News
9 Oct 20
Christmas 2020: Reverse Advent Calendar
Instead of our ever popular Christmas Reverse Advent Calendar, where you put a tin of food into an empty cardboard box during the 24 days leading up to Christmas, against a shopping list we publish, we are asking those who wish to donate at Christmas to fill a jar with a coin a […]
25 Sep 20
Zoom in, to Help Out
On Friday 4 September, an event was held to raise money for us called “Zoom in, to Help Out” which featured local award-winning photographer George Reekie who kindly shared his great experience with around 25 keen photographers who joined the Zoom demonstration. This raised a substantial amount for the Foodbank and to all those who […]
23 Sep 20
CLIC Sargent walk
One of our wonderful volunteers, Alison Perry, has been out raising money for a very good cause and this is her account of it: “We did it! Sunday 20th was a lovely sunny day, and 6 of us walked a little over 10k of the Grand Western Canal and between us raised over £1000 for […]
11 Sep 20
Somerset Wyverns American Football Club
A big shout out to Stacey and Laura who put a lot of thought and planning into making sure they can contribute to our supplies. They collected enough money to purchase 142.9 kgs (weight of a lineman apparently – who knew!) of food for us. Apparently they crashed two scan and go tills along with […]
7 Sep 20
Wellington Hub re-opening Thursday 10 September
A small sign of normality returning – we are re-opening our Wellington hub this Thursday 10 September between 1330-1430 for clients and donations alike – we can be found in our usual place at Wellington United Reformed Church, Fore Street, Wellington TA21 8AQ. Happy days!
3 Sep 20
Having your cake and eating it!
Lydeard Farm Shop chose us as their first charity of the month in August and, with the proceeds from the sales of their delicious Lemon Drizzle Cake, raised a whopping £180. They topped it up to £200 and Booker Cash and Carry have very kindly agreed to deliver directly their order of urgent needs for […]
2 Sep 20
Day Lewis Pharmacy in Wiveliscombe
A huge shout out to Day Lewis Pharmacy in Wiveliscombe who have collected money over the summer and converted it into toiletries for us to include in our food boxes. We are so grateful to all of you who contributed for thinking of us.
2 Sep 20
Money Advice Service: Money Navigator
We thought this might be of use to those struggling financially through the lockdown. Money Advice Service on-line Money Navigator is quick and easy to use (it takes a few minutes to complete) and is aimed at people who: Have had a reduction in their income and are worried about future finances Have been furloughed and […]
2 Sep 20
Amazing amount raised for Taunton Foodbank by 8 year old
We are so grateful to Chloe (pictured below with Taunton Foodbank manager, Sue Weightman) who approached Southern Co-op and collected all this food for us. The total weight came to 213.25Kgs. This would provide 15 single people or 9 families with food for a week. She also raised money from friends and family to help […]
26 Aug 20
Theatre Alibi Creative Packages delivered to Foodbank
theatre alibi delivered a number of creative packages to us this morning. The idea is to give children, who wouldn’t otherwise have the means to, the opportunity to create something special, and read something too. The pack consists of a puppet making kit (and all the equipment to make it with) as well as […]