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Kings Food Bank, Kendal

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King’s Food Bank provides emergency food support to people in Kendal and its nearby districts in South Lakeland. In the present tough economic times, with spiralling energy and food prices, the household budgets of those on low income come under considerable pressure. In the event of a crisis situation e.g. redundancy, many people do not have the resources to provide for themselves. King’s Food Bank is a community project providing food donations given by local people to others in our community who are experiencing difficulties.

The food bank was founded by members of King’s Church, Kendal  in February 2012 and has rapidly grown with the continued support of many local churches and organisations. We provide boxes of nutritional, non perishable food that provide three meals a day for a minimum of 5 days. The food boxes are tailored to suit the needs of the individual or family receiving them. All food boxes are given freely and without agenda.

We receive no public funding to carry out this work. We rely entirely on donations of food and financial contributions from individuals, local societies, schools, businesses, charities and churches. A Manager is employed and our team of stock room and delivery staff are all unpaid volunteers.

Most other food banks require people to approach them to ask for help with food support. At King’s Food Bank we think that the reluctance of people to ask for help might prevent them from getting much needed assistance. We use referring agencies to provide us with the details of people in need of support and are usually able to deliver a food box within 24 hours. Please see the list of referring agencies on our partners page for more information on referral.

If you would like to support us with a food or financial donation, please see our  Be Involved page for a shopping list of items that go into every food box or fill out the form on the  Contact Us page. Thank you.

King’s Food Bank

Shakespeare Centre
Yard 76, Highgate
Kendal
Cumbria LA9 4HE
email: kingsfoodbank@gmail.com
Telephone number 07534 609179