The As-Suffa Outreach Food Bank Project is an extension of the As-Suffa Homeless Project that was initiated in 2011 and is now active in seven UK cities.

There were over 2.3 million children living in relative poverty in the United Kingdom in 2015. There were 14,670 cases of priority-need homelessness in England alone in 2015. The statistics speak for themselves in highlighting that there is a very real and very urgent need to:

tackle, reduce and eliminate poverty in the United Kingdom
ensure there is a greater awareness of poverty and its effects
to promote the right of an adequate standard of living for every member of the community

The As-Suffa Outreach Food Bank Project is an initiative that aims to fulfil these objectives.

The As-Suffa food bank runs every week from our site in Birmingham. In 2017, we served over 370 food parcels to individuals and families who were in need. All our food parcels contain enough content to suffice an average size family for a week. Alhamdulillah, we now work with several referral partners, such as the police service and the local council who give our food bank vouchers to people in need. In order to redeem their vouchers, people visit the As-Suffa site and collect their food parcel or we drop it off to them as part of the drop-off service. The drop-off service is particularly useful for individuals with childcare needs or mobility issues who are unable to visit the food bank.

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As-Suffa Outreach Food Bank Project (As-Suffa Institute)

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