New Forest Basics Bank
New Forest Basics Bank was set up in 2004 under Churches Together in Lymington and Pennington.
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1. Generous local people donate non-perishable food to Basics Bank
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2. The goods are sorted by volunteers, supplemented with fresh items purchased locally and made up into “parcels” of sizes designed to feed individuals or families for up to a week at a time
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Contents of “parcel” for one for a week
Made up into bags for sending out3. People who are in need and are referred to us are then given a “parcel”
They either collect it from us or, more likely, because it consists of several heavy bags, it is delivered free to their home by another team of volunteers.
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The people who qualify for a “Parcel” may be waiting for statutory benefits to be processed or be subject to similar unfortunate circumstances. However, we only provide a temporary stop-gap, limiting the amount to each person.
Occasionally we may be asked to make discretionary grants of small amounts of cash where people cannot afford to feed the meter.