Food Cloud / Food Banks

Andy From Sligo

Although a great idea and helps people out who are on a low income or no income and cant afford to pay for food - should there be a place in society for food banks?

Does it not give out the wrong signals that the countries benefits system for the poor and vulnerable is un-sufficient and embarrassing and not fit for purpose if independent charities have to set these up, you would think 'food banks' would have been assigned to recession of many years ago in the 1950's or something never to return in modern day society!

ThisRegard

They do exist, some of the supermarkets regularly donate to them, CrossCare for example http://www.crosscarefoodbank.ie/index.php/about/our-donors

edit: Read this bit as a question asking if they should exist, " should there be a place in society for food banks? "

9or10

Interesting

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What can you do though? Leave people hungry because the dole was spent on drink or drugs or in the bookies? Nobody should be left hungry, its 2016.

jimgoose

Would it be a better class of a "Society" that would leave some people dying in a heap for the want of a bit of bread, like that poor creature in Yemen, for fear of showing itself up in front of the neighbours?