ABOUT
“The foodbank was there when we really needed it, it was an absolute lifeline.”
We don’t think anyone in our community should have to face going hungry. That’s why the Exeter Foodbank provides three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to us in crisis.
The Exeter Foodbank
Exeter Foodbank was started in 2008 to help local people, many of whom had been affected by the financial crisis and subsequent downturn in the economy.
The foodbank is a project founded by local churches and community groups, working together towards stopping hunger in our local area. Since opening we have grown to provide three client sessions a week at the Foodbank Centre and have over a hundred volunteers involved in every aspect of running the Foodbank.
Volunteers collect donations from Collection Points across the local area which are then sorted, weighed and stored. We maintain a warehouse where donations are stored before being delivered to the Centre for distribution.
Our Vouchers Co-ordinator works with over a hundred Local Agencies to ensure that your donations get to the right people on time and when needed. We have an amazing Foodbank Manager who pulls all the pieces together and along with a dedicated Management Team ensures the smooth and ongoing running of our Foodbank.
Please browse through some of the pages on this site to find out more about what the Foodbank does, what we do and how you can donate food, help us financially or if you would like to get more involved.
Real Life Stories
“The foodbank was a lifesaver.” Your support is helping us to change lives.
“Without the foodbank, I don’t think I would be here today.”
About the Trussell Trust
The Trussell Trust supports communities and churches to open foodbanks across the UK.
Our foodbank is part of The Trussell Trust’s network of 428 foodbanks, working to tackle food poverty and hunger in our local communities, as well as across the UK.
The Foodbank Network was founded in 2004 after four years of developing the original foodbank based in Salisbury. Since then The Trussell Trust has helped communities work together to launch foodbanks nationwide in a wide range of towns and cities.
In 2021/22, The Trussell Trust’s Foodbank Network provided 2,173,158 three-day emergency food supplies and support to UK people in crisis. Of these, 832,109 went to children.
As a network, we want to see more people helped out of crisis and fewer people needing foodbanks in the future. That’s why The Trussell Trust and local foodbanks are working together to develop new ways to help people out of crisis through programmes like More Than Food.
To find out more about The Trussell Trust visit www.trusselltrust.org.