Volunteers In Guildford Needed To Help Food Collection For People In Need

Published on: 11 Nov, 2019
Updated on: 13 Nov, 2019

The Trussell Trust and FareShare charities are appealing to people in Guildford to volunteer to help in the UK’s biggest food collection for people in need.

From Thursday to Saturday, November 21 to 23, the two charities will be collecting food in Guildford’s Tesco stores during the annual Tesco Food Collection.

Volunteers are needed to help at Guildford’s Tesco store to encourage shoppers to donate, that as much food as possible can be collected between Thursday and Saturday, November 21 to 23.

They are looking for volunteers to encourage shoppers to donate so that as much food as possible can be collected.

During the collection, customers are encouraged to donate long-life food to help food banks and community groups support people in need at Christmas. Tesco will top up customer donations by 20% to further support the two charities in their work.

The charities say that last year, 3.5 million meals were collected as part of the Tesco Food Collection and, since its launch in 2012, more than 50 million meals have been donated to the two charities by generous Tesco customers.

To make this year’s collection a success, volunteers are needed to hand out shopping lists to customers so they can see the food items most needed by food banks and community groups in the Guildford area, and to encourage people to donate.

People interested in volunteering can find out more and sign up at https://fareshare.org.uk/tescofoodcollection/