CHELTENHAM CHARITIES TACKLE FOOD POVERTY

A Family Space project.

#FeedCheltenham = Local Charities, Schools and Churches working in partnership with the Cheltenham Food support network to feed people in Cheltenham.


I am writing to you regarding some need for urgent help for food supplies for the food pantries in Cheltenham. I have attached an information leaflet of the food pantries and opening times in Cheltenham. Please keep reading for some ways you can help and why.

Sarah Avery has been on a food network provider meeting this morning and the food pantries are asking for help and support.
Sarah commented as she was on the meeting saying, "It is heart breaking listening to the stories people are telling about families having to choose between eating and heating their house with people not having enough money to feed themselves or their families.

Please get involved at this time with this worthwhile cause.

Here are what the food pantries are saying:

People are scared to turn the power on to cook the food they are receiving.

Food Pantry numbers are increasing week by week.

The pantry has run out of soup and beans, We have never run out of soup and beans before.

We are providing food for people who don't have the facilities or money to pay the fuel bills to cook.

We have seen an increase in numbers of households using the pantry alongside a decrease in donations.


We have seen a rise in single people and couples with no dependants needing support from the food pantries.


We are seeing people with nothing needing our help. The money for food is not adding up.



What can you do?

Please support your local food pantry and food bank with food donations.

Please donate money to #FeedCheltenham via Crowdfunder and we will buy the food and supply it to those in need through the food pantry network. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/feedcheltenham


Please also share this with anyone you can think who might be able to help.
25% of people in the UK have less then £100 of savings ​(Source: Money Advice Service)


Please get in touch…. Feedcheltenham@familyspace.org.uk

Sarah Avery, project leader says. "#FeedCheltenham wanted to tell the people of Cheltenham that it is ok to ask for help if you are struggling. Another day it may be you that is in a position to give the help, but if you need help and support at the moment then don’t be afraid to ask for it. Those running the food support agencies know the anxieties that not having enough food can bring, they are not here to bring judgment but want to offer a sense of hope. We know from experience that if you can give someone food, you ease myriad anxieties. No children or adults in Cheltenham should be going hungry."
Please help...
1. Spread the word about #FeedCheltenham - tell friends, colleagues, family, post to social media
2. Give money, if you can (but if you can't please do #1 above)
We appreciate this is a tough time for everyone, but we can come together and support each other as a Cheltenham community, so please donate where you can.
Please, PLEASE  pass this message to anyone who might donate to #FeedCheltenham - your help is essential in making people aware of this.
Thank You.
​If you are a Cheltenham charity, school, church or other community group and want to get involved, please get in touch.​