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

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23 Feb 26

Give in Lent Calendar 2026

The six weeks of Lent is often a time when people want to give to those who face a time of crisis. At Bridgwater Foodbank we suggest that you give something each week, if you can. Here are some suggestions: WHEN? WHAT? IDEAS… Week 1 Drinks Teabags, instant coffee, squash, juice, long-life milk… Week 2 […]

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15 Dec 25

Sir Robert McAlpine in collaboration donates 850kg!

Another huge thank you for another huge donation! This time from Sir Robert McAlpine in collaboration with Agratas, T Clarke, NG Bailey, Churngold and Toureen. On Friday we received just shy of 850kg of food and provisions, see photo. It’s taken us until now to weight it all in and assess the total. Thanks again […]

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26 Nov 25

Tonne of Tins Appeal 2025.

Helping Families This Christmas. This Christmas again Sedgemoorfm radio has relaunched their campaign to collect a tonne of tins of food for the Foodbank to help people in Bridgwater. The campaign is underway and there are collection points around Bridgwater. Please see the promotional video explaining what they’re doing and why we do it. Any help […]

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10 Nov 25

Reverse Advent Calendar 2025

With Christmas approaching, Bridgwater Foodbank are preparing for a tough winter. You can help by collecting for our “Reverse Advent Calendar”. Instead of receiving a treat each day, you could instead donate to the Foodbank and build up enough items to support one family over the Christmas period. Whether you collect in your home, school […]

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24 Oct 25

Huge Harvest Donation from Chilton Trinity School.

With Harvest Festival in full swing we have had a huge donation from Chilton Trinity School again this year. A whopping 667kg of food, that’s two-thirds of a tonne, was donated by the pupils and staff. It filled the Foodbank van to the top, see photo. Thank you so much to all the children, staff […]

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17 Oct 25

Volunteers Annual Gathering 2025

The Foodbank volunteers, Foodbank friends and associates met at the Purple Spoon cafe on Thursday evening for the annual ‘thank you’ for all the help and work they do. Organised by the Foodbank Co-ordinator and Manager, it was a lovely evening to catch up informally with volunteers and friends and others that might work on […]

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26 Sep 25

Big donation from The Duke pub & Boom Tingz Burgerz!

This week we received a fantastic donation from The Duke pub and Boom Tingz Burgerz in the High Street in the form of 3 trolley loads of provisions, see photos below. Money raised by both venues enabled them to go out and buy items we need for distribution to Bridgwater. In total they provided over […]

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10 Sep 25

Harvest Festival 2025 Collection Push

Are you or your school, church or community group thinking of supporting Bridgwater Foodbank with a Harvest Collection? We accept donations of food and money, so are happy to receive whatever you can give. You can donate money from our Donate page here. And here is a list of most urgently needed items at Foodbank […]

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1 Aug 25

Westfield Street Cafe raises £110 for the Foodbank

Just to say big thank yous to the Westfield Street Café for the fab donation earlier this week and to Lesley Gates for organising it. Their ‘Pop-up’ raised £110 which was duely spent at Morrison’s on provisions for the Foodbank, see image. All these donations really do help those in need in Bridgwater, thank you […]

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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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