About
About the Foodbank Network
The Trussell Trust supports communities and churches to open foodbanks across the UK.
Our foodbank is part of Trussell’s network of emergency 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. Gloucester was one of the first 3 Foodbanks to open its doors, under the Trussell umbrella, in 2005. Since then, Trussell has helped communities work together to launch foodbanks nationwide in a wide range of towns and cities.
As a network, we want to see more people helped out of crisis and fewer people needing foodbanks in the future. That’s why Trussell and local foodbanks are working together to develop new ways to help people out of crisis through vital campaign work including the current Guarantee our Essentials campaign in partnership with The Joseph Rowntree Foundation.