"...people sometimes do not have food to feed their families or themselves"

So there are several community structures in place in the area which try to combat the lack of good food amongst the unemployed and the poor. 'Fare Share' is an organisation that takes food which is over-supplied by supermarkets and gives it to communities to hand out to local people in need (sometimes for a small donation). This is done in a relaxed atmosphere so that people can discreetly access food supplies in a way that does not compound or give added stress to them.

There are also community cafes in Oakley in the Community Centre where you pay what you can afford. Blairhall has a community cafe which has been up and running since the start of this year. It has now secured funding as a steady influx of people are using it. This is indirectly dealing with another health issue, that of isolation. Here, people are getting together and socialising, using, what was before, an empty space. In Valleyfield itself there is the 'Canary Cafe' canteen, which enables everyone to have access to low cost meals by paying what you can afford. However, we found from our research, that even with these outlets, people sometimes do not have food to feed their families or themselves and have to resort to food banks. Through our questionnaire, we found that people can be embarrassed to have to admit they are in need of emergency food.