Foodbank usage

[Mrskeats]

Hard hat on.
First of all I regularly give to food banks; especially now when there is so much need.
Aibu to think that if you have about £2500 per month and very few bills for this one adult and one child you don't need to be using one? House bought outright also.
This is someone that know well. Very surprised they feel entitled to use them.

That would explain it maybe then witch

No, it doesn't matter. It's not taking food from anyone. JC on a bike, how petty.

Yanbu op I feel a bit jaded with this as well and having seen the reality of some of the claimants it has put me off donating.

Yeah it must be terrible having 500 quid per week to spend and taking from people who need it bob
No moral compass at all.

Course it's taking from other people.
It's not a bottomless pit.

I am positive that you only trip up to a food bank cap in hand if you really really need the food. I doubt very much its anything else, you need to butt out.

Is it connected to a children's centre or similar?

A woman who I know has had two food parcels dropped off. She is financially ok and her ex is rolling in it and gives generously. Both have contained meat/poultry for roasting and other stuff.

Over the years I've seen people who don't need it given it and others do without. It always puts me off giving to local causes.

OP how about you tell them how you feel then? Rather then generating hatred towards people who do use foodbanks on here and who get flak/judgement and suspicion thrown at them because of people like you?

The same woman has got referrals in the past as well. Yet she is given weekly food by her ex out of the food shop he owns.

Some people are shameless.

A woman who I know has had two food parcels dropped off. She is financially ok and her ex is rolling in it and gives generously. Both have contained meat/poultry for roasting and other stuff

FGS. And what on earth has roasting stuff got to do with this?

Hatred? Don't think so.
I just think it's wrong. Still do.
People give in good faith and people volunteer their time.

Some people are shameless

Yep. They really are.

Mrskeats go and tell them that then.

Is it a proper, referral-based foodbank? Or just a food-hub set up to lessen the side effects of Covid?
My DC school are running a community food hub that is for anyone who needs it. We got a call from the Head teacher due to being on FSM, but I said thanks, we are managing. I am having on-off problems sourcing a particular food that SEN DC eats, so would have no qualms at all to reach out to them for this particular food if we became desperate.

I've been in receipt of a food parcel from the food bank and I can assure you she wouldn't have just got away with it , you need to be referred and give the reason why you need it !p.s don't be so judgy!

I got the serious side-eye once for getting a hamper. Nice car, nice place. They didn't know it was for someone else with a violent partner who couldn't get it. I got the proper referral from someone who knew about it. You never know everything. And I wasn't going to share the details.

I did tell them I think it's awful.
I agree with the shameless comments.

You need to talk to these people rather than post on here tbh. It is wrong. No one can dispute that. But whether or not you know the full story is yet to be seen. You say you do, but maybe you don't.

Are there reasons why they need to avoid supermarkets? And is this one of those food places that help out people in need, not necessarily for financial reasons? There's one near us giving away food.

I agree with the shameless comments

I meant that YOU are shameless OP.

They have no reason to not shop no.

The food banks here are just leaving huge trays of food out for anyone to take. There aren't any checks, and the community kitchen type places have always done that.

I can well imagine people who don't need it taking advantage.

Lol oh shameless for thinking something is wrong.
Maybe millionaires should start using foodbanks.

When you give to any charity you make the decission that they are going to do good with what you've given them. Thats the end of your involvement. If on balance you can no longer agree with the way a charity operates you give your funds/ goods elsewhere.

Most charities/ business' are open to some form of abuse. What they need to way up is if they put lots of extra measures in place to prevent the abuse will it detract from the service for those its intended.

We still have people starve in this country, in this day and age. Its one of the many reasons why I give to foodbanks . If too many stringent measures are put in place it risks those most vulnerable not quite able to work the system missing out.

One person who you strongly feel doesn't need foodbank support is working the system. Many, many others aren't. Focus on the good.

Well a friend of mine has had to use a food bank as she’s struggling. She had to be referred though. It’s not as simple as rocking up and choosing what you want.

Something doesn’t add up about this.....