West Somerset Food Cupboard

Happy New Year to you all, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year.

I always feel this time of year gives us an opportunity to rejuvenate ourselves and look back on the things we did well and reflect on area that we may want to improve for the coming year. I believe all of us can give ourselves a good pat on the back for the work we achieved with the Food Cupboard during December. The donations flooded in and despite being a small charity we were able to step up when it was needed most. Distributing over 200 bags to families in the Minehead area before Christmas was a huge achievement. We were able to provide bags that not only included basic food options, but a very generous selection of Christmas treats and goodies. This is down to all the wonderful donations we receive from all our friends and supporters of the Food Cupboard. Thankyou from the bottom of my heart.

I was lucky enough to see the faces of the people that we support when they received their Christmas bag and share the tears and hugs from our recipients, and I can’t thankyou enough. I have had lovely feedback from the agencies/schools and organisations about how we made a difference to families at what can be a very difficult time of year.  We even managed to find a home for a rogue turkey at the 12th hour on Christmas eve, such a wonderful feeling to know how that can make such a difference to someone!

Thank you for all your ongoing support we cannot do the work we do without you.

Please find on the link  a copy of the latest wanted list if you could distribute as usual.

01-25 Food Request Jan 25

With Kind Regards.

Sara Trigg 

07795 080637

My working hours are 8.30-1.30 Mon, Tues, Thurs

www.wsfoodcupboard.org.uk 

Charity No. 1198591

Waste Collections over the Christmas period

There will be no collections on Wednesday 25 December, Thursday 26 December or Wednesday 1 January.

During the Christmas week collections will move forward by 2 days for those who normally have theirs on a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday as follows:

  • Wednesday 25 December collections will now be on Friday 27 December
  • Thursday 26 December collections will now be on Saturday 28 December
  • Friday 27 December collections will now be on Sunday 29 December

Following the New Year, collections will move forward by 1 day for the rest of the week as follows:

  • Wednesday 1 January collections will now be on Thursday 2 January
  • Thursday 2 January collections will now be on Friday 3 January
  • Friday 3 January collections will now be on Saturday 4 January

If residents’ usual collection days are a Monday or Tuesday, there will be no changes on either week.

Recycling sites will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day. Sites will be open as per their usual schedule at all other times, visit the Council’s Recycling sites opening hours page for details.

The garden waste collection service will be suspended for 2 weeks from Wednesday 25 December, resuming on Wednesday 8 January.

Garden Waste Service subscribers can leave their decoration-free tree out with their first collection of the year, so long as it is no taller than 2 metres (6ft)

Trees will not be collected from the kerbside unless the household subscribes to the Garden Waste Service.

Many charities, community organisations and groups are running tree collection or drop-off services, raising money for good causes. Check Just Helping online for details.

Trees can also be taken to any of Somerset’s recycling sites and put in the garden waste skip.