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Give as you live... Shop online? Whether you’re buying from John Lewis or Topshop, WH Smith or Harrods, if you shop online though www. giveasyoulive.com or www. easyfundraising.org.uk you can donate to The Trussell Trust as you buy - at no extra cost to you! Just select us as your chosen charity!
Newslink Restoring dignity and reviving hope in Salisbury, the UK and Bulgaria
Old currency raises £500!
VOLUNTEER WHILE YOU WAIT: JOB SEEKERS HELP PROJECTS GROW High unemployment means that thousands of talented people are currently out of work. We’ve been encouraging those looking for a job to volunteer with us while they wait and we’re seeing great results all round.
says: ‘I’d been applying for jobs with no luck. I started helping out and it’s been incredibly rewarding. Working here has increased my self-esteem, given me a sense of well-being and now I’m going to start a course in horticulture!’
As well as providing the Trust with much needed time, volunteers are developing new skills and confidence too. Ben, who volunteered in our garden,
Looking for work? Could you volunteer? Call Laura Mitchell on 01722 600143 Though it often remains behind the scenes, our supported volunteer programme for people with mental, social and physical difficulties is a big part of what we do. Since 2008 Lizzie Abnett has been heading up the programme and, after helping to impact over 200 lives, she’s about to move on. We asked her what’s impacted her most, she says:
HELPING PEOPLE LEARN TO LAUGH AGAIN
‘I often work with volunteers who are in very difficult situations: people with long term illness, family breakdown, mental illness and bereavement. Seeing these volunteers begin to regain a sense of purpose, feel valued and start to laugh again is an incredible privilege. It’s amazing to see a lady who has spent years in an abusive, lonely marriage cry with laughter amongst friends.’
The Trussell Trust’s head office, Salisbury foodbank warehouse and recycling centre have moved!
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Increased demand means that we have outgrown our old premises. You can now find us at Units 9 & 6b, Ashfield Trading Estate, Ashfield Rd, Salisbury SP2 7HL. Please bring all food donations to our Ashfield Rd site, thanks! Our Salisbury Shop and garden are still at St. Michael’s on Bemerton Heath. Please take all shop donations to St. Michael’s Community Centre, St. Michael’s Rd, Salisbury SP2 9LE. Thank you!
'WE WERE GOING TO EAT BEANS ON TOAST FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER'
Your donations of old foreign currency have raised over £500! If you have coins to donate we’d love you to bring them to us, thanks.
Volunteers’ talents open way to work
FOODBANKS TRANSFORM CHRISTMAS FOR FAMILIES
Amber, Sara and Krystyna, three volunteers from our Dorset shops, have successfully applied for part-time shop positions. As well as raising funds, our community shops continue to give volunteers of all backgrounds the opportunity to realise their full potential.
‘I cried with joy when our foodbank Christmas hamper was delivered,’ says Mandi, a mother of two, ‘it was such a relief: we were going to eat beans on toast for Christmas dinner but instead we could have a festive feast.’
Welsh Assembly holds debate on foodbanks
Despite being a working family, reduced hours and salary had left the family unable to make ends meet as the additional costs of winter took their toll.
friends. Salisbury foodbank made our Christmas, it was the best we’ve ever had. Thanks to our food hamper we could sit down and eat together as a family for the first time in weeks. We’d been telling the children we’d eat when they’d gone to bed, but the reality was we were going without. The foodbank even gave us small presents for the girls, it meant such a lot and helped us to get back on our feet.’
‘We had to choose between paying for food, heating or rent’ says Mandi. ‘It’s so hard to tell your two young children that they can’t have any Christmas presents or a dinner like their
Every year Trussell Trust foodbanks across the UK transform Christmas by giving hampers filled with festive treats to people in crisis together with a standard foodbox.
In November the Welsh Assembly debated the growing need for foodbanks in the country and praised their work. They’re now considering helping foodbanks to expand across Wales.
LLOYDS TSB GIVES £34K TO VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME Lloyds TSB Foundation were so impressed by the impact of our supported volunteering programme for people of all backgrounds and abilities that they’ve given us £34K over three years to help fund the project.
CONTACT US
WE’VE MOVED...
Winter/Spring 2012
Unit 9, Ashfield Trading Estate, Ashfield Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7HL T 01722 411244 E enquiries@trusselltrust.org www.trusselltrust.org Some client names have been changed to protect their identity Reg. Charity No. 1110522 Reg. Ltd. Co. No. 5434524 Reg. in England & Wales
‘As soon as things get better we’ll be giving back to the foodbank.’
Every day foodbanks across the UK provide three days emergency food to people in crisis, could you help by donating food or funds?
NEW UK FOODBANK OPENING EVERY WEEK! Over 150 foodbanks nationwide
Since January 2011 we’ve launched more than one foodbank a week! As the financial crisis continues, demand for foodbanks is growing. Recently we launched our first Northern Irish foodbank in Newtownards and our first foodbank in north Wales. We desperately want to meet the increasing need but to do this we urgently need more funds... Can you help? >> Fill out the response form inside, thanks!
POLICE TAKE DESPERATE SHOPLIFTER TO FOODBANK Adam had not eaten for four days when he resorted to stealing bread and eggs. After experiencing 23 days benefit delay Adam had tried begging for food and was desperate. Arrested by plain clothes officers, he was distraught at having got into trouble with the authorities. Fortunately, the police officers were so moved by his plight that they took him to Islington Foodbank. Adam cried with gratitude when he saw the bags of food and the police were so impressed that they asked to become foodbank voucher holders.
Alex Panayotou is congratulated by Delia Smith at Norwich City FC after running 315K non-stop in aid of foodbanks >> see inside for more
11/28/2011 12:36:51 PM
Bulgaria
AGED 19 AND NEVER BEEN TAUGHT TO READ OR WRITE... Orphanage leavers Niki,19, and Marian, 23, joined our House of Opportunity in Botevgrad unable to read, write, calculate or even recognise money. Neither has learning difficulties, they simply hadn’t been taught.
Niki and Marian are both very hardworking and hope to get good jobs
The problem was discovered when the boys were given a football shirt by the House of Opportunity’s centre manager and they couldn’t read the numbers on the back. Niki says that his teacher asked him to go to sleep in class because he was less trouble like that. As a result both Marian and
Niki struggled to find jobs and to live independently. The House of Opportunity and its new vegetable garden offers the boys a chance to gain skills and knowledge in a practical job. Meanwhile, houseparent and former teacher Veneta has begun devoted work on improving their literacy. Thanks to the House of Opportunity programme, Niki and Marian now have the chance to overcome their neglect and build successful futures, but their story highlights the urgent need for more houses right across Bulgaria.
house of opportunity transforms abandoned iva's life Just before she left her orphanage in 2009, Iva found her Mum. This fairytale of mother and daughter reunited was short lived: her mother was unstable and unkind, rejecting Iva for the second time. Feeling hopeless and with nowhere to turn, Iva joined our House of Opportunity Programme for orphanage leavers in 2009, we asked her how she felt: ‘I had lost hope. In the orphanage you don’t get love, nor care. I was imagining life would be terrible. Yes, I was terrified. I lived with my mom for a while but she can’t support herself, let alone a child. People were treating me like an animal because I
The House of Opportunity provided Iva with life skills, employment opportunities, a family-style home and - perhaps more importantly - hope and care. She graduated from the programme in spring 2011 and is now living independently, working to save money for university, she says:
Iva was abandoned to an orphanage before she can remember but is now excited about what her future holds...
Trussell Trivia...
Salisbury schoolgirls Laura and Emily did an ‘alternative halloween’ by giving gifts of oranges to neighbours and asking for a food item for the foodbank in return!
Sasho, a resident at the House of Opportunity in Botevgrad has a dream to be a film director, he’s one step closer after being accepted by a local theatre company - well done Sasho!
I enclose a gift of £_____________ Please make cheques payable to The Trussell Trust In October extreme endurance runner Alex Panayotou ran an incredible 315KM (195 miles) non-stop without sleeping in aid of foodbanks. After 50 hours running Alex was greeted by a crowd of 26,000 as she lapped the pitch during half-time at Norwich City FC’s premier league match against Swansea City.
Alex, a Greek athlete based in Barcelona, became passionate about foodbanks after her school-friend Daphine Aikens set up Hammersmith & Fulham Foodbank. Alex said: ‘I couldn’t believe that people are going hungry in the UK, it’s shocking. I knew that I could do something to help.’ Alex is so moved by the plight of those going hungry that she’s putting herself through her most gruelling challenges to date. Every penny raised by Alex will help to open more foodbanks nationwide.
WILL YOU SPONSOR ALEX TO MAKE HER EFFORTS WORTHWHILE? Simply text FBUK12 and £3 to 70070 Or give online at www.justgiving.com/315alex
standing order form To: (name and address of your bank)
Sort code:
Account No:
Please pay a regular gift of
£2
£5
£25
£100 or other
£
To The Trussell Trust each month, please also state amount in words:
Please start on ___/ ____/ ____ and from then on each month until further notice This cancels any previous standing order instructions to The Trussell Trust. Signature:
Date:
____/ ____/ ______
your details: Title: (Mr/Mrs/Dr etc)
Full name:
Address: Postcode: Email:
Phone:
Tick if you would prefer NOT to receive e-news
make your gift go further! Tick here to add an extra 25p to every £1 you give at no extra cost to you Yes, I pay tax in the UK. Please treat all donations make or have made to The Trussell Trust for the past four years as gift aid donations until further notice. You must pay income tax/capital gains tax at least equal to the amount of tax reclaimed on your donations.
Please send me more information about: Sign up for Newswire, our fortnightly e-news: Name: Email: Please send your completed form to: The Trussell Trust, Unit 9, Ashfield Trading Estate, Ashfield Rd, Salisbury SP2 7HL
media Foodbanks have had lots of m a slot on fro g gin ran ly, coverage recent on BBC Radio the ‘Hairy Bikers’ to 20 mins it out at 4’s Food Programme... Check verage -co dia me rg/ st.o www.trusselltru Alex chats to Delia Smith at Norwich City FC
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Yes! I’d like to help Thank you for helping The Trussell Trust to transform lives. Please complete this form and send it back to us at the address underneath. If you are a UK taxpayer please fill out the gift aid form at the bottom. You can also give online at www.trusselltrust.org. Thank you!
As if 315KM non-stop wasn’t enough, Alex’s next foodbank challenge is to break her own record by running over 185KM in 24 hours in April 2012. And that’s not all. In September 2012 Alex will complete 2012KM in just one month for foodbanks - the equivalent of one and a half marathons every day!
was from an orphanage. I thought: Is this it? Is this what life is going to be?’
‘Now I’m happy, I have real friends, I’ve passed my exams and I am applying for university so that I can become a teacher. Joining the House of Opportunity was the beginning of my new life and now I’m excited about my future!’
ALEX PANAYOTOU’S EPIC FEATS FOR FOODBANKS!
Trussell Trust bank details: The Royal Bank of Scotland plc 14 Minster St, Salisbury SP1 1TP Sort code: 16-31-12 Account No: 10230616
! u o y k n a Th 11/28/2011 12:37:05 PM
Bulgaria
AGED 19 AND NEVER BEEN TAUGHT TO READ OR WRITE... Orphanage leavers Niki,19, and Marian, 23, joined our House of Opportunity in Botevgrad unable to read, write, calculate or even recognise money. Neither has learning difficulties, they simply hadn’t been taught.
Niki and Marian are both very hardworking and hope to get good jobs
The problem was discovered when the boys were given a football shirt by the House of Opportunity’s centre manager and they couldn’t read the numbers on the back. Niki says that his teacher asked him to go to sleep in class because he was less trouble like that. As a result both Marian and
Niki struggled to find jobs and to live independently. The House of Opportunity and its new vegetable garden offers the boys a chance to gain skills and knowledge in a practical job. Meanwhile, houseparent and former teacher Veneta has begun devoted work on improving their literacy. Thanks to the House of Opportunity programme, Niki and Marian now have the chance to overcome their neglect and build successful futures, but their story highlights the urgent need for more houses right across Bulgaria.
house of opportunity transforms abandoned iva's life Just before she left her orphanage in 2009, Iva found her Mum. This fairytale of mother and daughter reunited was short lived: her mother was unstable and unkind, rejecting Iva for the second time. Feeling hopeless and with nowhere to turn, Iva joined our House of Opportunity Programme for orphanage leavers in 2009, we asked her how she felt: ‘I had lost hope. In the orphanage you don’t get love, nor care. I was imagining life would be terrible. Yes, I was terrified. I lived with my mom for a while but she can’t support herself, let alone a child. People were treating me like an animal because I
The House of Opportunity provided Iva with life skills, employment opportunities, a family-style home and - perhaps more importantly - hope and care. She graduated from the programme in spring 2011 and is now living independently, working to save money for university, she says:
Iva was abandoned to an orphanage before she can remember but is now excited about what her future holds...
Trussell Trivia...
Salisbury schoolgirls Laura and Emily did an ‘alternative halloween’ by giving gifts of oranges to neighbours and asking for a food item for the foodbank in return!
Sasho, a resident at the House of Opportunity in Botevgrad has a dream to be a film director, he’s one step closer after being accepted by a local theatre company - well done Sasho!
I enclose a gift of £_____________ Please make cheques payable to The Trussell Trust In October extreme endurance runner Alex Panayotou ran an incredible 315KM (195 miles) non-stop without sleeping in aid of foodbanks. After 50 hours running Alex was greeted by a crowd of 26,000 as she lapped the pitch during half-time at Norwich City FC’s premier league match against Swansea City.
Alex, a Greek athlete based in Barcelona, became passionate about foodbanks after her school-friend Daphine Aikens set up Hammersmith & Fulham Foodbank. Alex said: ‘I couldn’t believe that people are going hungry in the UK, it’s shocking. I knew that I could do something to help.’ Alex is so moved by the plight of those going hungry that she’s putting herself through her most gruelling challenges to date. Every penny raised by Alex will help to open more foodbanks nationwide.
WILL YOU SPONSOR ALEX TO MAKE HER EFFORTS WORTHWHILE? Simply text FBUK12 and £3 to 70070 Or give online at www.justgiving.com/315alex
standing order form To: (name and address of your bank)
Sort code:
Account No:
Please pay a regular gift of
£2
£5
£25
£100 or other
£
To The Trussell Trust each month, please also state amount in words:
Please start on ___/ ____/ ____ and from then on each month until further notice This cancels any previous standing order instructions to The Trussell Trust. Signature:
Date:
____/ ____/ ______
your details: Title: (Mr/Mrs/Dr etc)
Full name:
Address: Postcode: Email:
Phone:
Tick if you would prefer NOT to receive e-news
make your gift go further! Tick here to add an extra 25p to every £1 you give at no extra cost to you Yes, I pay tax in the UK. Please treat all donations make or have made to The Trussell Trust for the past four years as gift aid donations until further notice. You must pay income tax/capital gains tax at least equal to the amount of tax reclaimed on your donations.
Please send me more information about: Sign up for Newswire, our fortnightly e-news: Name: Email: Please send your completed form to: The Trussell Trust, Unit 9, Ashfield Trading Estate, Ashfield Rd, Salisbury SP2 7HL
media Foodbanks have had lots of m a slot on fro g gin ran ly, coverage recent on BBC Radio the ‘Hairy Bikers’ to 20 mins it out at 4’s Food Programme... Check verage -co dia me rg/ st.o www.trusselltru Alex chats to Delia Smith at Norwich City FC
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Yes! I’d like to help Thank you for helping The Trussell Trust to transform lives. Please complete this form and send it back to us at the address underneath. If you are a UK taxpayer please fill out the gift aid form at the bottom. You can also give online at www.trusselltrust.org. Thank you!
As if 315KM non-stop wasn’t enough, Alex’s next foodbank challenge is to break her own record by running over 185KM in 24 hours in April 2012. And that’s not all. In September 2012 Alex will complete 2012KM in just one month for foodbanks - the equivalent of one and a half marathons every day!
was from an orphanage. I thought: Is this it? Is this what life is going to be?’
‘Now I’m happy, I have real friends, I’ve passed my exams and I am applying for university so that I can become a teacher. Joining the House of Opportunity was the beginning of my new life and now I’m excited about my future!’
ALEX PANAYOTOU’S EPIC FEATS FOR FOODBANKS!
Trussell Trust bank details: The Royal Bank of Scotland plc 14 Minster St, Salisbury SP1 1TP Sort code: 16-31-12 Account No: 10230616
! u o y k n a Th 11/28/2011 12:37:05 PM
UK
w w w . t r u s s e l l t r u s t . o r g
Give as you live... Shop online? Whether you’re buying from John Lewis or Topshop, WH Smith or Harrods, if you shop online though www. giveasyoulive.com or www. easyfundraising.org.uk you can donate to The Trussell Trust as you buy - at no extra cost to you! Just select us as your chosen charity!
Newslink Restoring dignity and reviving hope in Salisbury, the UK and Bulgaria
Old currency raises £500!
VOLUNTEER WHILE YOU WAIT: JOB SEEKERS HELP PROJECTS GROW High unemployment means that thousands of talented people are currently out of work. We’ve been encouraging those looking for a job to volunteer with us while they wait and we’re seeing great results all round.
says: ‘I’d been applying for jobs with no luck. I started helping out and it’s been incredibly rewarding. Working here has increased my self-esteem, given me a sense of well-being and now I’m going to start a course in horticulture!’
As well as providing the Trust with much needed time, volunteers are developing new skills and confidence too. Ben, who volunteered in our garden,
Looking for work? Could you volunteer? Call Laura Mitchell on 01722 600143 Though it often remains behind the scenes, our supported volunteer programme for people with mental, social and physical difficulties is a big part of what we do. Since 2008 Lizzie Abnett has been heading up the programme and, after helping to impact over 200 lives, she’s about to move on. We asked her what’s impacted her most, she says:
HELPING PEOPLE LEARN TO LAUGH AGAIN
‘I often work with volunteers who are in very difficult situations: people with long term illness, family breakdown, mental illness and bereavement. Seeing these volunteers begin to regain a sense of purpose, feel valued and start to laugh again is an incredible privilege. It’s amazing to see a lady who has spent years in an abusive, lonely marriage cry with laughter amongst friends.’
The Trussell Trust’s head office, Salisbury foodbank warehouse and recycling centre have moved!
2011 NewsletterNovember.indd 1
Increased demand means that we have outgrown our old premises. You can now find us at Units 9 & 6b, Ashfield Trading Estate, Ashfield Rd, Salisbury SP2 7HL. Please bring all food donations to our Ashfield Rd site, thanks! Our Salisbury Shop and garden are still at St. Michael’s on Bemerton Heath. Please take all shop donations to St. Michael’s Community Centre, St. Michael’s Rd, Salisbury SP2 9LE. Thank you!
'WE WERE GOING TO EAT BEANS ON TOAST FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER'
Your donations of old foreign currency have raised over £500! If you have coins to donate we’d love you to bring them to us, thanks.
Volunteers’ talents open way to work
FOODBANKS TRANSFORM CHRISTMAS FOR FAMILIES
Amber, Sara and Krystyna, three volunteers from our Dorset shops, have successfully applied for part-time shop positions. As well as raising funds, our community shops continue to give volunteers of all backgrounds the opportunity to realise their full potential.
‘I cried with joy when our foodbank Christmas hamper was delivered,’ says Mandi, a mother of two, ‘it was such a relief: we were going to eat beans on toast for Christmas dinner but instead we could have a festive feast.’
Welsh Assembly holds debate on foodbanks
Despite being a working family, reduced hours and salary had left the family unable to make ends meet as the additional costs of winter took their toll.
friends. Salisbury foodbank made our Christmas, it was the best we’ve ever had. Thanks to our food hamper we could sit down and eat together as a family for the first time in weeks. We’d been telling the children we’d eat when they’d gone to bed, but the reality was we were going without. The foodbank even gave us small presents for the girls, it meant such a lot and helped us to get back on our feet.’
‘We had to choose between paying for food, heating or rent’ says Mandi. ‘It’s so hard to tell your two young children that they can’t have any Christmas presents or a dinner like their
Every year Trussell Trust foodbanks across the UK transform Christmas by giving hampers filled with festive treats to people in crisis together with a standard foodbox.
In November the Welsh Assembly debated the growing need for foodbanks in the country and praised their work. They’re now considering helping foodbanks to expand across Wales.
LLOYDS TSB GIVES £34K TO VOLUNTEER PROGRAMME Lloyds TSB Foundation were so impressed by the impact of our supported volunteering programme for people of all backgrounds and abilities that they’ve given us £34K over three years to help fund the project.
CONTACT US
WE’VE MOVED...
Winter/Spring 2012
Unit 9, Ashfield Trading Estate, Ashfield Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 7HL T 01722 411244 E enquiries@trusselltrust.org www.trusselltrust.org Some client names have been changed to protect their identity Reg. Charity No. 1110522 Reg. Ltd. Co. No. 5434524 Reg. in England & Wales
‘As soon as things get better we’ll be giving back to the foodbank.’
Every day foodbanks across the UK provide three days emergency food to people in crisis, could you help by donating food or funds?
NEW UK FOODBANK OPENING EVERY WEEK! Over 150 foodbanks nationwide
Since January 2011 we’ve launched more than one foodbank a week! As the financial crisis continues, demand for foodbanks is growing. Recently we launched our first Northern Irish foodbank in Newtownards and our first foodbank in north Wales. We desperately want to meet the increasing need but to do this we urgently need more funds... Can you help? >> Fill out the response form inside, thanks!
POLICE TAKE DESPERATE SHOPLIFTER TO FOODBANK Adam had not eaten for four days when he resorted to stealing bread and eggs. After experiencing 23 days benefit delay Adam had tried begging for food and was desperate. Arrested by plain clothes officers, he was distraught at having got into trouble with the authorities. Fortunately, the police officers were so moved by his plight that they took him to Islington Foodbank. Adam cried with gratitude when he saw the bags of food and the police were so impressed that they asked to become foodbank voucher holders.
Alex Panayotou is congratulated by Delia Smith at Norwich City FC after running 315K non-stop in aid of foodbanks >> see inside for more
11/28/2011 12:36:51 PM