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How are you finding using a food bank?
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this post was submitted on 30 Aug 2023
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Hello!
I'm not a professional researcher or anything, just someone looking to do research in this area. I thought there might be people on Lemmy who wanted to share their story or experiences.
I am cman6. I'm not comfortable disclosing person information about my employer. I stated my agenda... "The research project we are working on is looking into all aspects of food banks from someone deciding to donate, to storing the donations, to people receiving them, and seeing if there is some way to improve what is being donated and/or the quantities."
Nope
This is the only place I've posted it so far. I'm not concerned about selection bias to be honest, although I am aware of it. I'm just looking for anecdotal information.
I just thought this would be faster. Plus I wanted to keep things informal.
Well I don't have any experience going to a food bank so I was hoping to gather a general idea of what that might be like.
Cheers!
You'd be much better off going to one of your local food banks, speaking to the volunteers there and seeing if they'd be prepared to facilitate introductions to some of their users, if they think you smell right.
If you do so, pay for their time. A proper pay for their time, not some token gesture. It's not a fucking game.