Highlees Primary School can now distribute Foodbank vouchers, following training received from Peterborough foodbank. Peterborough foodbank provides emergency food and support to local people in crisis.
How a foodbank works:
‘Supermarket Collections’ are one of the main ways that food is donated: These are food drives held at supermarkets where volunteers give shoppers a ‘foodbank shopping list’ and ask them to buy an extra item or two for local people in crisis.
Volunteers sort food to check that it’s in date and pack it into boxes ready to be given to people in need.
Care professionals such as doctors, health visitors, social workers, CAB and police identify people in crisis and issue them with a foodbank voucher.