News
23 Dec 17
Elizabeth House tenants’ donation
A big thank you to all the Elizabeth House tenants who contributed all this food. A very happy Christmas to you all.
18 Dec 17
Happy Christmas to you all
A big thank you to everyone who has donated to the Foodbank over the year. Since January, the Foodbank has had 2035 clients through our doors. We have fed 2771 Adults and 1605 children. For each and everyone of those people you have made a difference this year. A very happy Christmas to you all.
8 Dec 17
Tesco Donation Day
The first day of December got off to a banging start at our annual Tesco Donation Day – thanks to everyone who donated and the Tesco staff who made it such a success.
22 Nov 17
A big thank you to Unite, Taunton Transport & Food Industry Branch
A big thank you to Unite, Taunton Transport & Food Industry Branch, who gave a very generous £1,500 cheque for Taunton, Wellington & Langport Distribution points. This donation will make a difference to all those using the Foodbanks.
15 Nov 17
Watch us on Sunday Politics West 19 November at 11:35
A BBC News crew visited us yesterday and recorded some of our volunteers and customers for a report on Universal Credit and its impact. The report will be shown on Sunday Politics West, Sunday 19 November, on BBC One at 11:35am. You will also hear some of the interview on BBC Somerset Radio.
13 Nov 17
Taunton Soroptomist Swimathon – 30th year! Get involved.
Taunton Soroptimist Swimathon will be celebrating its 30th year! Since its launch in 1988, the Taunton Swimathon has raised over £610,000 for local charities and one of the local charities that will benefit from the 2018 Swimathon will be Taunton Foodbank for which we are enormously grateful. The event will take place on 17th & 18th […]
7 Nov 17
Reverse Advent Calendar
And in the run up to Christmas, we at the Taunton Foodbank are requesting our wonderful donors to contribute to the Reverse Advent Calendar – details below.
7 Nov 17
“Trick or Tin” event raises 172 kgs of food
A huge thank you to the Living Light Church, Wellington for their “Trick or Tin” Halloween event which enabled 172kgs of food to be donated to the Taunton Foodbank. We cannot thank you enough.
7 Nov 17
Crown, County and Magistrates Court staff from Taunton and Yeovil donate 67 kgs of food
Taunton Foodbank would like to give a big thank you to the Staff at the Taunton Crown, County and Magistrates Courts and the Yeovil Magistrates Court for their donation of 67kgs of food delivered to the warehouse recently. That is an amazing amount of food and will make a huge difference to our customers.
7 Nov 17
Mid Year Press Release
New figures show 1075 emergency food parcels were given to local people by Taunton Foodbank in six months Between 1st April and 30th September 2017, 1075 three day emergency food parcels were provided to local people in crisis by Taunton Foodbank, compared to 771 in the same period in the previous year. This is […]