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FBA volunteers (Photo: Shelley-Anne Salisbury)
Food Bank Aid busier than ever

SHELLEY-ANNE SALISBURY I went along to the FBA hub to be accomplished. The volunteers
meet some of its key management sign up to the FBA WhatsApp Sue Green, Mark Goldberg and Sasha
Cohen (Photo: Shelley-Anne Salisbury)
ood Bank Aid started back volunteers, Sasha Cohen, Mark group to keep everyone up to
in April 2020 when Naomi Goldberg and Sue Green, as well date with FBA’s daily needs and schools. The summer holidays are
PEOPLE
FRussell, founder of FBA, did as FBA’s recently appointed CEO requirements. FBA works in a obviously a period of great
a collection for her local food bank. Dalia Davis. unique way, by communicating concern for those families reliant
Distribution was clearly an issue for FBA’s premises are in Chaplin with the foodbanks directly. FBA on free school meals and they
the growing number of food banks Square, Finchley, right opposite knows what products are needed depend heavily on their foodbanks
so she set up a small distribution Vue cinema and next door to and links that back to the at this time. FBA provide nutritional
hub from her home garage. Today MacDonalds. The location crucially volunteers who, in turn, message lunch packs to the foodbanks to
FBA operates a distribution hub allows for easy access for out donation requirements. This help with this. Sasha also showed
from its N12 premises given free deliveries/collections with plenty way there is minimal to no waste. me lovely treat bags made up by
of rent and rates by Landsec of parking space; the hub area Management volunteer team an elderly couple from the FBA
Securities. FBA has distributed itself is positively cavernous member and Suburb resident, food donations which are then
£2.5m worth of goods since its compared to Naomi’s garage Mark Goldberg, a startlingly agile distributed by the hub. These are
FBA JustGiving inception and now supports 15-20 where it all started. Products are octogenarian with a Glaswegian the little things that make a huge
QR code food banks across north London neatly stacked and sorted into lilt, had just finished his morning difference. As Dalia said, if
which, in turn, currently help over clearly labelled storage bins and foodbank drop off shifts when I everyone added a couple of extra
12,000 people (including 3,500 boxes, making the picking and arrived. He offered me delicious items to their weekly shop and
children) every week. And this packing a smooth operation. cake someone had kindly dropped donated to FBA, it would all add
number is only set to rise. Sasha, a Suburb resident, who off for the volunteers to have on up to make a difference. Leaving
FBA’s message is very simple. volunteered right from the start tea breaks. the final words to Marcus Maughan,
Reduce Food Poverty. Reduce and is FBA’s Events Co Ordinator There was a real sense of FBA’s General Manager “Whether
Food Waste. (and organisational guru – labels community and camaraderie you give one or one hundred, it
are her thing) told me it’s full on. amongst the volunteers who clearly all helps.”
Seven or eight car loads of enjoy helping and plainly get huge FBA have over 200 volunteers
goods go out every day (the hub satisfaction from seeing the hub on their books but need more as
operates deliveries five days a and their roles in it making such a the hub is growing. If you would
week but is open to receive difference. Sue Green, another like to find out more about
donations every day) and is reliant Suburb resident, said the hub was volunteering or donating go to
on volunteers. When I arrived, a wonderful place to connect with www.foodbank.org.uk or email
there were six volunteers picking, other like-minded people and had info@foodbankaid.org.uk. Or scan
packing and loading for the given some volunteers a real sense the QR code (left) to donate.
afternoon deliveries for the driver of purpose especially through
volunteers. The whole distribution the pandemic. Key items needed now: Baby food
process is remarkably well organised FBA are keen to educate (particularly formula milk), Sanitary
Car loaded and ready for delivery and no one’s time is wasted so the schoolchildren and parents about wear, Toothpaste/Toothbrushes, Tinned
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(Photo: Shelley-Anne Salisbury)
maximum amount of deliveries can food poverty and give talks at fish (mackerel/tuna – in oil if possible)
Hilda returns to South
Introducing Graham Jaffe

Leasehold Africa at the age of 103!

FATHER ALAN WALKER
Enfranchisement esidents Association life member Hilda Williams returned to live in
South Africa on 11 August, the day after her 103rd birthday.
Expert R Hilda will be known to many on the Suburb for her stewardship
of Fellowship House for more than three decades.
Hilda Benjamin was born on the remote Atlantic island of St Helena
in 1919. In 1936, aged 17, she left for South Africa to enter service.
Two years later she married Albert Williams and together they had eight
Buying your freehold or extending your children. Albert died in 1961 and when her children were grown up Hilda
joined her brother in London where she worked as a housekeeper in the
lease contact Graham for experienced home of a theatre costumier in Mayfair. In 1980 she moved to the Suburb
(where her brother was caretaker of the Institute) and settled in the
specialist advice. Barnett Homestead. She helped
her brother and also worked in the
Call on 0208 209 2653 staff canteen in Waitrose, Temple
Email gjaffe@gadlegal.co.uk Fortune. In 1984 she started looking
after Fellowship House.
From childhood Hilda was a
committed Anglican and on the
www.gadlegal.co.uk Suburb a regular worshipper and
746 Finchley Road NW11 7TH volunteer at St Jude’s. For the last
few years Hilda lived at Eastside
Gregory Abrams Davidson Solicitors is a trading House. We wish her well as she
name of National Law Partners Limited.
returns to live with her family in
Photo: Father Alan Walker
South Africa.
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