We are in urgent need of food donations, specifically these: 1.Tinned meat, 2.Tinned vegetables, 3.Long-life milk, 4.Cereals, 5.Toilet rolls, 6.Washing-up liquid.

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8 Jul 25

Foodbank Warrior Lily raises £165!

6yr old Foodbank Warrior Lily visited Foodbank today with a trolley load of items she had bought with a part of the £165 she raised from her cake sale at the weekend. She has more money to spend, so we look forward to receiving the next batch! This will help so many people in the […]

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8 Jul 25

Mayoral visit to highlight need for more donations

Bridgwater Mayor Councillor Kathy Pearce visited Bridgwater Foodbank, to see for herself how many empty shelves there are, see photos below. So far in 2025, the Foodbank has given out 6 tonnes more food than it has received. Please help with donations if you can.

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16 Jun 25

Food Drive at Asda fills the van!

Some pictures from our really successful Food Drive at Asda over the weekend. Thanks to everyone in Bridgwater who donated food for the Foodbank, we filled the van as you can see! Thanks also to the volunteers who gave up their Saturday to be there for the collection – especially Lesley Gates and her team. […]

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13 Jun 25

Urgent plea as donations fall.

We made the Bridgwater Mercury, you can also read the article online here: https://www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/25221077.bridgwater-foodbank-appeals-donations-decline/, we urgently need donations! Any items will help, but specially: Tinned meat Tinned vegetables Long-life milk Cereals Toilet rolls Washing-up liquid. We are handing out more food than we are getting in, so are having to buy in. Although we have […]

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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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