Issue - meetings

A representative of Chelwood Foodbank Plus will attend the meeting to provide the Committee with an update on their activities.

Steve Hough (Chelwood Foodbank Plus) and Judith McGarty (INspirED Stockport) attended the meeting and provided an overview of their activity in the Brinnington area.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         The foodbank was volunteer led and operated in Edgeley, Adswood, Brinnington and Stockport;

·         There had been a steady increase in demand in Brinnington and there were regular users of the foodbank;

·         INspirED Stockport had been operating an ICT skills workshop in the foodbank between February and August but the funding had expired;

·         There had been an increase in demand as a result of increasing sanctions on benefits;

·         The foodbank often ran out of particular items and had been working alongside other providers in the area to swap items;

·         The foodbank could make use of Ward Flexibility Funding and/or the Labour Group newsletter.

RESOLVED – That Steve and Judith be thanked for their attendance.