On Wednesday 18th October, the Trussell Trust announced they expect their busiest winter ever, with forecasts that more than 600,000 people will need the support of food banks over a three-month perio
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Southend: Roots Hall 3rd December 2022
12 Nov 2022
Southend Foodbank will be back at Roots Hall on December 3rd for a matchday collection around the ground. It’s an early kick-off, 12.30pm.
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Southend: Football and foodbanks - still Standing Up For our Community
30 Jul 2022
During the 21/22 football season, collections at and around Southend United matches gave over half a tonne of food and toiletries, 600kg, and £2750 to the foodbank.
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Southend: Southend Foodbank in 2021
05 Jan 2022
In 2021, Southend Foodbank welcomed 2996 people who had been referred to us, giving food aid to support 8512 people of whom 3934 were children.
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Southend: Bank the Food on BBC Radio Essex 6th December 2021
06 Dec 2021
Emma Spring from Bank the Food was on BBC Radio Essex at the start of December, talking about the app that began here in Southend.
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Southend: Southend United Fans Supporting Southend Foodbanks
15 Nov 2021
The first Southend United match day supporting Southend foodbank.
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Southend: Bank the Food on Radio 2 5th October 2021
07 Oct 2021
Emma Spring from Bank the Food talked to Jeremy Vine on Radio 2. School children at Thorpe Hall School in Southend were inspired by working with Southend Foodbank to design an app which allows people
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Southend: Southend Foodbank in 2019
02 Mar 2020
2019 marked six years of Southend Foodbank supporting the local community, it was also our busiest year and the year we saw the sharpest rise in the number of people needing help. Fortunately, we also
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Open letter to the Prime Minister: Scrap the two-child limit on benefits
13 Aug 2025
We’re standing with children’s charities to ask the government to scrap the two-child limit on benefits as part of its child poverty strategy.
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Trussell appoints new trustees
01 Aug 2025
The new recruits bring a wealth of expertise to the charity, with insight ranging from the Head of Strategy at the Premier League, to an expert with lived experience of having to turn to a food bank.
