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20 Nov 24
Winter Appeal
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Winter is often the busiest time for Welshpool & District foodbank. We expect this year to be just as challenging as more people struggle to afford even the essentials. Please donate today to help provide urgent support. Donate now
20 Nov 24
The most urgently needed items….
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Below is a list of the most urgently needed items. Tinned Meats – Meals Tea & Coffee Fruit Juice Cereals Skimmed Milk Powder & Long Life Milk Peanut Butter & Jam Tinned Fruit / Tinned Custard / Rice Pudding Tinned Potatoes, Carrots, Garden Peas Wash Powder Toiletries – Toilet Paper Microwave Rice Sugar Biscuits / […]
16 Apr 21
Diolch yn fawr iawn! Thankyou very much!
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We would like to thank our referral agencies, volunteers, churches, chapels, the many local schools, and Young Farmers who have supported Welshpool and District Foodbank with collections, both food and monetary, in 2020-21. Also, our thanks go to our local supermarkets, Tesco (Welshpool & Newtown), Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and the Llanfyllin Spar and for the invaluable […]
23 May 18
5 Unexpected Things Foodbanks Need
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These are all the things people say consistently – time and time again – they need, but they are not things people often think to buy. 1. Toilet roll 2. Pet Food 3. Tin openers 4. Nappies 5. Toiletries (shampoo, shower gel, deodorant)
8 Dec 15
Why Would a Mum Doing a Business Degree Find Herself Begging on the Streets This Winter?
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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
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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
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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.
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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 […]