Generous Tesco shoppers in Oxford have been thanked for their ‘incredible compassion’ by charities feeding children.
During a special summer Tesco Food Collection, 7,055 meals were donated by customers across Oxford as part of a UK-wide total of 900,000 meals’ worth of food collected by the Trussell Trust and FareShare.
It will help the Trussell Trust provide emergency food parcels to families in crisis and help FareShare support thousands of frontline groups working to feed children and families across the country.
Tesco has topped up all the customer donations with an extra 20 per cent in cash.
Emma Revie, Chief Executive at the Trussell Trust, said: “We have been truly humbled to see how much people have been willing to give to food banks this summer, as our nationwide network of food banks do all they can to help families meet the extra financial pressures of the holiday period.”
Customers can continue to support FareShare and the Trussell Trust by donating at permanent collection points at all large Tesco stores, or by donating Tesco Clubcard points.
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