Why do we have food banks?

[Anna B]

Personally never seen a food bank. The only way a nurse on £21k+ a year is using a food bank is down to poor financial planning on the nurses behalf.

 

Could well be that she wasn't a nurse but hospital ancillary staff. I don't know what the slightly different uniforms mean, but I know they're not all nurses.

 

Some staff who look like nurses are on half that wage.

[max]

Lots of people refer to the use of food banks, but no one analyses why we have them.

 

1, Where does this free food come from?

 

2, Who can get this free food?

 

3, How did we manage before food banks?

 

4, Do nurses use food banks?

 

5, Do food banks supply anything other than food, dog food - toiletries for example.

 

Fully qualified nurses start on salaries of £21,692 - So do people on £18k use food banks, or maybe £23k?

I once attempted to give out of date food to a food bank, they did not want it.

 

You can rest assured there is an inordinate amount of analysis undertaken on the need for and use of food banks.

 

I attended a presentation by one of the organisers of a food bank and anyone seeking to use a food bank has to be referred by one of several agencies.

 

They most certainly do have nurses attending, ever heard of zero hour contracts?

 

I'm not sure about dog food but they also supply toiletries.

 

If you're seriously interested in answers to your questions either go and visit a food bank or look at the Sheffield 6 Food Bank website.

[nowt2pctoday]

i wonder how many people that use the food banks really truthfully need it???? or is it used as a convenient top up if they meet certain criteria??

[Tek-no-logic]

i wonder how many people that use the food banks really truthfully need it???? or is it used as a convenient top up if they meet certain criteria??

 

Most places make sure they actually do need it. They don't just hand the stuff out willy nilly I beleif you actually have to go several checks before your liable for free food bank help

[Mister M]

i wonder how many people that use the food banks really truthfully need it???? or is it used as a convenient top up if they meet certain criteria??

 

Why don't you tell us?

[Tek-no-logic]

The certain criteria is things like having no money literally no money. Also Proven to have No canned foods or frozen food ls probably one of the criteria. They are really strict.

[max]

i wonder how many people that use the food banks really truthfully need it???? or is it used as a convenient top up if they meet certain criteria??

 

You mean a top up from not having food to having food?

 

Would you have the courage to put your dignity on the line to ask for food?

[hackey lad]

Could well be that she wasn't a nurse but hospital ancillary staff. I don't know what the slightly different uniforms mean, but I know they're not all nurses.

 

Some staff who look like nurses are on half that wage.

 

so nurses don't use food banks . I wonder who said that they did ? another political smear ?

[Mister M]

so nurses don't use food banks . I wonder who said that they did ? another political smear ?

 

No I think Andrew Marr asked Theresa May a couple of weeks ago, possibly because a newspaper had published an account of a nurse, or many nurses having to use foodbanks.

[hackey lad]

ah ,so it was written in a newspaper , must be true then