Dear supporters, 

We have amazing news - Future secured for Ferndown Food Bank and Larder!
 
Ferndown Food Bank, operated by Ferndown Community Support CIC, was facing immediate eviction, however positive and open meetings with Dorset Council and Care Dorset this past month have seen new relations and better understanding develop, and the organisations are together delighted to announce that the future of the food bank hub in the centre of Ferndown is secure. 
 
A joint statement from the FCS trustees says: 'we are of course relieved, and really looking forward to just doing what we do best again - supporting the community in need with a wrap around service, not just food. With positive relations and understanding, we are confident we can move forward and deliver essential support and services which resolves crises, prevents homelessness, supports mental health, and enables children to go home to food on the table, to name just a few of our benefits.'
 
The FCS Ferndown Food Bank is located at the rear of Ferndown Day Centre, in Library Road in the centre of town. It is open 6 days a week - 2-5pm weekdays, and 10.30-1pm Saturdays. Alongside food aid, there is also a hygiene bank, pet bank, baby bank (including equipment), data bank, benefits and welfare support, and the uk's first and only medicine bank. The medicine bank offers off the shelf medicines, such as liquid pain relief, teething gel, antihistamines, thrush treatment etc to people in financial difficulty 

Thank you so much for your support, 

 Team fcs