A leading housebuilder has supported local families this Christmas after donating a number of turkeys to the Plymouth Foodbank.
The charity visited Persimmon Homes’ head office in Derriford on Thursday to collect six turkeys which will be used to supply local families in the City with a hot Christmas-day meal.
Plymouth Foodbank is part of a nationwide network supported by...
Taylor Wimpey Exeter has helped to feed and house vulnerable people across Devon this Christmas by pledging £3,000 worth of support to three county charities.
Staff chose to give £1,000 each to foodbanks in Exeter and Plymouth, as well as to St Petrock’s, Exeter's charity for people who are homeless or vulnerably housed.
Members of the charity committee also created food...
Crowdfunder.co.uk has launched a national anti-hunger campaign to support over 50 food bank projects and charities, to help feed the #14millionPeople in the UK who are struggling to afford to eat this winter. Cornerstone national charities include FareShare, the Trussell Trust and Oasis, who are united by the common goal of working to alleviate hunger and build a future where everyone in the...
Local people living in food poverty will continue to receive fresh food from the Plympton Team Ministry Foodbank, thanks to a grant of £1,500 from Devonshire Freemasons.
Activity at the Foodbank has grown rapidly after opening the foodbank in early April with the volunteer group at Plympton Team Ministry having supplied sufficient food for well over 100 people since the lockdown...
Local people living in food poverty will continue to receive fresh food from the Ivybridge Foodbank, thanks to a grant of £2,000 from Devonshire Freemasons.
Demand at the Foodbank has grown by more than 200 per cent during the coronavirus crisis, with the service at Ivybridge Methodist Church having fed nearly six hundred people since the lockdown began, half of them children....
A Plymouth elearning company has donated eight boxes of festive food to Plymouth Foodbank in time for Christmas.
Sponge UK, based at Plymouth Science Park, paid a visit to the foodbank at Manor Street, Stonehouse on Thursday, December 17 to drop off the boxes crammed with seasonal items such as mince pies, gravy granules and stuffing mix to help towards creating Christmas dinner packs...
A Plymouth marketing and advertising agency has donated an egg-stra special gift to the city’s food bank in the run up to Easter. Rather than buying Easter eggs, the nine employees at Sigma Marketing and Advertising based in Cremyll Street, decided to hold a collection. They raised £50 and decided to donate it to Plymouth Foodbank, based in Manor Street, Stonehouse. The money will go towards...
The Plymouth Foodbank is so grateful to the thousands of Plymouth people who responded to requests for food and or money over the Christmas period. We were able to give out over 5 tonnes of food in December to individuals and families who would have had a bleak time without this help. Typical of the responses we received: "My 10 and 14 year old children cried when they saw how generous...
The Argyle Fans’ Trust will be holding its annual collection for the Plymouth Foodbank before this Saturday’s game with Bury.
In the past two years Argyle fans have been exceptionally generous, and the AFT hope that spirit can continue on Saturday to allow even more people to benefit from the excellent work done by the Foodbank.
With the current financial climate, Foodbanks all...
