribution centres: Miss Peapods, Jubilee Wharf, Commercial Road, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 8FG (Open Wed 3-4pm), Falmouth Methodist Church, Killigrew Street, Falmouth, TR11 3PG (Open Friday 11am-12pm)
St Austell Foodbank www.staustellfoodbank.org.uk, 01726 65313/07896 496269, (Emergency & out of hours: 07896 496269), enquiries@staustellfoodbank.org.uk, St. Austell Foodbank is based at ‘more than Coffee’, 16B Truro Road, St. Austell, PL25 5JB. Open Monday – Friday 10.00 am – 4.00 pm.
Truro Foodbank, http://www.trurofoodbank.org/, 07721 711669 / 07716 692171 info@trurofoodbank.org, Distribution Centres: Truro Methodist Church, Union Place, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 1EP, (Open Mon 12-2.30pm & Thurs 10-1pm), All Saints Highertown Church. Tresawls Road, Highertown, Truro, TR1 3LD, (Open Tuesday 10am-12pm).
Wadebridge Foodbank, www.wadebridgefoodbank.org, 01208 815374 or 07813 606291, contact@wadebridgefoodbank.org, Wadebridge Foodbox collection from 1 Chapel Lane, Wadebridge PL27 7NJ. (rear of Arty Crafts off Molesworth street) Tues morning 10 - 12.30 and Thurs afternoon 2-4.30, Bodmin Foodbox collection from Bodmin Christian Fellowship, Berrycoombe Road, Bodmin (past Fire Station) Weds afternoon 1.30-3pm.
For an extensive list of the food services available for homeless people in Cornwall, please see http://www.trurodiocese.org.uk/downloads/1517.pdf on the Diocese of Truro website.
To find out more about Foodbanks in Cornwall, and how to donate to them, please see
http://www.kingdomvision.co.uk/archives/1494 for more information.
