If you are working with a family in Bournemouth that you do not expect to be able to celebrate Christmas together (due to food poverty resulting from an identifiable crisis) then they are eligible to receive a hamper!
Criteria
Just to be clear, the criteria for nominations is as follows:
- You should know the family well and be providing suitable ongoing support in an effort to restore them to a position of:
- Love - experiencing the care of others without selfish interest
- Provision - sustainably fed, clothed and sheltered
- Justice - treated fairly and protected from abuse
- Dignity - significantly contributing towards their own welfare and that of others
- Inclusion - integrated and appreciated within the community
- They should be a family who would, under better circumstances, expect to celebrate Christmas together. Single people are not eligible for a hamper.
- Clients must live within the borough of Bournemouth (postcodes BH1 to BH11). Other hamper projects exist in nearby towns. Please contact your local food bank to find out more.
- They must be experiencing food insecurity resulting from an identifiable crisis in accordance with the Trussell Trust referral criteria and their situation is not expected to significantly improve to allow them to celebrate Christmas together as we would hope them to be able to.
Hampers are allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis to families who meet the above criteria. Especially large families may be allocated 2 hampers. Once all 200 hampers are allocated, further qualifying nominations will be added to a waiting list. If a hamper becomes available, we will attempt to deliver it to those families on the waiting list.
If you are unsure about the eligibility of a client, please contact the Hamper team for assistance.
Other projects operate in and around Bournemouth who may be able to serve your client if we aren’t able. These include:
For more services aimed at relieving food insecurity, please try BCP Council’s Access To Food Map.
Process
All nominations must be made using the Trussell Trust Data Collection System (DCS) as e-referrals. This is a highly secure online system that gathers data nationally to help us lobby the government for better social provision.
Please follow these steps to ensure your families are provided for.
1. Join our referral agency network.
If you are not already a Bournemouth Foodbank referral agency, please begin the process at the Referral Agency Application page. You will need to be added to the DCS, so be sure to leave that option selected.
If you are already a referral agency, but do not yet have access to the DCS, please request access by emailing the following details to info@bournemouth.foodbank.org.uk: