The Crisis and Resilience Fund: how charitable food providers can develop wraparound support

Following on from the previous webinar held on 15 April exploring opportunities of the Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) for the charitable food sector, Sustain and the Independent Food Aid Network are hosting a second webinar for frontline food providers to share how they have developed their wraparound support offer and adapted their models.

Speakers will be frontline food aid organisations with experience of setting up holistic wraparound support services alongside food provision, which align with aims of the CRF guidance, and supports the case for funding the services via the CRF.

Speakers will include:

• The Collective Sharehouse in York. The Sharehouse was set up as a food bank during the Covid-19 pandemic. They will talk about how they developed their ‘more than food’ offer of a wide range of advice services and digital support alongside food provision, and have become a trusted place for support within the community.
• The Welcome Centre in south Kirklees. The Welcome Centre started life as a food bank 30 years ago, and for the last 10 years have also been providing in-house Advice, Guidance and Support (AGS) service, working with households accessing the food bank to help them address any underlying issues they are facing, and ultimately helping them build financial resilience and transition beyond food bank dependency. They will talk about how they developed their advice and support services and trauma-informed approach.
• St Richard's Community Support Cafe in Hollingdean. St Richard's transitioned from what was Hollingdean Food Bank to the Community Support Cafe which offers holistic advice and support services, as well as shopping vouchers for households experiencing food emergencies.

This event comes following our FAQs document on the Crisis and Resilience Fund and will allow attendees the opportunity to hear directly from frontline organisations on how to make positive changes in line with the CRF guidance.

Who should attend?

• Frontline charitable food projects
• Food partnerships, alliances and local food networks
• Local authorities
• VCS infrastructure organisations
• Others interested in the CRF