Warwick District Foodbank

Who we are

Our vision as Warwick District Foodbank (WDF) is that everyone in the Warwick District will be free from hunger. While there is a need, our mission is to effectively provide emergency food, essentials and practical support to people left without money to live on.

Our strategy is to

o Care for our clients by providing food and essentials in an accessible, safe way;

o Work together with local partners to provide accompanying support and appropriate signposting;

o Involve our community, for example by gathering and distributing food and by actively bringing people together;

o Support our staff and volunteers to maximise their skills and time;

o Raise awareness in the community of the issues surrounding poverty, and being a motivating force for change;

o Be a collective outreach for our member churches.

Our culture and values

We aspire for all our activities and personnel to be consistent with our values of:

• being sympathetic to our Christian ethos
• compassion
• justice
• treating everyone with dignity;
• offering welcome and care
• accountability and commitment
• community togetherness.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

Warwick District Foodbank is committed to encouraging and promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of a staff member’s or a volunteer’s time with us, including recruitment, selection, and training.

We believe everyone has the right to work and volunteer and we will always seek to encourage and recruit volunteers from wide and varied backgrounds. Where possible we will make suitable adaptations to our processes and procedures to facilitate this.

We are committed to non-discriminatory procedures and practices across all our activities, and everyone will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity status, marriage or civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation (these are protected characteristics).

Warwick District Foodbank commits to:

·      encouraging equity, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of its activities;

·      promoting dignity and respect for all;

·      recognising individual differences and valuing the contributions of everyone;

·      training managers of staff and volunteers and all staff and volunteers about their rights and responsibilities within this policy;

·      creating an environment free of discrimination;

·      taking seriously complaints of discrimination;

·      reviewing and updating policies, practices, and procedures to ensure fairness and take account of changes in the law;

·      ensuring equality monitoring is in place;

·      regularly reviewing the implementation of this policy and making changes as necessary.