Tesco Collection Days
A huge thank you to all the staff and customers at Tesco Stirling Superstore who donated an amazing amount of food during the Food Collection days last week - 860kgs of it, in fact!
Tesco Food Collection
Tesco Stirling Superstore and our partner FareShare are hosting the Tesco Food Collection from the 18-20th November. Staff and volunteers from Start Up Stirling will be there to support the collection, so do come and see us.
You can donate items in-store, which will help to ensure that we have sufficient supplies for our foodbank over the busy winter months ahead.
Here is our shopping list of essential items if you would like some inspiration!
Christmas has come early!
Due to the number of requests that we have had already, we are launching our Reverse Advent Calendar designed for individuals and families and Secret Santa for sharing with colleagues and friends prior to our main Christmas Appeal.
We also have paper copies of these in the office. Please ring us on 01786 561027 if you would like one and keep watching for more information about our Christmas Appeal later in the month.
Communities Beyond Covid Appeal
The lifting of some restrictions surrounding Covid-19 are welcome, but for many of the people that we support at Start Up Stirling, their circumstances have not improved, due to furlough ending, unemployment rising, food and fuel costs increasing and the reduction in Universal Credit. We are therefore launching our Communities Beyond Covid Appeal and asking for your help.
Autumn shopping list
This is a list of foods that we desperately need for crisis food support, so that we have sufficient stock for the winter months when our referrals increase.
We are recruiting
We are looking for a Community & Events Fundraiser to join our team.
If you would like to join the charity and help us support people across the Stirling Council area
Volunteer Focus - Margaret Hughes – Foodbank Volunteer
This is part of a short series of posts to highlight our volunteers and how their roles have changed.
It was heartbreaking when COVID 19 struck and all volunteers over a certain age had to isolate... BUT we are back!
Volunteer Focus - David Clark – Volunteer Driver for the home deliveries and Foodbank Volunteer
This is part of a short series of posts to highlight our volunteers and how their roles have changed.
I had not imagined for a moment that, in my eighth decade, I would become a 'white van man'! But that is the direction in which my volunteering with Start Up has taken me. The early months of the pandemic saw a shift in the style of Start Up's provision to its clients and brought the need for an increase in the team of delivery drivers. The two distribution points in Stirling church halls had to be closed and all deliveries to clients were done to their homes by the vans. So, when the first lockdown started to ease, I became a white van man (usually it was the wee silver van, although occasionally I was allowed out with the big Transit). But none of this happened before I had undertaken an assessment of my driving skills, something I last did as a teenager at my driving test away back in the 1960s!
Volunteer Focus - Mary Birch – Warehouse Volunteer
This is part of a short series of posts to highlight our volunteers and how their roles have changed.
Volunteer Focus - Stan Holden - Warehouse Volunteer and Team Leader
This is part of a short series of posts to highlight our volunteers and how their roles have changed.
When Tricia, our Volunteer and Training Coordinator, asked me to write a few lines on the changes to the routine in the warehouse since our foodbanks restarted, my initial thought was “Well, we have more time for a proper coffee break now, and more time to catch up on each other’s gossip” but on reflection “She probably wants me to mention how these changes have impacted our WORK and not our PLAY!”