Good Morning,

I do hope you have had a good week.

A busy week for us at Thurrock Foodbank, last Friday our team was at Sainsburys for a collection and managed 18 crates of donations weighing an incredible 330kg!

A huge thanks goes to Tracy and her team at Sainsburys for hosting us. To Helen for coordinating the event and, Iain, Jeanette and our volunteers from Nat West who assisted at the event. Their time and dedication is very much appreciated

Yesterday we hosted the Trussell Management team for our Final Pathfinder annual review. It is always a great opportunity to reflect on our work, and to acknowledge how much we are actually achieving with relatively limited resources. We do have a large team of volunteers that are truly incredible in their hard work and we certainly could not achieve anything without their help and support. We are so very blessed with a fantastic team. 

The Trussell team were full of praise for the hard work of our team and recognised the incredible work they have done, for the warehouse team, the van crews, those working each week at the centres, and those that bring regular donations and support us with prayer. This is a team effort to which we can say we are making a huge difference to the people of Thurrock.

As mentioned we have seen an increase in demand and sadly a reduction in donations. Last year 23/24 we spent £1,371 on topping up our stock.

We continue to be short of some of the essential items required to make up a balanced food parcel. 

Specifically this week these items include:
Mashed Potato
Desserts, (custard, Rice Pudding, Jelly's, Sponge Puddings etc)
Long Life Juice
Noodles
Tinned Fish

At our review we were able to reflect on how we have been blessed over the past few years, the changes we have made to be able to give more than food to the people of Thurrock. Giving people the necessary help and seeing people find hope of a better future. We have seen some fantastic stories of success. Sadly there is a continuous demand for our services as people seek help for their situation.
We really value all your support and prayers for our work as we seek to bless the community of Thurrock

If you require any further information regarding our work or would to discuss any aspect of our work in more detail, please do not hesitate to contact me,

Wishing you a good week ahead, may the sunny days continue!

Thank you so much for your support

Pete Newall

Director of Operations