Dawsons food drive 2019 for the Trussell Trust

RAN Foodbank 10,000 items to the Trussell Trust

Last week all of the Dawsons offices became collection points for a special estate agency incentive across the UK, headed by our agency charity Agents Giving and the national Relocation Agent Network.

This annual event is incredibly important because Foodbanks across the UK are being used more than ever before.  During the week, at Dawsons, we collected for Trussell Trust foodbanks in Swansea, Llanelli & Lifepointe.

swansea trussell trust foodbank

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019

The Trussell Trust charity supports a nationwide network of food banks and provides emergency food and support to people locked in poverty, along with campaigning for change to end the need for food banks in the UK.

In the UK, more than 14 million people are living in poverty – including 4.5 million children. The Trussell Trust supports more than 1,200 food bank centres in the UK to provide a minimum of three days’ nutritionally-balanced emergency food to people who have been referred in crisis, as well as supporting people to try and resolve the crises they face.

Between April 2018 and March 2019, food banks in the Trussell Trust network provided a record 1.6 million food supplies to people in crisis, a 19% increase on the previous year.

It takes more than food to end hunger but helping with food donations is a start and that is why this annual campaign is of huge importance to use at Dawsons.


Collection Day

Firstly we head to Morriston sales, to pick up 341 items, including a cheeky monkey.

Next to Morriston lettings, to pick up 189 items
Andrea is a cheeky monkey!

Next to Morriston lettings, to pick up 189 items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Sarah hopped into the collection bucket but just couldn’t give her away!

and then to Gorseinon office to collect 105 Items.

 

Matt & George trying to get taken away from Gorseinon office
Matt & George trying to get taken away from Gorseinon office

635 items delivered to Lifepointe.

Next, we headed to:

Sketty office to collect 107 items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Collecting from Sketty office

Killay office to collect 43 items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Collecting from Killay office

Llanelli office to collect 174 items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Collecting from Llanelli office

Deliver to Llanelli Foodbank 324 Items (Met with Claire & Colin who were so incredibly grateful)

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Claire & Colin, volunteers at Llanelli Foodbank receiving their items

Final trip:

Mumbles office to pick up a whopping 798 items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Mumbles Office Collection

Marina office to collect 158 items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Collecting from Marina office

Swansea sales office to collect 450 items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Swansea sales collection

Swansea lettings office to collect 269 Items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Swansea lettings collection with Kate & Kelly

And with a hugely packed van

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Barely any room left in the delivery van

Our final delivery was made to Swansea foodbank  of 1675 items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
From L to r: James, Gemma, Kate & Simon at Swansea Foodbank

We’d like to say a massive thank you to our board man Adrian from who drove from branch to branch last Friday along with our amazing food drive co-ordinator Gemma.  Plus, of course,  a huge well-done to all of our friends and local contacts who got involved and helped to achieve the amazing total of:

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019

THANK YOUS

GOWER PLUMBING AND GAShttps://www.gower-plumbing.co.uk/

Build Me Up Buttercup Property Maintenance
Build Me Up Buttercup Property Maintenance

Tim Lynch, Property Maintenance Expert

Simpsons Estate Agents

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GP Personal Fitness

Huw Roberts (Landlord)

Jackie Williams (Landlord)

Blue Rock Construction

Iceland Morriston donated to Dawsons Food Drive Iceland Morriston

Tesco Express Mumbles donated to Dawsons Food driveTescos Mumbles

David Watkins Solicitors Morriston

Salter Kelly Solicitors donated to Dawsons Food drive Salter Kelly Solicitors

Gomer Wi8lliams Solicitors bring their donation to Dawsons for the food drive

Gomer Williams SolicitorsGomer Williams Pontarddulais Gorseinon

Howells Solicitors Swansea donated to the Dawsons food driveHowells Solicitors

JCP Solicitors donated to Dawsons Food DriveJCP Solicitors

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