Culcheth

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• Referral from November 6, 2013
  

  Bernadette W. asked:

  Does anyone actually know anyone that can not afford to feed themselves?.......we have a food bank opening in Culcheth of all places.......

  

  Bernadette W. replied:

  As I was reading the culcheth.net forum, it seems that the church are having part of it and the rest is a bistro/cafe, so does this help the bistro out so they do not have to pay rates. I hear 'charities' get a lot of help .....

  

  Bernadette W. replied:

  OMG I just joined culcheth.net, I promise never to post, just to be a voyeur x

  

  Bernadette W. replied:

  Guy, I asked 'does anyone know anyone that can not feed themselves' personally. I was not saying that I do not believe there to be people that are really struggling and need help. The churches and other voluntary services have been doing it for years. Working in Culcheth and having lived here for 30 odd years, I am questioning why a bistro/cafe is becoming a food bank. When we do have parish premises for this. Obviously the header is Red Cross well known for their charitable work. Do you know anything about the above 'church' we are talking about? Seems a few people are curious about the charity shop and food bank in Culcheth.

  

  Bernadette W. replied:

  Going back to people not being able to buy food, I can only wonder what type of food they can not buy. Priority in life, food substance, comes before large mortgage and flash cars........so Yes I am still questioning what the 'shocking number' of people in Culcheth can not afford food that a cafe/bistro is becoming a food bank.

  

  Guy F. replied:

  I don't know anything about the one in Culcheth, maybe go speak to them? As for people who've used food banks, well, I personally had to survive on food vouchers while I was homeless for a short while during my latter university years. Poverty is significantly worse in the UK now than it was back then, and it's only set to get worse. I imagine we'll see food banks springing up everywhere pretty soon.

  

  Bernadette W. replied:

  I will look into this particular 'charity' now it has caught my attention. And see exactly why they are not using their premises. And Yes I have already noticed the huge rise in Charity shops. This is my questioning, not so much why people are struggling, as that is actually very understandable in the current Climate. And community does need to pull together. Being in a business in Culcheth I would have thought the poverty levél would have been far more noticable to have got to food bank/shop levél.

  

  Phil K. replied:

  .... update... There was a run on culcheth food bank this evening resulting in shortages of belgian chocolate, goose liver pate and crysal champagne...

  

  Steve P. replied:

  Culcheth has got to be one of the best places to be skint in

  

  Bernadette W. replied:

  hahahaha ha hahaha hahahahaha Me and Maya Kelly both live in Culcheth as kids, but we never knew each other then! We are ladies don't you know

  

  Bernadette W. replied:

  For Steve Parkes's CPS is the Culcheth Provision Stores. Kept its name after the owner died and his son 'rented' the supermarket out to Sainsbury's poor Billy Nelson must be spinning in his grave!! He built it up from a very small shop. Was a wonderful Independent Supermarket, I believe it was in his will for it not to be 'sold out' to a large corporation! Great man was Billy!

  

  Phil K. replied:

  Just been on sky news .... culcheth exposed as headquarters of religous cult..using food bank as a front to trafic guns , DRUGS AND CHILD LABOUR

  

  Steve P. replied:

  Nothing low rent about Culcheth, you get a better class of vagrant up there

  

  Bernadette W. replied:

  I'm on it then! I may as well be hated in Culcheth as well as on here...............oh, 'old on a mo, I am meant to be gaining clients, not losing more! x

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