The council undertakes promotion of the work
of food banks to encourage the community to donate food.
Further exploration of use of Charitable Funds to support local
food banks.
The Council provides grant funding of an average of £2.5k per
food bank ( total of £ 47.5k) upon request to match fund
grant provided by Wiltshire Community Foundation. This to be funded
from the local welfare assistance budget reducing this budget to
£100k.
Council offers food banks the opportunity to take grant funding in
the form of food direct from suppliers from the Council’s
wholesale suppliers.