We are a charitable trust that was formed in August 2008. We were granted charity status in December 2008 which was great as this means all donations to SACFB qualify for the 33% donation rebate. 

Since then we have formed relationships with various budgeting organisations and community groups in our neighbourhood. They refer clients that need food parcels. Normally these are delivered to the families in genuine need or agencies pick up to take to their clients/families.  


Our Aim
To improve the quality of life for families in South Auckland and surrounding areas. We do this by assisting families with food, and personal care items, providing and or facilitating budget advice, and the provision of other needs as required. . 

Our Goal
It is our goal to relieve poverty by distributing food and other basic supplies to people who are poor, in need, aged, or suffering genuine hardship; and provide relief by establishing and providing counselling and other programs. 

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Our Core Services: 
Food Parcels
We deliver food parcels out of our purpose-built warehouse in Manukau City to our clients and the 45+ Social Service agencies in the community & Government agencies and others that have people in genuine need. We provide well-rounded food parcels with everything from for family and individual needs. A unique service we offer food-parcel delivery, this allows families with already stretched budgets to forget about having to spend money to pick up their food.

Community Dinners 
We offer a weekly community dinner to the recipients of our food parcels, and anyone in the community in need. It is a safe environment where families/Individuals can enjoy a nutritious meal and dessert. Feedback from attendees and agencies is extremely positive. This has been in operation since 2009.

Financial Literacy/Capability
Our Financial Capability course was created by Massey University (Fin-Ed Centre) and is facilitated by our specialist facilitator. The course includes;
     - staying within budget with the money they have;
     - smart shopping, maintaining a budget; and
     - smart choices when borrowing money.
This service and program will empower families. It is a 4-week course that is run at our building. Clients wanting an individual budgeter to work with them are referred to the best agency to suits the client's needs SACFB has an excellent relationship with many of these agencies.

Budgeting Service
For clients needing a 2nd foodparcel they must see a budgeter to maximise their limited budgets. We have over 10 budgeting agencies that we refer our clients too. The aim is to help our families become financially independent not foodbank dependent. 

FoodSave
We are very grateful to have great relationships with many food suppliers, supermarkets and churches that donate food to us, our Food Save operation collects this food and gets it ready for redistribution on our food parcels. A lot of the food is close to date, damaged packaging or canceled orders, either way, we use it and it saves food otherwise destined for landfill.

Christmas Dinner
Each December we provide a Christmas dinner for those we have helped during the year. This is a typical Christmas affair with a cooked ham and turkey meal and donated presents for the Children.