Do you have a couple of hours to spare? Want to volunteer in the community?

The Somer Valley Foodbank needs some volunteers to help for a few hours on a Monday (Midsomer Norton), Wednesday (Radstock) or Friday (Peasedown St John) between 11.30 a.m. and 2 p.m. If you think you could help in the distribution centre, talking to clients or packing food into bags, then this is your opportunity. Training will be given.

For further details, contact Somer Valley Foodbank Chairman, Paul Woodward, on: 07729 523986 or at: [email protected] or visit: www.somervalleyfoodbank.org.uk and complete an application form.

Foodbanks provide three days of emergency food to people who need it the most. Professionals such as health visitors, social workers and the CAB identify people in crisis and issue them with a Foodbank voucher. The voucher can be taken to a distribution centre where a friendly team of volunteers will offer a cup of tea and help people with their food needs.

With more than seventy volunteers collecting and transporting food, helping in distribution centres, and providing support to those who visit, the Somer Valley Foodbank is one of the biggest volunteer-led projects in B&NES.