1. Diocesan Synod 8 th November 2014

2. The Diocese of Canterbury Case Studies

3. The Diocese of Canterbury Foodbanks Alan Thompson

4. The Diocese of Canterbury What was our Inspiration? Matthew 25: 35-40 “…whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine you did for me” Deal Area Emergency Foodbank

5. The Diocese of Canterbury What have you done?  Regularly feeding 80+ families (220 people) per month  3 outlets from churches  Supporting network of 20+ churches  Volunteer base of 90 (65 active anytime)  Monthly Prayer Services rotating around different denominations  Partnerships with welfare “Help” organisations

6. The Diocese of Canterbury How are you going to develop further? Signposting Welfare/Support groups to help sort issues Open House “ a safe place to be” Aylesham – 3 churches working together Deal – Salvation Army Others??? Rural – reaching the isolated