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Recent media coverage has resulted in more foodbanks, greater support and more hungry people fed! Our annual statistics on numbers fed by foodbanks were reported by media including BBC News, ITV News, Sky, BBC Breakfast, ITV Daybreak, BBC Radio 4, Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio 5Live as well the Guardian and FT.
‘VOLUNTEERING HELPED ME TO GET A JOB’ Chris, 19, has just finished volunteering at Salisbury foodbank. The Trussell Trust is sad to see him go but we’re delighted that he’s leaving us to start a paid job, and he says volunteering with us is what helped him to get it. After struggling with a difficult illness during school, Chris’ confidence and studies had taken a serious knock. Chris joined our Salisbury foodbank
team in October 2011 and says: ‘I used to be really shy but volunteering has improved my confidence a lot. It’s also given me the experience I needed. The Trussell Trust and Sarum Academy have turned my life around. I have belief in myself, I’m hoping to go to university, I know what I’m good at and I feel positive about the future.’
Fancy volunteering? Call Monica on 01722 580184
Salisbury’s recycling centre and volunteering programme are being transformed by two wonderful ladies who’ve just joined our team. Why not volunteer and say hello?!
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A customer came to our Bemerton shop recently who had been the victim of a serious attack and was suicidal as a result. After talking to Leanne, our assistant manager, she emailed the next day asking us to thank Leanne saying:
Schools across the UK are learning about local poverty by volunteering at a foodbank. Sebastian (left) and his Year 8 classmates from Salisbury Cathedral School spent the afternoon packing foodboxes recently. He says: ‘It’s shocking that people go hungry in Salisbury, you don’t expect it but it’s nice to feel part of helping a family to get food.’ ‘Every pupil should be taught about The Trussell Trust and not to take food for granted, to learn that life’s not perfect and we should give generously.’
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Almost 130,000 people received emergency food from Trussell Trust foodbanks in 2011-12, double the numbers fed in 2010-11. Many families have been forced to go hungry by rising costs of food and fuel combined with static incomes, high unemployment and changes to benefits. Thanks to your support, 128,697 people did not go hungry last year. Here are just a few stories from people who wanted to say thank you:
“Thank you!” - Samantha and family
Over 200 UK foodbanks launched
‘She really cared. She made me feel strong to handle the situation. She saved my life.’
FOODBANK TEACHES POVERTY TO PUPILS
Autumn 2012
NUMBERS FED BY FOODBANKS DOUBLE!
After eight years of service, foodbank legend Jeremy Ravn is retiring in September for a well earned rest. We will miss him and wish him all the best.
In April we opened a new charity shop on Salisbury High Street to help generate funds to support The Trussell Trust’s rapid growth. We now have six shops in the Wiltshire and Dorset area.
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Restoring dignity and reviving hope in Salisbury, the UK and Bulgaria
A fond farewell to Jeremy
MORE THAN JUST A CHARITY SHOP:
The shop has been a huge success so far, but we need more good quality clothes, bags, shoes and jewellery to keep the shelves stocked. If you have items to donate please drop them in or call 01722 580185, thank you!
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NEW SALISBURY SHOP IS BIG SUCCESS: WHY NOT POP IN?
Nationwide, over 1,400 schools helped their local foodbank last year.
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1 in 5 mums skip meals to feed their children
You’ve donated 1200 tonnes of food in 12 months
SCOTLAND ‘We were going to bed hungry every night. If it wasn’t for the foodbank Steve and I would be in a box.’ Barbara’s husband Steve took pleasure in being the breadwinner for the family until the bones in his neck began to crumble. He was left unable to work and forced to live on statutory sick pay. A family crisis meant finances went from bad to worse leaving the couple with no money for food.
people fed by foodbanks in 2011-12
3 new foodbanks launched every week
Help stop people going hungry by filling out the response form inside SALISBURY Alison* came to the foodbank after domestic abuse caused her to lose everything. She was so touched by her visit that she wrote a poem about the experience. She said: ‘I was made to feel I belonged to the human race.’ Read the poem at www.trusselltrust.org/latest-news
CORNWALL Philip, his wife and three young children lost everything when 350 gallons of water flooded their childrens bedroom and the ceiling collapsed. Philip said: ‘The foodbank was a Godsend, when the food arrived it was like Christmas Day, the children were so excited.’
LONDON ‘It’s very hard to look at your baby and not be able to feed him, but with your help today I was able to, so thank you very much.’ - Young working couple struggling on low income
HOME COUNTIES When 13-year-old Sophie’s Dad died, the cost of funeral expenses tipped the family over the edge and they were forced to turn to the foodbank: ‘It was such a massive help and the people there were really kind,’ said Sophie. She added that the food parcel helped them to get back on their feet but that without it ‘it would have been impossible to cope.’
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