The nights are drawing in and Harvest season is nearly here. Harvest is a key time when Christians thank God for the provision of food and communities recognise the efforts to grow and reap food at the end of the harvesting season.
This Harvest season we are asking the Salford community to come together and help to donate food items. The demand for food parcels continues to increase – more people are being referred to us because they just don’t have enough money coming in to cover essential living costs. The circumstances surrounding a crisis are unique to every individual, so we partner with frontline care professionals, such as health visitors, social workers and other community-based support workers, who are able to identify people facing hunger and refer them to the foodbank.
In August we purchased 65% of the food that we distributed. We’d love to see a much smaller figure, but that can only happen with the generosity of local people. Your food donations are absolutely vital to our ability to give everyone referred to us a balanced and nutritious three day supply of food.
Can your school/church/family collect donations for Salford Foodbank this Harvest?
We have several Harvest resources available for you to use – a poster, shopping list, and infographics for social media.
We will happily accept donations of tins and packets of food that are unopened, non-perishable, in date, and undamaged. We also accept essential toiletries and sanitary items.
We can arrange a Harvest visit to your school to talk to children in an assembly or in the classroom about the work of Salford Foodbank, or to your church to present to your congregation.
Please do let us know if you are planning a collection – we can arrange a suitable day and time to pick up your donations in our Foodbank van.
Click here to see or download Harvest Appeal Poster 2024
Click here to see or download Harvest Appeal Shopping List 2024
To sign up please contact us on 0161 637 2120 or email [email protected]