Our first delivery was to the Withywood Centre food bank, which has seen the number of people using its services triple during the pandemic.
Sophie delivered 200 rolls of toilet paper as this was their most urgent request. Due to the increased demand, they need this and other items on a weekly basis. You can check what they need and donate items directly to them, as well as indirectly via our Covid Fund, which we will continue using to support them and other groups across the city.
Sophie also visited all the South Bristol food banks and learned that tin openers are needed, as sometimes people do not have tin openers and so can’t open the food they are given. We are looking into ways to partner with suppliers to see if we can meet this need.
Sophie is also working to better understand the needs of isolated older people in South Bristol (something that may rise with covid testing for the new variant), and linking with other partners such as Bristol Ageing Better, Feeding Bristol and Bristol Older People’s Forum to find solutions.