Bangor Foodbank and Community Support
unit 1
24 Balloo Avenue
BT19 7QT
Ards and North Down
BFCS is an outreach project of Bangor Elim Church and was launched in November 2019 after the church leadership realised that the needs of the community and what we could offer had outgrew Bangor NI Foodbank that had initially started back in 2012.
It was built on a simple idea — that poverty borne problems could be answered best by looking to the community for solutions and working together to tackle them.
Supported by a network of churches, businesses and individuals, we have provided a daily safety net for at-risk families, the elderly and individuals in the North Down & Ards Peninsula area.
BFCS is a member of the Trussell Trust network of foodbanks of which there are over 420 across the UK.
We provide nutritionally-balanced emergency food to people who have been referred to us in crisis (for instance by advice agencies, GPs, social services and schools), as well as support to help people resolve the crises they face.