{"id":1568,"date":"2020-12-08T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southyorkshirefutures.co.uk\/syf\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2020-12-08T11:25:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T11:25:26","slug":"relaunch-of-the-sheffield-business-together-food-bank-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southyorkshirefutures.co.uk\/syf\/2020\/12\/08\/relaunch-of-the-sheffield-business-together-food-bank-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Relaunch of the Sheffield Business Together Food Bank Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

Covid -19 is an unprecedented challenge for us all.\u00a0 At the outset of the pandemic the Sheffield Business Together (SBT)<\/a><\/strong> steering group felt the immediate priority was ensuring our food banks had adequate food to help the most vulnerable in our city.\u00a0 Donations had been severely reduced due to panic buying and demand had increased in some food banks by 300% as schools closed and people experienced hardship. Given most businesses had implemented some form of home working we asked those not in hardship to consider donating a week’s bus fare, petrol, parking charges, or whatever they could afford.<\/p>\n

Donations to date and the impact it makes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Due to your generosity, we have raised a fantastic \u00a395,000\u00a0since the launch of the campaign in April\u00a0(including \u00a325k donated by SYCF from the National Emergencies Fund and \u00a310k from the Sheffield Town Fund). This has been shared with the 15 food banks in the Sheffield Food Bank network.<\/p>\n

Rachel from Burngreave food bank explains the difference your donations have made:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>“<\/em>Since the start of the pandemic, Burngreave food bank\u00a0has handed out over 1800 food parcels, feeding approximately 4500 people. The fact that this represents more than our entire annual\u00a0output last year, and a disproportionately\u00a0higher number of children are represented, shows the impact of the pandemic on families. We would not have been able to meet this level of increase in demand without the support of our donors and are so grateful for the generous donations that we received due to the Sheffield Business Together campaign. This has enabled us to buy in provisions\u00a0of items that we have run short of.\u00a0It’s easy for numbers to hide that\u00a0fact that each food parcel represents a struggle by an individual or family, to put food on the table, and all the accompanying distress and hardship that accompanies this situation. The relief that is seen on some faces as they receive the food delivery tells the true meaning behind these figures”.<\/p>\n

How you can help<\/strong><\/p>\n

The increased demand on the food banks has continued to be around 200% of pre Covid levels and has risen again due to the current lockdown.<\/p>\n

In addition to their normal donations, the food banks are planning to provide turkey and all the trimmings for those most in need this Xmas.\u00a0 We thank you so much for your generosity so far but if you can help with this Xmas appeal it would be most appreciated.<\/p>\n

There are several ways you can donate. You can donate via our\u00a0GoFundMe page\u00a0https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/sheffield-food-poverty-campaign<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Or for those that contributed directly to the food bank by bank transfer, below is a reminder of the bank details.<\/p>\n

Bank\u00a0details<\/strong>:\u00a0Co-Op\u00a0Bank<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sort code: 08-92-99<\/strong><\/p>\n

Account Number: 65702615<\/strong><\/p>\n

Payment Reference:\u00a0<\/strong>If you could annotate your payment reference with your\u00a0business<\/strong>\u00a0name\u00a0and the\u00a0campaign\u00a0<\/strong>– Covid 19. By doing this we can trace payments back to businesses which will be useful for those that match fund and to also thank folk.<\/p>\n

You can also donate by PAYPAL or cheque by visiting the\u00a0food\u00a0bank\u00a0website.\u00a0https:\/\/s2foodbank.org.uk\/<\/a><\/strong>. Scroll down to the Donate Money section.\u00a0If you are paying by PAYPAL please use the above payment reference convention in the add note box.<\/p>\n

All donations will be shared with the 15 food banks in the network.<\/p>\n

Thank you so much for supporting this campaign it has made such a massive difference to the food banks and the most vulnerable in our city, who they continue to support at this very difficult time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Covid -19 is an unprecedented challenge for us all.\u00a0 At the outset of the pandemic the Sheffield Business Together (SBT) steering group felt the immediate priority was ensuring our food banks had adequate food to help the most vulnerable in our city.\u00a0 Donations had been severely reduced due to panic buying and demand had increased […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9985,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa1VkZ-pi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southyorkshirefutures.co.uk\/syf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southyorkshirefutures.co.uk\/syf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southyorkshirefutures.co.uk\/syf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southyorkshirefutures.co.uk\/syf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1568"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/southyorkshirefutures.co.uk\/syf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1581,"href":"https:\/\/southyorkshirefutures.co.uk\/syf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions\/1581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southyorkshirefutures.co.uk\/syf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southyorkshirefutures.co.uk\/syf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southyorkshirefutures.co.uk\/syf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}