{"id":42047,"date":"2025-11-17T06:32:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=42047"},"modified":"2025-11-17T06:32:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:32:28","slug":"cwyk4gvd274oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/17\/cwyk4gvd274oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Manx food bank &#8216;run off feet&#8217; as donations decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Isle of Man Foodbank has been inundated with requests for help while facing a marked drop in donations, the charity has said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The organisation based in Douglas, with northern and southern hubs, is the only foodbank on the island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Operations Manager Erica Irwin said the number of food parcels sent out to people, either for a single person or for a family, has jumped by about a third in six months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">She said they were &#8220;absolutely run off our feet at the moment, the phone just never stops&#8221; but they were receiving &#8220;a lot less food&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Douglas hub is currently sending out between 80 and 90 food parcels a week, which could be made up for one person or a family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">That was a marked rise, Ms Irwin said, from six months ago when they were sending out between 50 and 60 packages per week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Across the whole charity, with branches in Ramsey and Port Erin, this number has doubled. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Ms Irwin described a situation where the food bank was &#8220;inundated with people requesting help&#8221; and every day &#8220;firefighting&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">While the Manx public are &#8220;amazing&#8221; at giving to charities, Ms Irwin said, the current financial climate meant people had less to spare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;Everybody&#8217;s tightening their belts which means giving less away, understandably, but we are feeling that impact,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The food bank is particularly in need of jarred sauces, tinned food, and freeze dried food packets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Ms Irwin said many of the people they helped may not have access to ovens or may struggle due to illnesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Therefore food that could be made using a kettle or a microwave were especially useful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">There is a supermarket donations drive scheduled for the end of November, aiming to boost stocks ahead of Christmas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Manx #food #bank #run #feet #donations #decline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Isle of Man Foodbank has been inundated with requests for help while facing a marked drop in donations, the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42049,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42047\/revisions\/42049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}