Guildford Food Bank – The Big Give Campaign.

Guildford Food Bank is taking part in the Big Give this week. They are incredibly grateful for all the donations received so far, which has meant they have met their campaign funding target. They would really love it if you could help them to reach £20,000 by the end of the campaign week, which is 12pm on the 9th December.  Donations so far this year have not been enough to meet their costs and so this campaign is key to covering December costs when demand for their services is double what they see in other months of the year and also to get 2026 off to a good start. 

Situation

Food and energy poverty. We provide emergency food relief with parcels tailored to the family and the family size, enough for a week. Demand has increased for the past 3 years and with a reduction in state benefits in 2025 we expect the demand to increase further in late 2025 when families have to pay more for energy and still need to eat. We know that December demand will be extremely high and we want to be able to support these families with food and energy support.

Solution

Our food parcels relieve the stress of food poverty for a period of time so the clients can focus their resources elsewhere. We also provide supermarket voucher to provide clients with food choice in the festive season. We have engaged Energy Manage CIC to support and advise clients who are billed for their energy and partner with Fuel Bank Foundation for pre-payment meter clients. We want our clients to feel cared for and ensure they have enough warm food to eat, in a warm home.

Please share this with as many contacts as you can and also share their Facebook updates to spread the word across Guildford.  Thank you so much for supporting the food bank’s vital work to support the most vulnerable in our community.

YOU CAN HELP TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE THIS CHRISTMAS!

Please visit their campaign page here Guildford Food Bank Big Give

Thank You from Peter Cluff – The High Sheriff of Surrey.