#Tonnesoftins
The vulnerable need our help and with food a basic necessity there is a campaign on the south coast to raise supplies through a tin collection.
#TonnesOfTins has been set up by V2 Radio in Sussex, and many radio stations are involved.
In Southampton it is Voice FM, Awaaz and Fiesta.
You can donate one tin, or many tins, at our studios, the aim is to beat last year’s figure 4.8 tonnes.
We hope you can help and donate whatever you can!
Donate At Voice FM
YMCA Youth and Community Centre
Graham Road
Newtown
Southampton
SO14 0AW
Donate at Awaaz or Fiesta
6 Northlands Rd,
Southampton
SO15 2LF
Food banks, food waste organisations and charities who support the most vulnerable need our help. The demand on these services is at an all-time high, with more people than ever before being reliant on them just to get by.
The support they offer is needed by people you'd never imagine facing such crisis. And this crisis has, and can, affect any one of us.
In 2022, 349,400 three-day emergency food parcels were handed out to specific local authorities in the Southeast by The Trussell Trust alone.
Over 100,000 of those were handed out across Sussex.
These numbers are stark and are worse than during pandemic levels. We’re currently facing an increase of 35% more demand compared to last year. The numbers above do not include any independent food banks or food waste organisations. This is where #TonnesofTins comes in.
Teaming up with Southern Water, their Community Partnerships team, and UK Harvest we would love to collect more tins than last year, with 4.8 tonnes being the target to beat.
We hope you can help and donate whatever you can!
If you have a question of need help in donating tins please contact us
This campaign was started by V2 Radio in Sussex, you can discover more here
https://www.v2radio.co.uk/tonnes-of-tins-2023/
