Highbridge and Burnham-On-Sea Food Pantry, which provides low-cost surplus food to local families to reduce food waste and help people on low budgets, has given a £500 boost to a local youth football club this week.
The pantry, which launched in 2022, is a partnership between Burnham Baptist Church and Morland Community Hub.
Highbridge and Burnham-On-Sea Food Pantry is run by volunteers and is based at Highbridge’s Trowbridge Close Community Hall. It helps around 90 local families each week.
It charges £5 a week for two bags of food which includes chilled, veg, fruit and frozen goods amounting to around £45 at normal prices.
The group awards funding raised to local good causes and has just given a £500 donation to Burnbridge Wanderers youth football club to remove financial barriers from local youngsters starting the sport and encourage them to get active.
A club spokesperson says they are “incredibly grateful for the support” from Highbridge and Burnham Food Pantry.
The Pantry works to prevent surplus food from going to landfill.
