Viva Lewes Issue #158 November 2019

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Lewes SATURDAY 7TH DECEMBER Starting at Harvey’s Yard beverntrust.org/santarun Registered Charity No.1103520 Kindly supported by FUN RUN, WALK OR PUSH
LEWES FOOD BANKS: HEARING FROM THOSE WHO RUN THEM Why do they do it? Managers say: “There is a clear need”…. “People need help and I like helping”…. “The vast difference between the haves and the have nots”…. “My own experience of being very poor with a child to look after” .... “We do not all have the same life chances.” Lewes is shamed by needing three food banks in our small and apparently prosperous town. But we should be proud of the many dedicated people who give huge amounts of energy and dedication to running them. The one or two hours on a Monday when the food banks actually provide essential supplies of food and so much more to people who desperately need support, is only the tip of the iceberg. I have seen for myself the hours of preparation and planning by managers that go into the operation. Running a food bank takes a wide range of skills: people and team management, administration and public relations, fundraising and diplomacy, sometimes even moving the furniture. Sensitive relationships with clients are key; so is recruiting, enthusing and managing volunteers, sometimes clients themselves. Keeping the books involves recording clients’ referrals and collection of their small weekly payments, as well as the ordering and checking of supplies. Most supplies come from the Fair Shares operation and cost each food bank upwards of £1,000 a year. There is a constant need to raise the profile and funding of food banks. Monday mornings are busy and cheerful as volunteers bustle round sorting through the stores and filling bags. Dry goods and perishables are separated; fresh fruit and vegetables are an important but sometimes scarce commodity. Donated items with sell-by dates like bread and cakes are laid out on tables. Sanitary products are a more recent addition. When the doors open, families, couples and individual clients are already waiting and are greeted warmly. During their six to seven years in the job the managers say they have seen the numbers of clients and their difficulties increase. The average number of food bank clients in Lewes fluctuates but has risen from around 200 people a week to an average of more than 275. High rents and lack of affordable housing are severe problems. “We’ve got more money going out than coming in” is a typical comment. Clients reveal multiple reasons for needing help. A lost job or home; parents caring for a disabled child; illness, an accident or a series of misfortunes can strike a family or individual. It can – and does – happen to people from all backgrounds. The past year has seen “the advent of Universal Credit and its delays in processing payments”…. and “benefit cuts biting hard”. We began our campaign to make Lewes a (real) Living Wage town because we were appalled that people working on low or unreliable pay could not earn enough to feed their families. Our three food banks have become a fixture. We rely on people like these managers to plug the gaps in the system on our behalf. We are lucky to have them. Linda Lamont, Lewes Living Wage leweslivingwage@gmail.com or 01273 470940. Landport food bank: debbie.twitchen@gmail.com; Fitzjohns: helen.chiasson@btinternet.com; Malling: Mat Moulding at chilli500@hotmail.co.uk 25
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