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<p><br></p><p>The Diocese of Blackburn works closely with ‘Together Lancashire’, a
church-linked social action network run by Church Urban Fund. According to ‘together
Lancashire’ there are currently around 36 food banks in the diocese of Blackburn,
of which 6 are Trussell Trust foodbanks (Blacburn, Fylde, Ribble Valley, Morecombe
Bay, Skelmserdale and Ormskirk). These food banks handed out an estimated 35,000 food
parcels in 2014.</p><p><br></p><p>Nearly all these initiatives are church-led (though
not necessarily Church of England) projects. A directory and map of food banks in
Lancashire (including the unitary authorities of Blackpool and Blackburn & Darwen)
is available at: <a href="http://www.cuf.org.uk/node/618257" target="_blank">http://www.cuf.org.uk/node/618257</a></p><p><br></p><p>Separately,
a Church in Action survey of Church of England clergy, which was published in January
2015, included a series of questions about church support for food banks. 1,812 church
leaders took part in the survey. Of the 39 responses from Blackburn diocese:</p><p><br></p><ul><ul><li><p>31
churches (80%) were involved in some way in supporting a local food bank</p></li><li><p>6
offered church premises for the food bank</p></li><li><p>11 were helping to manage
a food bank</p></li><li><p>14 were providing volunteers</p></li><li><p>29 were collecting
food</p></li></ul></ul><p> </p>
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