Meet the team

Nobody should go hungry. Compassion in action.

Kirkcaldy Foodbank has been operating for 10 years now and has attracted great interest and real encouragement from a wide cross-section of our community, including churches and faith groups, voluntary and statutory welfare organisations, local businesses, politicians and many concerned individuals.

It is perhaps regrettable that Kirkcaldy needs a foodbank at all but there is no doubt that food poverty is a real (and growing) need within our community. The good news is that Kirkcaldy’s response has been very positive and we have been able to provide food to all those who have been referred to it to date.

Kirkcaldy Foodbank is truly a community effort and all work has been undertaken by local and national businesses, charities, faith groups, schools, colleges, and an army of volunteers.

Members and trustees

As a registered charity, the foodbank has to have a formal organisation behind it. This involves trustees and members.

Trustees

Trustees have the main responsibility for running the charity through the board. Here is a quick overview of what the trustees do and the qualities and skills they bring to the board.

What trustees do

They ensure that the foodbank complies with the laws and regulations required of a Scottish charity. These are laid out in the foodbank’s constitution.

They ensure that the foodbank keeps to its purpose of providing emergency food to those in crisis in the Kirkcaldy area.

They meet regularly to review what is working well and how the foodbank’s operations can be improved upon to better help those in food crisis.

They work to ensure the financial stability of the foodbank.

Where possible they work with other agencies and projects in the Kirkcaldy area to meet the foodbank’s objective of providing emergency food to those in need.

What qualities they possess

They need to be committed to the work of the foodbank.

They need to devote sufficient time and effort to this work.

They need to be good at seeing and planning the best way forward for the foodbank.

They need practical common sense when helping to make decisions on behalf of the foodbank.

They need to be good at working as part of a team as well as being willing to express their opinion on behalf of the foodbank.

They need to understand and accept the legal duties and responsibilities of being a trustee as they are laid out in the foodbank’s constitution.

They need to have a generous spirit, a real concern for others, honesty, integrity, a willingness to take responsibility and to be accountable for their actions on behalf of the foodbank.

Members

Members also have a part to play, principally through being able to vote on matters at our AGM and any one-off general meetings that are held.

Members can also be involved in sub-groups set up by the board of trustees to carry out specific work on behalf of the foodbank. More details can be found in the foodbank's formal constitution here.

If you are interested in joining the board or becoming a member, please get in touch via our contact us form here.