News
16 Aug 21
National Citizen Services
The lovely people at Nationalcitizen Ncs came along on Friday 13 (lucky for us) and donated 61.8 kgs of food. As always, we are so grateful to all involved in raising this huge amount of food. Every little bit helps! Pictured below with the group is our Deputy Manager, Felicity.
9 Aug 21
GISH and Random Acts Communities
Thank you so much to the GISH and Random Acts communities who collected 15.1 kgs of food for us which was delivered on Friday by Angela. This was on behalf of a dear friend, Gisher and volunteer called Holli who was a longtime champion for food equity. Everyone was asked to make a donation to […]
2 Aug 21
Yorkshire Building Society
A huge shout out to the Yorkshire Building Society in Taunton who delivered 13.5 kgs of food for us today. We are so grateful for this generosity and thank you to all who contributed. Pictured below Christine from the Yorkshire Building Society with Helen, one of our longest standing volunteers!
26 Jul 21
Poundstretcher
A huge thank you to Poundstretcher Taunton who held a goodie bag event at the Taunton store last Saturday and donated £200 worth in vouchers to use in their store! Thank you to Poundstretcher for this amazing gesture. We will be along to shop for the Foodbank.
26 Jul 21
Just Giving
We now have a Just Giving donations page. Please go to https://www.justgiving.com/tauntonfoodbank if you would like to raise money for us. Many thanks.
12 Jul 21
Don’t forget Tesco’s Summer Food Collection
We’re working towards a #HungerFreeFuture & there are so many ways you can get involved like supporting us at Tesco’s Summer Food Collection between 15 and 17 July! #EveryCanHelps You can find our most-needed items here https://taunton.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/
5 Jul 21
Tesco Summer Food Collection 15-17 July
We’re so grateful to have the ongoing support of Tesco with their Summer Food Collection in store between 15 – 17 July. Why not support your local Taunton Foodbank by donating in store? #EveryCanHelps! Find out more here
9 May 21
New Van for the Food Bank
Huge thanks to Howards Motor Group who have very kindly supplied us with a van to assist with collections from supermarkets and delivering to our satellite points in Wellington and Wiveliscombe. We are very grateful that they have supported the food bank in this way to enable us to continue helping those in need in […]
26 Apr 21
Press Release for April 2021
8,242 food bank parcels provided to people in crisis in the Taunton Deane area during the last year New figures released by Taunton Foodbank today reveal a record 8,242 emergency food parcels were provided to people in the last year – 3,915 of these went to children. Between April 2020 and March 2021, Taunton Foodbank has seen unprecedented […]
26 Apr 21
Spring Bank Holiday
Please note that we will be shut on Monday 3 May for the Bank Holiday. Normal service will be resumed on Tuesday 4 May.