food banks

Tesco food donation bags set to support communities in Plymouth

Tesco is making it easier than ever for shoppers to give a helping hand to food banks and charities providing aid to people in Plymouth this summer.

The Plymouth Transit Way Superstore has been selected to take part in the special six-week trial. It will be offering pre-filled donation bags available for customers to buy and donate to the charities FareShare and the Trussell Trust...

Thousands of pounds to be donated to 60 food banks thanks to co-operative shoppers

Food banks across the south are to receive donations totalling £30,000 thanks to Southern Co-op members scanning their cards as they shopped in December.

Membership cards were scanned on nearly 300,000 separate occasions which the independent co-operative is converting to 10p per swipe and rounding up to £500 per food bank.

From Alton and Banwell to Wimbledon and Worthing (...