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Soup for schools.

Through the “more than a Food bank fund” Wigotwnshire Food bank devised a programme to teach primary school kids how to make soup from scratch.  Over a period of several months Alison and Carol went into a local primary school one afternoon per week and worked with 162 children.  The children were taught the nutritional […]

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Soup Kitchen

Wigtownshire Food bank continue to run a very successful soup kitchen/cafe on a Wednesday each week..  The cafe is run on a drop in basis between 12-2pm.  It is staffed mainly by volunteers and offers home made soup, tea/coffee, a friendly informal atmosphere and the opportunity to address any problems occurring in the customers lives. […]

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Big Tesco Summer Collection

Our big Tesco summer collection produced just under 400kg of food four our foodbank.  This will help sustain our 3 day emergency food parcels.  Tesco customers and staff were very generous and a big thanks to all for supporting us, especially our volunteers who gave up their free time to encourage people to donate to […]

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6 Unexpected Things Foodbanks Need

A visit to the food bank isn’t exactly a traditional Christmas activity, but one UK charity is asking for a little extra help this month, when demand is at its highest and families are choosing between eating and heating.

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Why Would a Mum Doing a Business Degree Find Herself Begging on the Streets This Winter?

With Christmas approaching, Michele from Brent Foodbank shares how she’s helping to make the festive season special for those struggling. “For the past few days I haven’t been to the street begging for money to buy food for me and my baby…” This was what a mother at Brent Foodbank told us recently. She was […]

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Emergency Budget gets the food poverty test

David McAuley, Chief Executive of The Trussell Trust said: “We have two simple tests for the budget being delivered today.  Firstly, what does it do to reduce the number of people in poverty and hunger?  Secondly, what does it do to ensure the Government is supporting the work of charities and social enterprise in taking […]

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Listening to the lives behind the foodbank statistics

MPs and peers discussed tackling UK poverty. The Trussell Trust, along with dozens of representatives from its UK network of foodbanks, were in parliament yesterday speaking with MPs and Peers about the work they do to combat hunger and poverty. Hosting the event, Chris White MP commended the varied work of the Trussell Trust’s foodbanks, […]

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Trussell Trust foodbanks gave out over one million three day emergency food supplies to UK people in crisis in 2014/15.

Benefit delays, low income and benefit changes are the primary reasons why people are currently being referred to foodbanks for emergency food. About Our Statistics The Trussell Trust statistics are a measure of volume – they show the number of people to whom The Trussell Trust foodbanks have given three days’ emergency food. These are […]

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