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Film planned for foodbank founder who beat addiction

In the early 2000s, single mum Vicki Jarvis lost custody of her four children and was admitted into a rehabilitation centre for drug addiction.
After a year, she'd been reunited with her them and later joined a church in Bournemouth, which offered food to people in need on a small scale.
Vicki wanted to create a similar concept for the wider community, so started what's now become Bournemouth Foodbank - at the time, from just a garden shed.
Now - screenwriter Tim John, best known for writing the award-winning film 'A Street Cat Named Bob', wants to turn her story into a documentary.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Solent's Carl Ashwin has been speaking to Vicki Jarvis and her daughter Becca Payne, who now manages the warehouse at the food bank.

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