The Trussell Trust runs a network of over 428 foodbanks, giving services like money advice, holiday clubs and cookery courses, helping support people in crisis across the UK, where thirteen million people live below the poverty line.
In the last year they gave 1.6 million three-day emergency food supplies to people in crisis, half a million went to children. New national data highlights the growing proportion of foodbank referrals due to benefit levels not covering the costs of essentials, such as housing and food.
Individuals are going hungry every day for a range of reasons, from benefit delays to receiving an unexpected bill on a low income.
The Trussell Trust recognise that stopping hunger is about More Than Food, which is why they work with foodbanks to provide a range of services like money advice and Fuel Banks, helping people to break the cycle of poverty.
We are asking for YOUR help to tackle hunger and support your local food bank. Please help to make a difference to people living and going hungry in your community. 40,000 people volunteered with a Trussell Trust Foodbank in 2017/2018.
Download your How to Guide for Foodparcels here“Thanks to Agents Giving for linking local estate agents to foodbanks across the UK. and for encouraging them to support Our foodbank network. Foodbanks rely on local businesses like estate agents to help them deliver vital services within their communities and break the cycle of poverty so a huge thank you from us all at Trussell Trust.”
Send in any photos of your food parcel collections or fundraising, let us know how you are planning to help and we can help you promote it. You can even apply for a Agents Giving Grant to help with any fundraising set up costs, so more of the money you raise goes direct to your local Foodbank or The Trussell Trust.
Please note that local foodbanks are very busy and mostly run by volunteers, please contact them direct through their email, which can be found on their web page or call before donating. In some instances you might be able to organise a visit to the foodbank to deliver your parcel donation. They may be able to come along to your offices to tell you a bit more about the great work they do, or give you a call back to discuss how best you can get involved.
Agents are already doing a wonderful job supporting their local foodbanks.
A great example of how you can become involved with your local foodbank is that of Paramount in West Hampstead.
The Paramount Collective is an initiative in place to help and support as many different initiatives and causes as possible over 12 months. However there is one charity they support regularly – The Brent Foodbank. Paramount don’t think it is right that there are people living in our communities without enough food so they do everything they can to help the Brent Foodbank collect essential goods.
In the summer of 2016 they headed down to Kings Cross in London and collected funds on behalf of the foodbank raising over £400.
This year the Paramount office has acted as a drop-off point, so people in the local area can deliver non-perishable goods.
“As the need for Foodbanks has increased across the UK, we’ve recognised that we must pull together as a community to help in every way we can. Paramount has proudly supported Brent Food Bank for the past few years, donating time, money and food at every opportunity. With the support of Agents Giving, we hope more and more agencies can get behind their local food banks and really help those in need.”
Spencer Lawrence, Director of Lettings.
“We are thrilled to be supported by Paramount, and for Agents Giving who will be campaigning for us. Last year we saw a 61% increase in the numbers accessing the service, with 953 food supplies going to children last year alone. As the need increases, we are even more thankful to generous people in the community who sustain the food bank and the necessary work it does helping people in crisis.”
Michelle from Brent Food Bank
Thank you for supporting this very important cause.
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