Sainsbury's Freshwater Local

We provide emergency food and support to local people in crisis. This is primarily achieved through the public donating food at supermarket collection points or at our main head office. Volunteers then help to sort and date food to be distributed to our 5 Foodbanks. Our trusted and supportive professionals at over 100 referral agencies give a foodbank voucher to people in crisis and these can be exchanged for three days worth of food at one of our foodbanks .

We are a community group who collects out of date foods daily from a local supermarket, mainly bread, and redistributes these goods to various groups locally including families, schools, older people, and drop in centres. We aim to encourage people to see this as avoiding food going to waste rather than charity.