Bassetlaw Food Bank

in 2012, a group of community, church and statutory agencies arranged an open meeting to look at the issues relating to the increase in food poverty within the district of bassetlaw. it was agreed that it was becoming evident on a national scale that more people were having to rely on food banks to prevent hunger in the uk. it soon became apparent that there was a need to provide this support more locally as existing avenues of support just could not meet the demand. bassetlaw food bank is a non-profit, charitable organisation which distributes food parcels to people who are suffering genuine hardship and poverty in bassetlaw. it is a local independent food bank, which is able to support the local community, because it is supported in return. it provides emergency support to those who have received an approved referral from a recognised, front line professional organisation that is able to support or signpost clients to other support agencies to help them resolve their crisis. we do