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From non-perishable foods, supplemented with fresh and frozen ones when available, to toiletries, FoodBox aims to give you what you need.
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Hounslow Community Foodbox
Hounslow Community FoodBox was set up in 2012 and started delivering emergency food to those in need from April 2013. We are a volunteer run registered charity (2016). The service was set up in response to the rising number of people facing poverty in the London Borough of Hounslow. The reasons for poverty are varied and often are a result of ill health, unemployment, family breakdown, zero-based working hours, or simply when something goes wrong in a person’s life and it takes time to find a solution.
The inspiration for developing a service to provide food, support, advice, and volunteering opportunities enabling people to get back into work, was the vision of Cllr. Steve Curran now Leader of the London Borough of Hounslow and Cllr. Ruth Cadbury now Brentford & Isleworth MP. A start up grant and premises was provided by the London Borough of Hounslow, and their continued support and guidance is highly valued by the charity.
Here at FoodBox we pride ourselves on being inclusive and resident led. Our doors are open to everyone who shares our core value of making a positive impact on our community. Whilst emergency food can’t solve poverty it can provide a lifeline while other issues in people’s lives are being addressed.
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Contact: Hounslow Community Foodbox
