Tag: Trussell Trust

Post Office partners with Trussell Trust to help stop UK hunger and poverty

Stuart Mitchell

Post Office is supporting people who may face poverty this winter by donating 1p to the Trussell Trust for every cash withdrawal made over the counter in any of its 11,500 branches. This donation will help to provide vital services such as food bank provisions and financial guidance to help families reduce the impact of increasing household bills and unexpected costs this winter. With over 1.5m over the counter cash withdrawals every week, Post Office hopes to raise £250,000. More than 14m people in the UK live in poverty, including 4.5m children and for many of these people, the cost of living is unaffordable. At a time when energy prices are rising and supply chains are under…

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Shoppers can now donate to fight hunger at every large Tesco store in the UK

Stuart Mitchell

Shoppers at every large Tesco store in the UK can now donate food items to help people in their community each time they visit. Tesco is installing more Than 250 new food donation points across the UK so that customers can now donate to Foodbanks in the Trussell Trust’s network or those groups supported by FareShare at all of its Superstores and Tesco Extra stores throughout the country. The new donation point means that shoppers can drop off donations of long-life food whenever they are in store, with Tesco topping…

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Palletforce Pledges Logistics & Financial Support To Food Aid Charities

Stuart Mitchell

EV Cargo’s Palletforce has pledged long-term support to two of the nation’s leading charities battling hunger after supporting their efforts over the last few months. The international express distribution network has committed supply chain expertise and financial support to both FareShare and the Trussell Trust after being inspired by their work and efforts to redistribute food during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the last few months, Palletforce and its members have played a key role in the UK-wide distribution of food and grocery items donated to foodbanks as part of a…

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Passenger donates proceeds from new album to support food banks during the coronavirus crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Singer-songwriter and musician Passenger is supporting the Trussell Trust, a charity that works with a network of more than 1,200 food bank centres across the UK, by donating proceeds from his new album Patchwork to help people struggling due to the coronavirus outbreak. Food banks have seen a huge surge in need for emergency support during the coronavirus outbreak. The Trussell Trust reports a soaring 89% increase in need for emergency food parcels during April 2020 compared to the same month last year, including a 107% rise in parcels given to children. The number of families with children…

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British Gas partners with the Trussell Trust to help food banks during Coronavirus crisis

Stuart Mitchell

British Gas will be working with Trussell Trust by encouraging its people to volunteer with a local food bank. The Trussell Trust is seeing three main challenges impacting food banks as a result of Coronavirus and British Gas will be working with it to address these: To prevent the spread of the virus food banks have moved to a system where they are delivering parcels to the doorsteps of the people that need them most, rather than encouraging groups of people to come together at a food bank centre. British…

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