After making a good contact at this years’ Belper Goes Green Festival, we have taken up the opportunity to have a collection point for The Basic Idea food-bank inside the Co-op supermarket on Strutt
Street. Jamie and all the staff at the Co-op are very pleased to be facilitating this local project and it is hoped that we will have a few of our food-bank volunteers in-store early December to promote ‘The Basic Idea’ to their customers. The collection point is by the far till nearest the Post Office.
THANK YOU to everyone who supports The Basic Idea with food and financial donations. A particular thank you to the many church congregations in and around Belper who week in week out provide the vast majority of the food for the scheme. We would also like to say a big thank you to all the schools representing many children and parents from across Belper and surrounding areas for their generosity in donating all the non-perishable produce from their harvest services – the store is always bursting at this time of year!
2014 has seen a steady but not dramatic increase in referrals and on average we are currently delivering to around one family every day. Since the beginning of The Basic Idea in 2009 it has always been about local people helping their neighbours through times of crisis. Approximately 35,000 items have been donated over the years and whilst it is our hope that one day we can scale down the provision, it should be a great source of pleasure and a continuing expression of love that we are all able to help our neighbours in this way!
Thanks again to everyone who in anyway has supported this vital project.
Gareth Greenwood
Hope for Belper 