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25 May 22

I’m hungry a lot of the time

Lela (32) suffers with health issues which began suddenly when she was a teenager. She and her 11 year old daughter have lived in a one bedroom flat since December after Camden rehoused them following problems with a neighbour. Lela says she accepted the one bedroom flat as she was desperate although she now has […]

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25 May 22

A long way from Ukraine to the UK

Nina (44) and Symon (47) arrived from Ukraine in March with their twin boys aged 13 years and their youngest son who is 11. Nina can speak some English. The family has been here a few weeks when she and Symon visit the foodbank but you can still see fear and shock in her eyes. […]

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21 Mar 22

A long journey back from homelessness

Life became a lot more complicated for Malcolm (58) when he was arrested around six years ago and found himself on remand. He was in prison for three and a half months until the authorities realised he wasn’t involved in the case and the court released him. However, in that time he lost his rented […]

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6 Jan 22

The pandemic has hit people in all sorts of ways …

“I want to be a fully functioning person in society,” Camille says. “I never want to look back on my life and think I should have done that.” Camille has certainly achieved a lot in her 39 years – particularly taking into account that she was knocked over by a car when she was 13. […]

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6 Jan 22

Living on £1 a day – eat for less to raise more

For five days in July, 16 year old Annie Swimer and Ethan Colton and 4 of their friends spent £1 a day on their food to help raise money and awareness for Muswell Hill Food Bank, raising more than £2,000! Annie said “After weeks of debating how we could help raise the most money for […]

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6 Jan 22

Some of our clients find themselves with no food at all …

Gwen Williams is the sort of person who sets out to solve a problem when she sees one. She has been a housing officer at St Ignatius, a charity which provides accommodation and support to single vulnerable adults in Haringey, since 2020. Gwen’s role is to look after the properties which provide temporary homes for […]

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6 Oct 21

Caught in no man’s land

John (52) had just started a new job at a courier company when the pandemic hit. He had worked in his previous job for 20 years organising courier deliveries. The firm was badly hit by the pandemic, he explains, so his new employer decided to keep on the person he was replacing and John found […]

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7 May 21

Community spirit alive and well

When Clare first heard about Muswell Hill Foodbank towards the end of 2017, she had a feeling that many of her neighbours on Victoria Road N22 would want to join with her in offering it support. So she emailed and dropped notes through letterboxes and collected a substantial donation of food and toiletries in the […]

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7 May 21

It’s so difficult when you don’t own your own home

Last summer Avril found herself without a kitchen and having to cook in her back garden. Her flat was being renovated after she took her social housing provider to court. A further dispute meant she had to use credit to buy a kitchen and wait for the money to be reimbursed. This was when she […]

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19 Mar 21

How Marcus Rashford has inspired one local teenager to help our foodbank

Anya told us “Previously (before lockdown), I was aware of some of the work foodbanks do and occasionally donated to them through my school, but living through a pandemic has given me a deeper  insight into  why people need them. The pandemic has meant that many more people have become reliant on foodbanks after losing […]

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