Ballymoney Foodbank

General information

Today in Ballymoney there are families struggling to put food on the table. For people on low incomes, a sudden crisis - redundancy, benefit delay or even an unexpected bill - can mean going hungry. Every day parents skip meals to feed their children and people are forced to choose between paying the rent and eating.

Foodbanks are run by the community for the community: non-perishable food is donated by local people – schools, businesses, churches and individuals. Volunteers of all backgrounds help run foodbanks by packing, sorting and distributing the food.

Every client is referred to the foodbank by a frontline care professional such as a doctor or social worker. Referrals are also made by CAP and SVP.

Foodbanks are an emergency food service. To help clients break out of poverty, we signpost clients to organisations able to resolve the underlying problem.

Food parcels have been designed by dieticians to provide recipients with nutritionally balanced food for three days.