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Above and beyond

This was posted anonymously on “Kettering Area Chat UK” To the people who work at Kettering food bank … I want to say a massive thank you. I don’t like...

Don't bite the hand.

I can’t remember when in the dim and distant past I heard this or where it came from, but the phrase is “don’t bite the hand that feeds you”.  A...

Entitled

One of the questions that has cropped up quite a lot recently is “Am I entitled to a food parcel” or the assertion “I am entitled to a parcel”.   The...

Donor Fatigue

It’s hard to know whether it’s “Donor Fatigue” or just that people just don’t have the funds to donate items, although this is traditionally a quieter time of year for...

Frustrated

We have a saying in Yorkshire, “Theres now’t so queer as folk”, I answer a lot of Emails from people enquiring about food parcels and when can they call in...

More substantial support

Kettering Foodbank March figures of 5052 meals was 400 meals down on March last year, having said that Februarys figures were 22% up. The general trend is for demand to...