Practical support for busy food bank teams
Free tools and simple resources to help UK food banks stay visible, attract useful donations and save volunteer time.
Start with our free food drive pack. It includes ready-made emails, social posts, posters, organiser instructions and a one-page checklist.
Toolkits for food banks
Each toolkit is built to be practical and easy to use. We start with one live pack and add more over time.
Local Food Drive Toolkit
Six practical resources to help local workplaces, schools, faith groups and community groups collect the food your food bank actually needs.
Get the toolkitSocial Media Toolkit
Simple post ideas, templates and reminders to help your Facebook and Instagram pages look active and useful.
Local Business Support Toolkit
Practical templates for approaching local businesses for food drives, volunteering and longer-term support.
School Food Drive Toolkit
A simple pack to help schools and nurseries run useful food collections without creating extra work.
Donation Appeal Toolkit
Plain English templates to help supporters understand what you need and how they can help.
Awareness & PR Toolkit
Local press, community awareness and outreach templates for food banks that want to be easier to find and understand.
Support services for food banks
Alongside the free toolkits, we provide digital support services built specifically for food banks. Each one exists to help you support more people with less volunteer time. We set it up, we run it, and you can stop whenever you like.
Missed-call text back
Nobody who needs food should be met with a ringing phone
When your phone cannot be answered, the caller still gets help: an instant text with your opening times, referral route and drop-off details.
Find out moreWebsite chatbot
Answers for people who cannot face making a phone call
A simple, kind assistant on your website that answers the questions people are too anxious or too rushed to ring about.
Find out moreSocial media support
Keep your community informed without another job for a volunteer
Planned, written and posted for you, so your page stays active with what you need this week and who has helped.
Find out moreSimple food bank website
A clear website that tells people what they need to know
A fast, mobile-friendly site with opening times, referral information and donation details, built and maintained by us.
Find out moreTell us what would take the pressure off
Whether you want the free toolkit, one of our support services, or you simply want to talk through what your food bank is struggling with, we are happy to help. We work with food banks every week and we will tell you honestly if we are not the right fit.