News

10 Apr 25

Recent donations from Trident Gym and Help Thy Neighbour, Sedgemoor.

The Foodbank has received most welcome donations from Trident Gym in Bridgwater and Help Thy Neighbour – Sedgemoor, see pictures below. Our stocks are getting low again following the generosity at Christmas, so these donations really help. Thank you so much.  

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21 Feb 25

Large Donation from United Union!

We started this week with a fantastic donation from United Union. In total we took in 137kg of food supplies, see below Dave our Warehouse Manager accepting the donation. Huge thanks for this as always, it makes a huge difference to the every day managing of people’s basic need of food in Bridgwater that we […]

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15 Feb 25

‘Give in Lent’ calendar, can you help?

With Lent approaching in March and April, the Foodbank is launching its ‘Give in Lent’ calendar. The idea is to collect one food item each day for the duration for donation, the calendar below suggests the item for each day. Don’t worry if you can’t manage an item a day, any donations would be most […]

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14 Feb 25

Morrisons customers donate nearly 500kg of food.

Following the Foodbank canvasing for donations at Morrisons last week, we can reveal that the generous shoppers donated 464kg of food and £78 in cash to the Bridgwater Foodbank! Thanks so much to all who contributed, it all helps to supply emergency food to the needy of Bridgwater, especially at this time of year.

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9 Jan 25

A Tonne of Tins!

A collaboration between Sedgemoor fm radio, Angel Place Shopping Centre and other partners have organised a campaign to collect a tonne of tins of food for the Foodbank before Christmas Day. The results are in and the total was an amazing 800kg, just short of the 1000kg aim. This amounted to around 1700 tins in […]

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20 Dec 24

A morning of Christmas Donations!

The last Friday before Christmas and we received loads of fabulous donations from businesses and schools in and around Bridgwater. In no particular order, huge thanks go to: SPS Bridgwater College Academy Kingsdown School Portakabin Bridgwater College, Cannington Walled Gardens …some pictures are below. It not only helps needy people in Bridgwater have a better […]

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28 Nov 24

Inspired Schools of Bridgwater collecting donations

Inspired Schools in Bridgwater will be collecting donations for the Foodbank in December. So if you are a local business or just local to Bridgwater then please go along to support the event, the more they can collect and donate the better. Event Details When : Friday 20th December, 5pm – 7pm Where : 1 Kings […]

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13 Nov 24

New Drop-off point at Vertu Mini Bridgwater

We have a new drop-off point for your food donations to the south of Bridgwater. Vertu Mini Bridgwater car dealership is taking in donations until Christmas Eve 24th December, their opening times are: Monday to Friday, 08:30am to 6:00pm Saturday, 09:00am to 05:00pm Sunday, closed Their address is : Vertu Mini. The Showground. Taunton Road, […]

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11 Nov 24

Christmas Reverse Advert Calendar launched

Christmas is coming and some people will go hungry. Please see the Foodbank Reverse Advent Calendar initiative below, can you help? Details are contained, but basically collect one item a day through early December, and before the 11th, take them to your local Foodbank or drop-off point. The items will help to support a needy […]

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28 Oct 24

Westover Green & Chilton Trinity Schools donate for Harvest

Both Westover Green Primary School and Chilton Trinity Primary School have donated food and supplies to the Foodbank from their Harvest Festival. See images below. Westover Green donated around 275kg supplies, while Chilton Trinity donated a huge 700kg! Well done to both and enormous thanks to the children from the Foodbank for your help and […]

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