Foodbank
2023 was a challenging year for us all, foodbank provided more than 50,054 meals to local referred clients suffering short term hunger crisis.
From January 2024, and experiencing the many challenges of high inflation, including price rises in gas and electricity. This has been our busiest time delivering food parcels to local referred residents in short term hunger crisis.
We now have the imminent problem of relocating and merging our foodbank warehouse into the furniture warehouse. This requires the installation of a mezzanine floor at a cost of approximately £30,000. Please see the Ground Zero to Mezzanine Hero page for further information.
We have opened our just giving page and paypal account for those who would like to donate to the foodbank, thank you.
https://justgiving.com/campaign/newhopefoodbank
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=BXDW864MJQFEY
New donation drop off points are at Joseph Stone Mosborough Community Centre and Whitwell Co Op
Contact number for referrers : 07939 950713
Foodbank is a busy part of church life, since start-up in December 2012 we have now delivered more than 350,000 meals to local referred residents in short term hunger crisis (as of Dec 2023). These staggering figures could not have been achieved or maintained without our amazing volunteers, church partners, Derbyshire Council, local Supermarkets and the public.
New Hope Food Bank is one of the community focused outreaches undertaken by New Hope Community Church demonstrating the love of God to our community. The foodbank compliments our existing ministries of Furniture packs for those affected by domestic violence and/or homelessness and Grow. We partner with professional agencies and are supported by Councils, Schools, Supermarkets, Churches and Businesses across the area.
What we do
We provide emergency food to individuals and families who are in short term crisis who are referred to us by our professional partners. We will provide and deliver 21 meals per family member, per week, this is usually within 24 hours of our coordinator receiving the referral. We have partnering churches in Dronfield, Eckington, Swallownest, and Hackenthorpe holding food parcels to ensure prompt delivery.
Our aim
To show the love and hope of God by serving our neighbours in times of need and supporting their efforts towards stability.
The aim of the food bank is to provide emergency food to people in short term crisis. It is a simple concept designed to help people in short term crisis by offering free emergency food for seven days for up to four visits (longer if the crisis is not resolved provided the client is working with relevant agencies to resolve their situation.)
When you are on a low income and have no financial safety net, a sudden crisis such as bereavement, ill health redundancy or marital break up, can leave you unable to feed yourself or your family. Such situations can then deteriorate in to something far worse. New Hope Food Bank works to help people who find themselves in these situations by directing them to relevant agencies. The immediate practical help provided by New Hope Food Bank gives the client and the referral agency breathing space to work together to resolve the underlying problems.
If you have any questions about the programmes or want to know more about any of the ministries of the church please fill in our Contact Us form.