News
26 Nov 17
Tesco National Collection 2017
There will be a team from Bexhill Foodbank in the Tesco Riverside store collecting food. We will be there on Thursday 30th Nov, Friday 1st Dec & Saturday 2nd Dec. Please come along and say hello and help us go some way to filling our warehouse with food – we are hoping to collect more […]
10 Jan 17
A BIG thank you
A big thank you to all those who donated food at our Tesco Collection weekend at the start of December 2016. Also many thanks to those who responded to our Advent Boxes Project – it was a great success.
1 Nov 16
Foodbank Advent Boxes
A new twist on the Advent calendar Instead of getting a chocolate or similar reward each day why not have a box into which is placed daily an item from the list of suggestions on the information sheet which can be downloaded form the end of this posting. You might like to bring your Food […]
1 Nov 16
tesco christmas neighbourhood collection
2nd and 3rd December – we will be at Tesco’s Riverside Branch collecting food to fill our shelves, which are now getting rather empty. We do hope that the people who shop in this store regularly will once more give generously. We usually collect just under 2 tonnes of food at such a weekend – It […]
23 Dec 15
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.
8 Dec 15
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 […]
1 Dec 15
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 […]
21 Oct 15
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, […]
1 May 15
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 […]