Child poverty about to get worse (April 2017)
A government shakeup of welfare payments being introduced on Thursday will push a quarter of a million children into poverty while wiping thousands
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Latest Parcel Figures
In the 12 months ended December 31st 2016 ReadiFood provided an average of 134 parcels per week to local people This represents an
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Toyota renew their ReadiFood Van lease for another year
Last year we received delivery of our JEMCA Toyota Reading van. This has been generously leased to us free of charge and is used
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Supermarket collections
Our main supply of food comes from weekend collections at supermarkets. That consists of having teams of volunteers and staff on the doors
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School Food Collections
We are grateful to the many local schools who collect for us annually or indeed more often. There was a time historically when
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Corporate Team Days
We rely on corporate teams coming in to blitz large food collections from supermarkets. In a few hours a team of a dozen
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How mistrust of faith-based charities sells society short
Since 2008 we have seen, right across society, a huge increase in the role of Church and Christian Charities in meeting needs. Food
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