Wrexham Foodbank Urges Local Residents To Help Stop Others From Going Hungry

Wrexham residents are being urged to take part in a nationwide food collection and help those in the local community who need it the most.

Wrexham Foodbank is urging local residents to help stop local people from going hungry by donating at the UK’s biggest food collection, Tesco’s Neighbourhood Food Collection which runs between Thursday 30th June – Saturday 2nd July.

The Neighbourhood Food Collection is run twice annually by Tesco and its partner charities, foodbank charity The Trussell Trust and food redistribution charity FareShare.

The aim of the collection is to provide food to people in crisis across the UK, by encouraging Tesco customers to donate items in their local store.

Since the collection launched in 2012, 30 million meals have been collected.

Wrexham Foodbank, a member of The Trussell Trust network, provides emergency parcels containing three days’ supply of emergency food to people referred by a frontline professional, such as Citizens’ Advice, housing associations or children’s centres.

In 2015-16, 4752 three day emergency food supplies were provided by Wrexham Foodbank to people in crisis. Last summer, the generosity of Tesco customers saw hundreds of meals donated to Wrexham Trussell Trust Foodbank as a result of the collection.

With 1.1 million three day emergency food supplies given to people in crisis last year alone, the supermarket collections remain a way to ensure that foodbanks across the country remain stocked for those in need.

Wrexham Foodbank is currently asking in particular for donations of:
UHT milk 0.5 or 1 litre
Sugar 500g
Tinned meat / vegetables / rice pudding
Long life fruit juices

Campbell Edmondson Foodbank Manager, Wrexham Foodbank, says: “Anyone can find themselves in need of a foodbank. Every week we speak to people who never thought they’d face going hungry, but something unexpected happened, an illness, redundancy or the boiler breaking, and they were thrown into crisis.

“We’re glad we can be here to help, but our work can only continue because of the unfailing generosity of the community. We’re honestly overwhelmed by the food, money and time people give. We’d love it if you could show us your support this summer.”