Salisbury charity in need of volunteers to help open new food banks
They're expanding across the city
Last updated 28th Jul 2022
Salisbury Foodbank is urging people to sign up as volunteers to help open new venues at different locations around the city.
There will be an new food bank in Bemerton at St Michael's Church, so anyone in the area who is in desperate need of help with their food can get it closer to home.
It will work alongside the Community Fridge which is already there.
20% of their clients come from Bemerton Heath, so they want to make it more accessible for them.
The foodbank will also be opening up in Harnham on Saturdays for people to collect emergency food parcels.
But in order to provide the help and support people in the city need, they're urgently looking to get more helping hands.
Samantha Lush, Foodbank Coordinator, told Greatest Hits:
"It's very rewarding, when someone comes in and they're very upset and they could be having the worst day and then you help them and you give them some advice and you make them feel better, lonely people go away feeling less lonely, hungry people go away feeling less hungry and generally they go out feeling better than when they come in, so I think giving people that is a very privileged thing that we get to do as volunteers.
"It's super important people are volunteering with us because our need is growing, our demand is growing, people need us more and more and without volunteers we couldn't run and we couldn't do what we do, we rely on volunteers so much."
Anyone interested in getting involved and helping out with the foodbank should get in contact via the Trussell Trust website.