Partner with us

Workplaces and businesses can help the foodbank with collections, donations, charity day volunteering, sponsorship and organisational support.

Organisations helping Southend Foodbank

There are many examples of local businesses, independent traders and organisations doing amazing things – could your workplace try something like this?

• Host a food donation point open the public, like the Blue Boar and Spread Eagle pubs, Fairytale Lashes in Rayleigh and Truly Vi at Shoeburyness station
• Hold a food drive, working together to collect donations, like Laser 24
• Put a collection can on the counter, like Leigh publicans
• Give money, like Chalkwell Ward Residents Association
• Raise money through your work, like Rayleigh Fruit and Veg, Piperoni, or local artist Grace Edkins and local hand painter Meghan at Orna.
• Host a fundraiser, like Hadleigh Park Cycles or Lee at Tesco/Esso Southchurch
• Run a raffle, like Fans Supporting Southend Foodbanks
• Enter the Colourthon as a team and raise sponsorship, like Southend Labour group
• Provide volunteers for supermarket collection day teams, like Southend HSBC
• Give useful items of stock, like carrier bags or items for guests
• Give services or products for free or heavily discounted, like Jo at Just Love Reading
• Become a corporate partner working with Trussell nationally.

More substantial working relationships and sponsorship arrangements are also very welcome.

Find out more about tax relief available for businesses that give to charity gov.uk/tax-limited-company-gives-to-charity

Invite Southend Foodbank to visit your organisation

Southend Foodbank has a story to tell! Whether it’s a school assembly, adult education, community group or professional development, we can deliver an informative session. We can talk about what we do, who we support, how we work, why the need for foodbanks has been rising, and what can change to challenge food poverty and work towards a future without hunger.

If you’ve read this far on our website, you probably already have some interest and knowledge about the foodbank! However, reaching beyond our existing supporters is important for a range of outcomes, including awareness, support, and finding opportunities for connection and change. To invite us, please get in touch with an outline of what you would like to get out of a visit, who we’d be talking to and any specific topics that interest you, via info@southend.foodbank.org.uk