The Leeds Food Aid Network (FAN) exists to bring together food related services that benefit people experiencing food poverty or insecurity in the city, and those who come into contact with people in this situation. The group has been set up to facilitate joint working and the sharing of information, ideas and resources.
Food parcel provison
Newly revamped Welfare Support Scheme
This is a big collaborative effort which allows someone to call the scheme and be either linked with a foodbank, collection point e.g. Community Hub, or recieve a delivery which will be aranged by FareShare Yorkshire. The number to call is 0113 3760330. See poster here.
Leeds FAN / We Care Leeds
Simultaneously to this, are working in partnership with a business, which goes by the name of We Care Leeds, to do deliveries of food boxes across Leeds. If people need assistance, we encourage them to try the Welfare Support Scheme first, but if that can't be arranged, please email a referral to mary@leedsfoodaidnetwork.co.uk with the details below:
Your name and organisation
The person's name, address and phone number
How many people are in the household
Any dietary requirements
Brief reason why the person / family is in financial need.
Signposting
This is a link to the news section of our website, where we will be putting the latest updates about the food provision that is available and which services are closed / running in a different way. Feel free to share this link widely. Please note that the information on any of the updates we give may change very quickly. However, the signposting document at the top of the page is a Googe Doc that we will aim to update each day where possible. Please send details of any changes to your food provision services through to Mary on mary@leedsfoodaidnetwork.co.uk and do let us know if there are particular areas of need that you think need addressing.
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Council helpline
You have hopefully already seen this, but the Council have set up a helpline for anyone needing assitance while they are self-isolating. They can call 0113 3781877 and be matched with a local volunteer who can help.
Council support page
Leeds City Council website has a dedicated Coronavirus support page.
Community Care Volunteering - individuals
If you're healthy and low risk, you can sign-up to become a Community Care Volunteer and help others in Leeds.
The programme is designed so that people can sign-up to volunteer in a range of different roles, depending on availability and preference. Volunteers can sign-up to offer practical support for vulnerable people (such as shopping deliveries, preparing meals, making check-in phone calls) or can sign-up as an informal volunteer to help within their own neighbourhood in more general ways. Here is a poster.
Community Care Volunteering - groups
Voluntary Action Leeds, working in partnership with Leeds City Council have released their partner pack for organisations, groups and businesses engaging with the Community Care Volunteering scheme.
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Leeds Food Aid Network meeting - Tuesday 5th May, around 2pm
We will look at hosting this meeting as a video call. More details will follow. |
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PAFRAS Food CollectionPAFRAS (Positive Action for Asylum Seekers and Refugees) support many destitute asylum seekers, both individuals and families. Some of their planned food collections were unable to go ahead becuase of the virus, so they would be grateful for any donations. Please send this request around any of your networks. A flyer with a list of what they need is here.
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