Food for Thought Food Assistance a needs Assessment Geelong, Victoria


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If no to Q25, estimate the following in kgs

  1. How much food per week do you receive? _______kg



  1. How much food goes to waste in a week? ______ kg



  1. What is the percentage breakdown of where the agency sources food from?



Where source food from

% of where the agency sources food from

Food bank Vic




Hunger for Knowledge




Geelong Food Relief Centre




Secondbite




Fare Share




Donations




Purchased by agency i.e. supermarket/wholesaler




Other -please specify






  1. If you purchase food (from any source) how much money do you spend in any average week? $____________



  1. If you purchase food, estimate the percentage of the following food groups that you buy per week?



Food groups

% of purchased food

Fresh fruit and vegetables




Dairy Products




Meat and other proteins – fish, eggs




Cereals and Grains – rice, bread, noodles, pasta




Processed and prepared foods- canned food, frozen meals




Culturally specific food – please specify:




Other – please specify:











  1. To run your food assistance service /program, what are your approximate operating costs per annum? $________



  1. What is the approximate cost per annum of the following aspects of the service/program?






$ Paid

$ In-kind

  1. Staff







  1. Rental / Premises







  1. Utilities (electricity, gas, water etc)







  1. Transport









  1. Where do the funds to purchase food come from? Tick all that apply:

Government

1

Non Government sources (Grants)

2

Agency / Organisation’s budget

3

Fundraising activities

4



  1. If you get foods donated, estimate the percentage of the following food groups that you receive per week?



Food groups

% of donated food

Fresh fruit and vegetables




Dairy Products




Meat and other proteins – fish, eggs




Cereals and Grains – rice, bread, noodles, pasta




Processed and prepared foods - canned food, frozen meals




Culturally specific food – please specify




Other – please specify











  1. Are there any goods that are constantly in short supply that you would like to access more of?

Yes – please specify:


1

No

2



  1. What is one thing you would like to change/improve about your organisational/agency operations?



8.4 APPENDIX 4: Food Assistance Distributor Survey Questionnaire

1) Which agencies/organisations do you supply food too? (Please list

agencies and organization)

2 )Where do you source the food from?

Food bank Vic ❏

Fare share ❏

Secondbite ❏

Supermarkets / wholesalers ❏

Bakeries ❏

Local farmers ❏

Other – please specify

3) How do you get the food from your source to the distribution point?

Delivered to distribution point ❏

Picked up from source ❏

Other – please specify

4) On average, what percentage of food you gather is from the following

food category per week?

Non perishable



Fresh fruit and vegetables



Meat

Bread



Dairy



Prepared Meals

5)How do agencies/organisations acquire food from you?

Register to regularly receive food ❏

Ring to casually acquire food ❏

Other – please specify

6)How is the food distributed to agency/organisations?

Delivered to agency/organisation ❏

Collected by agency/organisation ❏

Other – please specify

7) What sort and capacity of storage do you have at your distribution point?

Capacity (sqm?)

Coolroom



Shelving



Warehouse

Other – please specify

8)How many days of the week do you distribute food to

agencies/organizations? __________days

9)How often do you record incoming and outgoing food?

Daily ❏

Weekly ❏

Fortnightly ❏

Monthly ❏

Yearly ❏

Other – please specify

Do not record ❏

10) Are there any goods that you are constantly in short supply of and would

like to access more of?

Yes - please list food items) ❏

No ❏

12) What amount of food waste goes to waste per week? ________kg

13) What percentage of food waste goes into the following?

Landfill

Compost

Other – please specify (e.g. pig farms)

14)What is one thing you would like to change or improve about your distribution operations?

8.5 APPENDIX 5: Provider Data Collection Week Census

FOOD FOR THOUGHT DATA COLLECTION SHEET



Agency Name: …………………………………………………………………


D Date

(dd-mm-yy)


Male


Female

Age group

Including themselves, how many people are they feeding?

Household type

Suburb (or no fixed abode)

30 years & under

31-50 years

51-65 years

Over 65 years

Two parent family

One parent family

Couple only

Group

Sole person

Other - please specify




























































































































































































































































































































8.6 APPENDIX 6: Distributor Data Collection Week Census

FOOD FOR THOUGHT DATA COLLECTION SHEET: INCOMING

Distributor Name: …………………………………………………………………

Date

Source of Food
(Where food comes from)

Weight of Food

(in kg)

Food Type (%)




Fruit & Veg

Dairy Products

Cereals & Grains

Meat & Other Protein

Processed & Prepared Food

Culturally Specific Food

Monday 25th November


























8.7 APPENDIX 7: Feedback Questionnaire

Food for Thought Feedback Questionnaire

Thank you for participating in the ‘Food for Thought” Emergency Food Relief Needs Assessment and Audit. We would greatly appreciate it if you could take the time to answer a few questions regarding your experience with the Project




1

2

3

4

5

Strongly Disagree










Strongly Agree

Please insert the number that most closely corresponds to your answer

  1. Audit and Needs Assessment questions were relevant _______

  2. Questions were straight forward _______

  3. Questions were easy to complete _______

  4. Project staff were helpful _______

  5. Participation in the Project has lead to change in your procedures ______

Could you please write a short response to the following question:

Is there an area/topic you feel should have been included in the survey that was not?-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



9. References

1. Vichealth. Supporting healthy eating: Local Government Action Guide 7; Accessed 24th June, 2013, www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/localgovernmentguides

2. Vichealth: Healthy Eating Food Security Investment Plan 2005-10, Vichealth Carlton, Victoria

3. Campbell CC: Food Insecurity: A Nutritional Outcome or Predictor Variable? J.Nutrition 121; 408-415, 1991

4. Australian Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance, 2004, www.daff.gov.au

5. Burns C: A review of literature describing the link between poverty, food insecurity and obesity with specific reference to Australian: Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition (CPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 2004

6. Vichealth. Programs & Projects: Healthy Eating Food Security; Accessed 30th Dec, 2013,www.vichealth.vic.gov/Programs-and-Projects/Healthy-Eating/Food-Security

7. Victorian Population Health Survey, VPHS 2008, Department of Health. www.healthy.vic.gov.au/healthstatus/survey/vphs2008

8. City of Greater Geelong 2011 Census Results, accessed 30/12/2013 http://profile.id..com.au/geelong

9. Stirrat A. City of Greater Geelong, Food Security Building the Local Picture, 2012, City of Greater Geelong, Vic http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/community/commprojects/article/item/8ce8e9d1dd226a0.aspx

10. Palermo C & Wilson A. Development of a Healthy Food Basket Victoria Aust. NZ. J. Public Health 2007; 31:360-3

11. Cust K, Cuttler R & Stirrat A. Healthy Food Connect: Food Access Needs Assessment Feb 2013 http://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/events/special/article/item/8ce8e9d1dd226a0.aspx

12. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article25www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml

13. The Stop Community Food Centre 2013, About Us, http://www.thestop.org, Retrieved Nov 2013



14. Community Foundations of Canada 2013, Sowing the seeds of change in Canada’s food system, Community Foundations Canada http://www.vitalsignscanada.ca/en/fertileground, Retrieved Oct 2013



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