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Sweetening Stoke’s School Holidays with Free JAZZ™ Apples This Summer
We’ve all heard that ‘an apple a day keeps the Doctor away’ but did you know that a JAZZ™ apple a day helps to keep the snack demands away too? Thanks to a delicious donation from leading global fruit manufacturer, Worldwide Fruit, we’re giving away over 6000 JAZZ™ apples at our Stoke-on-Trent family hubs this Summer.
The Bread and Butter Thing Launches Third Lincolnshire Food Club
Third time’s a charm for Lincolnshire, as we open food club number 3 in West Grantham.
Four new Bread and Butter family food clubs funded by Comic Relief launched in July
We’re thrilled to be bringing fresh, healthy affordable food to four more lower income communities, including making our Merseyside debut!
Sainsbury’s and Comic Relief bring extra flavour to The Bread and Butter Thing this Summer
Comic Relief and Sainsbury’s Seasonings Shuttle is back! It proved such a hit in Manchester that it will continue its mission to restore the joy in mealtimes in the North East of England during August.
Struggling families outside of London report having to send children to school without food in England’s school lunch postcode lottery
A survey of nearly 3,000 of TBBT’s food club members shows that one in ten children illegible for free school meals are being sent to school without lunch.
A stark choice at Christmas: presents or food?
66% of food hub users are worried about being able to afford enough food to feed themselves or their children over the Christmas period.
Sodexo Health & Care donates 100,000 meals to The Bread and Butter Thing
Sodexo Health & Care has this week donated 100,000 frozen meals to support food redistribution charity, The Bread and Butter Thing, providing much-needed food to those in need of support this Christmas.
Trafford-based The Bread and Butter Thing receives £3,000 donation to fund Big Brew Time campaign to combat loneliness
The team at Trafford’s The Bread and Butter Thing is celebrating after receiving £3,000 to launch its new campaign, The Big Brew Time which aims to combat social isolation and build new friendships.
New affordable food club comes to Stamford
Working in collaboration with South Kesteven District Council (SKDC), award-winning charity, The Bread and Butter Thing launched its first food club in Stamford, on Thursday November 23.
This is the first of five hubs funded by SKDC with £152,000 from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). Details of the four further hubs in Grantham, Bourne and The Deepings will be announced in due course.
TBBT is Connecting with Confidence in Get Online Week
Digital exclusion is severely limiting The Bread and Butter Thing members’ use of the internet. Many can’t access the help and support they need - from changing energy providers to claiming benefits, finding a job or accessing education options. Connecting with Confidence unites TBBT with Lloyds Banking Group and We Are Digital in a new partnership that sets out to get people in low-income communities online and digitally active.
TBBT spreads to Stoke at the new Bentilee Family Hub
Award-winning affordable food charity, The Bread and Butter Thing (TBBT), is opening its first hub in Stoke-On-Trent on 26th September. Working with the new Bentilee Family Hub and with support from Comic Relief and Tu Clothing, the charity will bring the benefits of its affordable food to hundreds of local families, providing innovative support to low income families across the community.
“A fantastic offer”: Low-cost food hubs are on the way in Stockton-on-Tees
TBBT launches five new hubs in Stockton-on-Tees with support from Stockton Borough Council and Thirteen Housing.
Award-winning affordable food project comes to Doncaster
The Bread and Butter Thing is opening its first hubs in Doncaster, taking its mobile food clubs to Thorne, Mexborough and Carcroft this summer.
Working with City of Doncaster Council and South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, the charity will open five hubs in total, bringing the benefits of its affordable food to hundreds of local families, providing innovative support to people at the sharp end of the cost-of-living crisis.
A Toast for Our Volunteers
According to the latest ONS Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, people who volunteer their time to support The Bread and Butter Thing are amongst the most dedicated 17% of adults in the UK.
Going it alone
The continued cost-of-living crisis is more than a choice between heating and eating. It’s forcing families into the kind of social isolation witnessed during the pandemic, warns leading food charity, The Bread and Butter Thing.
Three more affordable food hubs open in Sunderland
Three more TBBT hubs, offering weekly groceries at a fraction of high street prices, are set to open in Sunderland over the next few weeks. The new hubs in Hendon, Washington and Silksworth are all being supported by Sunderland City Council.
Award-winning affordable food project expands to the East Midlands
Working with local partners from South and East Lincolnshire Council Partnership, Newark and Sherwood District Council and food logistics company, Freshlinc, TBBT will establish a new regional base bringing the benefits of its mobile affordable food clubs to thousands of families across the East Midlands.
wagamama launches a special partnership with The Bread and Butter Thing
wagamama launches a new vegan take on its much missed iconic kare lomen dish and a new charity partnership with The Bread and Butter Thing.
The Bread and Butter Thing receives £500,000 from Comic Relief and Sainsbury’s
TBBT has received £500,000 in funding from Comic Relief and Sainsbury’s, directly aimed at supporting families struggling with food insecurity.
A new partnership brings TBBT's affordable food hubs further into the North East
Thanks to a partnership with local housing providers Karbon Homes, Gentoo Group and North Tyneside Council, The Bread and Butter Thing is launching hubs at five new locations across the North East.