#EatFor20 Challenge – Are you up for it?
A recent study showed that nearly 1 in 4 people in the UK are currently living in poverty. The government recognised this in March 2020 when it brought
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Support us while you shop online
Just go to your favourite online stores via the Give as you Live site and we reap the benefits. Thank you! Sign up
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ReadiFood delivers thousands of parcels to people during coronavirus pandemic
https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/19027242.readifood-delivers-thousands-parcels-people-coronavirus-pandemic/
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TEN THOUSAND PARCELS DELIVERED!
As we enter a new year and review it is amazing to see that last year we broke through the 10,000 parcel ceiling!
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Alison on Radio Berkshire
Alison Peyton – Food Bank Manager interviewed on Radio Berkshire Monday 14th December Three segments of interviews with Brigitte Tetteh at the ReadiFood
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Big Thank You for Food Donations
We are really grateful to everyone who has donated food over the past months. We have faced unprecedented demand for food parcels due
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The 2020 ReadiFood Reverse Advent Collection:
This list is aimed to make up a food parcel over the 24 days of Advent, these quantities will make a single size
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SHOP and DONATE at NO COST to YOU
From presents to food, the costs can add up quickly, but you can support FAITH CHRISTIAN GROUP whilst shopping thanks to grocery cards
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Parcel Requests 2020
In 2019 we delivered 8,500 food parcels to residents in the Greater Reading area. That equates to around 7,000 individual adults and children
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Parcel Demand Spike creates call for new coalition on poverty
The Trussell Trust reports a soaring 81% increase for emergency food parcels from food banks in its network during the last two weeks
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Volunteering during the Coronavirus pandemic
Please note that we are currently not actively recruiting new volunteers due to social distancing requirements We have changed how we do things
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Donate NOW!
Please help us during his difficult time Every time you shop online you could raise FREE ££’s for us! It takes 2 mins
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Food Needs & Donations April 2020
We are facing challenges in staffing and volunteers through social distancing and self isolation requirements Please note that we are still accepting food
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CORONA VIRUS
Note that we are not recruiting new volunteers but PLEASE KEEP DONATING As we are sure everyone will understand we face some very
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What 3 words?
The mobile phone app “what3words” has randomly allocated the words “edits.proper.dinner” to one of the 3 square metres of our building. We thought
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Lord Bourne visits Reading
Lord Bourne, Minister for Faith, visited Reading University on 28th June 2019 to meet with various representatives of Faith Groups working in the
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Gather National Summit – Transforming Cities across the U K
As Director of FCG I was privileged to be part of the 2019 Gather Summit in Milton Keynes this week (26/27 June 2019)
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BBC news item – May 2019
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Benefits_and_bulgar_wheat
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Vans
We are very blessed to have been able to buy a nearly new Nissan Van It’s great for towing the Tea Bar We
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Asda Tilehurst – Fight Hunger
Asda in Tilehurst will be supporting ReadiFood ongoing by having a trolley to collect donations for our clients who are in need of
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Helping those with no entitlement to benefits
At the second UK Network Event, Verena Hutcheson, Homelessness and Housing Pathways Manager Housing Needs at Reading Borough Council shared how they have been supporting those with
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Planning a trip abroad? Support us while you do it.
Did you know that you can raise funds for us simply by booking via Give as you live? At least have a look,
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Wishing You all the very best for 2021
Read our Christmas 2020 Newsletter
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