Start a foodbank
Could your church start a foodbank?
The foodbank network trains churches to set up foodbanks. Each foodbank then engages the whole community in meeting the needs of those struggling in its midst.
In five years we’ve launched over 160 foodbanks nationwide. Our fast-growing network fed 61,500 people in 2010/11, compared to 41,000 in 2009/10. But many more people are going hungry in towns with no foodbank, which is why we believe that every town should have one.
‘Every church should consider a foodbank’ Steve Chalke MBE, founder of Oasis, Stop the Traffik and Faithworks
We provide
Training, support, an operating manual, PR and branding materials, an online forum, annual audits, conferences and access to the foodbank network’s shared ideas and experience.
Our first foodbank started in a garden shed and now feeds 3,000 people every year. Foodbanks can be large or small. Whatever your size or resources you can make a big difference.
Visit a foodbank: If you would like to find out more or visit a foodbank to see how it works contact the foodbank network office on 01722427110 or foodbanknetwork@trusselltrust.org
How the network began
The foodbank network was founded in 2004 based on the successful Salisbury foodbank project piloted by The Trussell Trust in 2000.
The Trussell Trust recognised that if an affluent city like Salisbury needed a foodbank, then every town in the UK needed one too: the foodbank network was launched.