Sainsbury's Chippenham

FoodBox @ St Peter’s Church is a community-led, volunteer-run project supporting people across the Chippenham area. We collect surplus food from local supermarkets that would otherwise go to waste and combine this with purchased items to provide food to those who need it most. We are proud that 99% of all donations go directly towards supplying food for our recipients. FoodBox began as a simple response to a local need, started by the Vicar of St Peter’s Church to help families feed their children during the summer holidays. When the Vicar left Chippenham in February 2023, local volunteers stepped forward to ensure the project could continue. Today, FoodBox is entirely run by volunteers and remains closely supported by St Peter’s Church, which generously provides space, encouragement, and ongoing practical help. As the needs of our community have grown, FoodBox has adapted. What began as a traditional food bank, with people coming to the church to collect food, has evolved into a delivery service. This change ensures that support reaches people who may be isolated, unwell, or unable to travel, helping us care for some of the most vulnerable members of our community. FoodBox is powered by around 70 volunteers who together give approximately 100 hours of their time every week. The volunteers participate in administration, fundraising, shopping, food collection, packing, and deliveries, there are around 50 different tasks carried out each week. This shared commitment, generosity, and teamwork are at the heart of FoodBox and make it possible for us to continue supporting local households week after week.

We are a large volunteer based Charity operating across the Wiltshire area. Our volunteers use donated food to share with local families, individuals and organisations who are most in need. We are currently under pressure to meet the increasing need to help people who cannot afford food, whilst also experiencing a big decrease in the amount of food we receive due to less available food and many more people buying food from the reduced price sections. If you are a business with surplus food, would like to make a donation, volunteer or are in need of some food, please contact us.

We are a local group of friends from Corsham Baptist Church. We began a soup Kitchen style service to our local community back in January 2020 encouraging isolated and lonely people to come in for a bowl of hot soup and a chat. When the Lockdown happened we had to close the church to our friends .We decided to continue to help our community by collecting food from local supermarkets by way of their food share programme.Using volunteers we currently distribute approximately 35-40 food parcel boxes each week to households that have asked for help. Not only are we able to provide help with their weekly food requirements, but our volunteers are able to build relationships and offer help where its needed or we can refer them onto professional bodies better equipped to help. The people we are helping is slowly growing and we are looking for more outlets to help us with support by providing any spare provisions they may be getting rid of. We have fridge and freezer space and so are able to take foodstuffs that will last a bit longer .