Dear Friends and Supporters of the West Somerset Food Cupboard,
Things are starting to get busy with preparations for Christmas. We’re so grateful for the generous harvest festival donations we have received—thank you for helping us keep our shelves stocked! Even though we are looking ahead to December the last couple of months have been so positive.
Generosity from our Local Community –
We are very grateful to Minehead & West Somerset Hockey Club who donated the money from their Summer League charity event to us and also Exmoor Search and Rescue. Two great causes in West Somerset!
We were also thankful to Amanda-Louise Funeral Services for their generous donations and support. And over the moon to have received £600 from Asda’s Foodbank Fundamentals grant funding to help provide emergency food. Our volunteers and the local community know that food poverty can affect any of us through unexpected challenges in our lives and we can all feel an extra confidence in the charity’s ability to support people in difficulties.
West Somerset Food Cupboard is now part of the @coopuk Local Community Fund. To support us please download the Co-op App, and become a member and choose our cause, so we can receive a share of £5m.
This Month’s Shortages
Any non-perishable food items are always gratefully received:
- Tinned Hot or Cold Meat
- Tinned Potatoes or Sachets of Instant Potato Mash
- Breadsticks/crackers
- Porridge Pots
- Pasta Sauce & Cooking Sauces
- Squash and Fruit Juice Cartons
- Individual Puddings (small)
- UHT Milk 1 litre
- Sugar
Christmas Donations
This month we are planning for Christmas so would love donations of:
- Christmas Treats – Chocolates, Christmas Puddings, Fruit Cakes, Christmas biscuits
- Pickles, chutneys cranberry sauce
- Gravy Granules, Stuffing Packets, Bread Sauce Sachets.
- Christmas Biscuits/Chocolate Assortment Packs
- Crisps & Nuts
- Chocolate Selection Packs or Sweets
- Cheese Crackers/Savoury Biscuits
- Tins of cold meat
We cannot accept open or out of date items. Please do not leave these items in our collection boxes.
The Local Pantry continues to provide fresh nutritious food. Around 15 items of fresh food for £4.50 per week. Sign up for a 6 month membership.
West Somerset Food Cupboard is looking for new board members to help us continue our work to provide free emergency food parcels and affordable surplus food to those who need it most. If you’re interested in helping please get in touch for an initial chat.
Gift Aid Helps us Increase your Donation by 25%. When one of our regular donors completed a Gift Aid form recently we were able to back claim more than £200 in gift aid for their previous donations. Amazing! Even for a one-off gift if you are able to gift aid the donation we get the extra amount from HMRC at no cost to you. If you need a Gift Aid form please ask one of the team or email [email protected]
Thank you, everyone—together we really are making a real difference!
