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Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust)

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Providing emergency food to local people in crisis who have been referred to us by frontline professionals, such as schools, social workers and Peabody. Part of the Trussell Trust network of foodbanks Image of Pastor Peter Graham who runs our foodbank

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Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · Jun 30

These are our current shortages - we would love some of these items for our clients

If you are able to help and unsure where our collection points are, please look at our website or email us on [email protected]

💚Thank You💚

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · Jun 22

Sorry Woodman Road

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · Jun 21

There will be lots of our clients children with smiles on their faces thanks to the kindness and generosity of Paul (owner/manager) and Sissy (assistant manager) of the The Brave Nelson Pub in Woodlands Rd Brentwood.

They are true heroes without capes

💚 Thank You💚

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thank you to everyone at @thebeautybanks thebeautybanks and all the companies who donate products to their amazing charity.

The clients of Brentwood Foodbank, part of the @trusselluk network are going to appreciate receiving these items

💚Thank You 💚

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · Jun 18

Massive thank you to Bakers for supporting our work again

This time they have been incredibly generous and printed 5,000 letters for a letter drop. Thank you @cambridgecityfoodbank for this idea
Please message us if you can help deliver letters

Once again a massive thank you to @bakerlabels

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · Jun 16

Thank you to everyone at @petsathome in Pitsea and their amazing shoppers for donating all this pet food for our fury four legged clients

Thank you to @bluecross for organising this great initiative of collection boxes in stores for @Trussell trust Foodbanks

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · Jun 13

If you are shopping this weekend please consider donating one of these items for a client of Brentwood Foodbank

Every item donated is greatly appreciated and goes to a local resident struggling to put food on their table

Www.Brentwood.foodbank.org.uk/support-us/donate-food

💚 Thank You 💚

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · Jun 9

Thank you to everyone who so generously donated food and everyday essentials at our @sainsburys store collection on Saturday

💚 Thank You 💚

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · Jun 7

As we end @volunteersweek our volunteers are spending the day in @Sainsbury’s Brentwood, collecting food for local residents referred to us in crisis.

💚 If you are in Brentwood today please pop in and say hello 💚

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · Jun 6

On Saturday our amazing volunteers will be in @sainsburys collecting food for local residents referred to us

Our collection days are very important to us, they enable us to fill our shelves where we have shortages and give us an opportunity to engage with the local community and answer questions

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · Jun 5

We're so grateful to our volunteers each and every day.

To put it simply, we couldn't be there for people in Brentwood without the support of our wonderful volunteers. 💚

Please join us in celebrating our volunteers this #VolunteersWeek by popping a 👏 in the comments!

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · Jun 4

Please see this lovely event being run by @kinderessex on Monday 9th June

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · Jun 2

This week is volunteer week and we couldn’t do what we do without our passionate and dedicated volunteers

From sorting food to simply offering a chat and a cuppa, our team make a huge difference to people facing hardship in Brentwood

Join us in saying a big thank you to them all 👏

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · Jun 1

These foods cost zero energy to store and low energy to cook, making them ideal for our clients.

Sadly our shelves are incredibly low of these items.

Could you donate one or more of these for someone in crisis in our local area ?

💚Every can matters 💚

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Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · May 30

Thank you to the congregation of
@sawyerschurch for this fantastic donation.

It weighed 202kg and filled 6 trolleys !

We are humbled by the continued support you give us

💚Thank You💚

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · May 29

We are incredibly pleased to announce that we have been awarded the following amounts from funds managed by the Essex Community Foundation

2,147.00 from the Essex Fund
2,853.00 from the Elspeth Hodgkinson Fund

It will enable us to continue providing emergency food parcels to local residents

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · May 27

Today we received this lovely donation for our clients via our Amazon Wishlist

If you are able to donate something from our list please use the link below - there are items starting at less than the price of a cup of coffee

lnkd.in/g3WFAZXw

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · May 23

A massive thank you to Sarah Parker for donating two boxes of laundry capsuals via our Amazon wishlist.

If you are able to help please look at our Amazon Wishlist, you could make a real difference to a local family with just a few clicks on your keyboard.

lnkd.in/eBHMZ4Xb

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · May 20

We couldn't do what we do without you.

💚 Thank you 💚 to everyone who supports us by donating food, toiletries or money, helping at supermarket collections, sharing social media posts etc

Our next Supermarket collection is on 7th June, please message if you have an hour or two to spare.

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · May 18

A massive thank you to everyone who donated to the Brentwood Mayors Charity Fundraising during ClIr Mark Haighs term as Mayor

We were humbled to be one of his chosen charities and the £4,250 raised and donated to us will be used to support local residents in crisis

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · May 16

A massive thank you to @barclaysuk for donating these @virgin vouchers to Brentwood Foodbank @trusselluk

These have been converted into @bm_stores vouchers which our warehouse manager is using to buy food and everyday essential items for our clients

💚thank you💚

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · May 14

Thank you to the amazing guys @Tees in Cathedral Place Brentwood for dropping off some donations yesterday.

Your donation will be used for the emergency food parcels we provided to local residents referred to us in crisis.

💚Thank You💚

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · May 9

Thank you to the lovely people at @megacamps for these snacks they recently donated for our clients

💚thank you💚

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · May 6

Thank you for reposting our shortages list 💚

Brentwood Foodbank (Trussell Trust) @brentwoodfoodbank.bsky.social · May 4

This months shortages at Brentwood Foodbank are on the poster below - if you can help please get intouch

💚thank you💚

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