Christmas Food Appeal
Food is a wonderful focus at Christmas. Roast Turkey, succulent stuffing and all the trimmings. Mince pies, Christmas Pudding and brandy butter... all mouth watering indeed.
But there will be people who won’t be able to experience all these wonderful gastronomic delights. They either won’t have a roof above their heads or they will be in the midst of a turmoil or crisis, where the last thing on their minds is Christmas.
You can help organisations like the St Petroc’s Society or the Redruth Food Bank support these people so that at the very least they get a flavour of Christmas.
- Truro Homeless Action Group provides a meal every day of the year for the homeless and this year will be having both a Christmas Day and a Boxing Day Lunch. They work in conjunction with the Salvation Army in Truro. Looking for donations of tinned and packeted food, non alcoholic drinks, toiletries and warm clothing, thermos flasks, cheques to THAG or Supermarket Vouchers. Contact Peter on 01872 261614.
- The Breadline Centre in Penzance is now managed by St Petroc’s Society and does very valuable work with homeless and unemployed people both in terms of providing practical support (food, warm clothes, sleeping bags) and practical advice. Their drop-in centre (8 Bread Street) needs donations of warm clothing, sleeping bags, tinned and dried foods and Christmas food and presents. Please contact the Truro office on 01872 264153. They are also seeking volunteers to help with a Christmas Day lunch please contact Richard or Corinna on 01872 264153.
- Lorraine who helps run the Redruth Food Bank, provides emergency food parcels for those in need, requires donations of food (mince pies, Christmas pudding & cakes, chocolates, snacks & nibbles, Christmas crackers), volunteers to help collect food at local supermarkets and drivers to take food items to warehouses. Any GP’s, Social workers, Health Visitors who would like to know more about the scheme should also contact Lorraine. Please contact Lorraine on 0870 7522223 or take food to ‘LifeChangers Charity Shop’ 4 Penryn Street, Redruth.
- St Petrocs Society in Truro does very valuable work with homeless people both in terms of providing practical support (food, warm clothes, sleeping bags) and practical advice. Their drop-in centre in City Road needs donations of warm clothing, sleeping bags, tinned and dried foods and Christmas food and presents. Please contact 01872 264153 or bring to the drop in centre 9.00am to 5.00pm Mon - Fri.
- St Petroc’s Society in Newquay does valuable work with homeless people both in terms of providing practical support (food, warm clothes, sleeping bags) and practical advice. Their hostel in Newquay needs donations of warm clothing, sleeping bags, tinned and dried foods and Christmas food and presents. Please contact Head Office 01872 264153 to arrange local drop off arrangements.
- The Rev. Roger Rowland of the Bude Christian Fellowship is looking for volunteers to help with the setting up of a Food Bank in the town for distribution of emergency provisions to individuals, couples and families at times of crisis. Contact Roger on 01288 359714.
- St Petroc’s Society in Bodmin does valuable work with homeless people both in terms of providing practical support (food, warm clothes, sleeping bags) and practical advice. Their hostel in Newquay needs donations of warm clothing, sleeping bags, tinned and dried foods and Christmas food and presents. Please contact Head Office 01872 264153 to arrange local drop off arrangements.
