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Foodbank vouchers
Our foodbank works using a voucher referral system. Find out more about how we work.
People use Crowborough Food Bank when they are in crisis for a number of different reasons. The use of Crowborough Foodbank for a few weeks should help you through your immediate crisis allowing you time to put other support measures in place. It is not a long term solution for your food needs.
Before we can provide a food box we need a food voucher to be issued by a referral agency registered with the Trussell Trust, like the organisations that are listed below, or by your Doctor or your Social/Support Worker. The local agency can also provide long term support if needed to help address some of the issues behind the reasons for your crisis. . If a school or support agency is not listed please ask them to contact Crowborough Food Bank so we can set them up to issue vouchers.
Are you a family with children?
If your children are in school, please contact the school secretary/receptionist or ask the children’s service team you’re in contact with and they will direct you to the member of staff who can issue vouchers.
Local schools that are already registered as referral agencies :-
Ashdown Primary
Beacon Academy
Broomhill Bank, Tunbridge Wells
Grove Park Primary
Jarvis Brook Primary
Rotherfield Primary
Sir Henry Fermor CofE Primary
St John’s Primary
St Mary’s Catholic Primary
Stonegate CE Primary, Ticehurst
Children’s Services
Children & Families (East Sussex County Council)
Health Visiting Team
Family Support Team
Keywork Support
Duty and Assessment Team
Your Social/Support Worker
Are you receiving support for health reasons?
Your Doctor, General Practitioner (GP) or other specialist surgery
e.g. Groombridge and Hartfield Medical Group, Millwood Tunbridge Wells
Adult Social Care inc. Mental Health services (East Sussex County Council)
Your Social/Support Worker
Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation organisations
Health in Mind
Southdown Wellbeing
Are you in later life (55+)?
Adult Social Care (East Sussex County Council)
Age UK East Sussex (Social Prescribers who work with GP Surgeries)
Your Social/Support Worker
Your Doctor, General Practitioner (GP) or other specialist surgery
e.g. Groombridge and Hartfield Medical Group
Do you receive housing or other benefits help?
Social Housing
Wealden District Council Housing Department
Housing Associations that are already registered as referral agencies :-
Moat Homes Limited
Southdown HA
Town & Country Housing
Clarion HA
Other agencies that may be able to refer you
Probation Services / Lewes Prison
MAYFACS (covering people living in Mayfield or Five Ashes)
Imago
BHT Sussex
Citizens’ Advice Bureau (CAB)
When you visit a referral agency they will take some basic details from you to complete the voucher. This will help them to identify the cause of your crisis and offer practical guidance. Once a voucher has been issued to the Foodbank this will enable us to provide three days of emergency food.
If you are a referral agency and would like to become registered to issue vouchers for our foodbank, please contact us to find out more.