NUFC Fans foodbank initiative - could we do similar?

[Hillian1]

As good as this idea is I would rather donate to my local food bank, which I do.

I would urge all non Brighton residents to do the same while encouraging those local to Brighton to fully embrace such an initiative should it be implemented.

 

[Mayonaise]

Foodbanks already exist in most major supermarkets for those that wish to contribute.

On the other hand, the club and its catering suppliers distributing unused post-match food that would otherwise be binned to local homeless shelters (and expanded to include charities such as Help The Aged if they have a same-day distribution mechanism in place) like the Albion did after the fogged-off Cardiff match is a no-brainer and IMHO should be built into our club's and every club's standard catering policy. Criminal to throw perfectly good food away on such a scale.

I think this idea. If all institutions were more mindful of redistributing food that is not actually 'waste' I am sure that this wold make a big difference to our friends who have fallen on harder times.

 

[Bob'n'weave]

The Tories want to kill poor people.

More about the politics of feeding the homeless here -
https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/showt...-poor-homeless-POLITICS&p=7818792#post7818792

This thread is about a scheme for BHA to help out, which is a great idea but I want to say my piece about the political side of this issue, so have started another thread.

 

[essbee]

I'm in favour.

The slowness of the queues and the perennial inability of the club
to sort out a basic queuing function at half-time alone means there'll be plenty on offer
for said food banks.

 

[maltaseagull]

The Tories want to kill poor people.

You must have been drunk when you posted this garbage!

No sane person could possibly believe it.

 

[TheJasperCo]

So much food is thrown away each day by supermarkets. The amount of waste from farms where vegetables don't quite meet the highest standards set by the big chain retailers (slightly off-colour, wrong shape, too big or small)...the companies have as much a role to play as each of us. But yes, I think it's a great idea, although I would suggest that the homeless and destitute should get first dibs.

 

[GreersElbow]

Food banks are a socialist solution to the problem of social hardship caused by Conservative austerity.

The irony is that if this kind of altruism didn't exist, then nor could this type of government.

Football clubs are by nature social and communal, so these kinds of acts of generosity shouldn't be surprising. It's just a tragic shame that such acts are necessary, at a time when we are living in such an advanced and wealthy society, yet the wealth is shared by so few and at the detriment of so many.

Food banks is not a socialist idea, it's a basic idea of community and charity, both of which are enshrined in Classical Liberal ideas - unless of course, you love the sound of Soviet-style bread lines. Of course, it's fantastic for you to spout all this in cushy Hove.
If you think this is austerity, then perhaps you should go speak to people in Athens or perhaps Portugal or any other country that went through a brutal and unnecessary economic readjustment programme.

The UK has not gone through austerity. What it has gone through is massive economic mismanagement by a government that, if we use an analogy - isn't cutting budgets, it's simply pushing the food around the plate to make it look like they've eaten more than they have.

 

[Dick Head]

You must have been drunk when you posted this garbage!

No sane person could possibly believe it.

Okay, not all Tories.

 

[perseus]

I never eat all my pancakes. Especially before a big match.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Food has never been cheaper,could set up a food exchange system where the starving bring in their mobiles,fags and sky dishes and get loafs and dripping in return Or just eat the fat kids that frequent the ghettos