Cambridge City Foodbank is a local charity launched last November by people from the city churches. It aims to help people in crisis by providing emergency food and other essentials while they are waiting for other care agencies to start work.

The charity collects food from churches and schools and takes it to Pickfords.There, it is boxed up to provide food boxes for three days. Those in need apply via the Citizens Advice Bureau, health visitor or other care agency. At present the food is given out twice a week but it is hoped to increase this to every day this winter.

Livia Fraser of St John the Evangelist Church in Hills Road is bringing the food collection boxes to St John’s. Every Sunday, whether you’re a member of the church or not, you can leave food there just before 10am or 6pm. Here is a shopping list to show the things required:

• Milk (UHT or powdered)
• Sugar
• Fruit juice (long life cartons)
• Soup
• Pasta sauce
• Sponge pudding in tins
• Tinned tomatoes
• Cereal
• Tinned rice pudding
• Tea bags
• Instant coffee
• Instant mashed potato
• Rice
• Pasta
• Tinned meat
• Tinned fish
• Tinned fruit
• Tinned vegetables
• Jam
• Biscuits
• Snack bars
• Nappies
• Formula milk

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