News
20 Oct 16
Urgently Needed Items for October – we need your help!
We update our Urgently needed items list regularly. Please check often to see what’s changed! Click here.
17 Oct 16
ASDA Livingston Collection 12th November
For the first time, we will be doing a supermarket collection at ASDA Livingston on Saturday 12th November 2016. Please come along and support the foodbank, when you are doing your normal shopping, by buying a little bit extra and donating to the foodbank. We’ll be there from 9am to 5pm. If you cant make […]
19 Sep 16
“Technology” comes to the rescue!
No! Not in the form of PCs, mobiles or tablets but in the form of a team from Akamai Ltd.(Livingston). Concerned about the massive undertaking of an annual foodbank stock check, we were unsure how to go forward with the weighing and recording of up to 15 tonnes of food. We would therefore like to […]
31 Jul 16
Tesco Collection Brings in over 1.5 tonnes of food
Thank You! To everyone who volunteered or came along to Tesco to support our National Supermarket Collection with Tesco Bathgate at the end of June. We took in over 1.5 tonnes of food and raised awareness about people in crisis in West Lothian. We had volunteers from each of our distribution centres and from Royal Bank […]
27 Jul 16
New Website / New information
Welcome to our new website. You will find it easier to find what you need and it will be updated more frequently. The most important things to note are the easier Location pages and for those of you who donate we now have an easy way for you to find out what we need here.
23 Dec 15
6 Unexpected Things Foodbanks Need
A visit to the food bank isn’t exactly a traditional Christmas activity, but one UK charity is asking for a little extra help this month, when demand is at its highest and families are choosing between eating and heating.
8 Dec 15
Why Would a Mum Doing a Business Degree Find Herself Begging on the Streets This Winter?
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
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
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.
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 […]