Bassets has teamed up with the Salisbury Foodbank to launch a ‘Bring a Tin’ campaign to help feed the growing number of people facing short term crisis.

A crisis can crop up through many ways but the main ones are benefits delays, sickness and of course rising unemployment. The Trussell Trust’s foodbank network has fed 24,000 people across the UK in the last year – a 71% increase on the previous year.

Foodbanks work with frontline care professionals to identify people who have hit crisis point and provide people with three days emergency food, as well as support. For many, the foodbank is a lifeline.

All food given out by the foodbank is donated by the public and can now be dropped off at all three of Bassets’ Offices which are conveniently located close to a supermarket in the centres of Salisbury, Amesbury and Fordingbridge. Anyone can come in and drop off tins and packets of non-perishable food items, which will then be collected by the foodbank and
distributed to local people who are faced with the prospect of going hungry.

For a list of what can be accepted, please visit the foodbank pages at www.trusselltrust.org but they are always short of long life juice, UHT milk, sugar and rice pudding. Alternatively, pop in to your nearest Bassets Office before you go shopping to check what is needed!

This entry was posted on Monday, October 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am and is filed under Recent News .