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4 years ago in #foodbank by shanibeer (68)
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Likely nothing will change. When it comes to politicians, you should always judge the future by the past. The job of the housing minister , in Ireland at least, is to fanny about talking about how much housing he's going to provide......after the next election.
Disappointingly, you're probably right.
Our local supermarket i go to often has a food bin, i try to once every week or two add extra things to my cart so I can drop a few pieces into the bin
That's probably a good way to do it, but it grieves me that people are dependent on emergency supplies. We're supposed to have a safety net here that no-one falls through.
Yeah it is so sad to think of how many are dependent on the goodwill of others or else they would be starving :(
Kudos to the person who dropped in the sanitary towels, they ought to be on the list of necessities.
Freecycling used to be an expanding movement 10 years ago but not sure it is now when things like FB marketplace mean people can sell things easily, sell things they might once have thrown out. I also think council recycling centres could do more to allow people to take stuff that others wish to dump, there is some great stuff gets chucked .
From your other post, you hit a very important point about the advantages of minimalising. There have recently been a number of articles I've read recently in opposition to the decluttering argument but none touched on the advantages of reducing our material impact by reducing consumption of goods.
Lovely post as always and thanks for 'serried'......I will attempt to use it soon :-)
PS Pukka Pies are available here in a few very upmarket supermarkets starting around £4 a pie! No..I draw the line at my £3 a bottle HP!
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I'm in two minds about minimalising, I think it's mainly (middle class) hipster bandwagon nonsense; on the other hand, stopping buying so much churned out rubbish is a good thing :)
Well, I prefer 'decluttering' and for me its been very good for the soul since I started many years ago! Then again, my style and tastes have always been simple. Clutter, mess and stuff stress me, and simplicity keeps me from being stressed.
Things lose their value when they become trendy and have buzzwords attached!
I agree :)
The owners of a local business set up a little free pantry where anyone who is in need can come and pick up food, and other, items. It stays pretty well stocked most of the time and, when not, a quick callout on Facebook gets it better filled soon.
It is outside so anyone can pick up, or drop off, items without having to interact with anyone if they don't want to.
That sounds good and saves all that labelling and horrible referral form completing.
I love hearing about community initiatives like this. Could you link the facebook page? Thank you :)
The Little Free Pantry-Lolo
https://www.facebook.com/groups/946990738740688/
Thank you 😊
In my local co-op a while ago I saw two normal guys getting stuff out the bin at the side but they looked normal not homeless or destitute so started chatting to em. They said they just took it coz the stuff is still fine and the shop has to throw it away due to sell by date but is still edable for at least a week or so. They said it was amazing how much they took out bags full and the shop was alright with it. The main problem is food waste if they could combat that there would be ample food for everyone noone need go hungry but big cooperation just don't care coz there is no money in it all about profit
We have some schemes here where expired food goes to shelters and, I believe, a kitchen that provides free or low-cost meals. It could be better organised so that no food is wasted, perhaps a tax for waste? I agree there's enough food, and enough money to pay for food, but it is not distributed so that everyone has enough.