ESCAPE, the Edinburgh Students’ Coalition Against Poverty, organises a regular collection on the first Wednesday of every month.
Their next collection, on Wednesday 4 March, will be held at the University Chaplaincy, on Potterow, from 12pm until 2pm.
ESCAPE food bank collection
Wednesday 4 March 2015, 12.00pm
Wednesday 4 March 2015, 2.00pm
Chaplaincy, Potterow
Food and toiletries
Staff interested in supporting ESCAPE are advised that donations of toiletries and non-perishable food items are welcome, particularly:
- any canned goods (fruit, vegetables, meat or fish, soup and desserts)
- pasta sauces
- cereals
- powdered milk
- instant coffee
- sugar.
Support
ESCAPE's collections are made in support of the Trussell Trust's food banks in Edinburgh.
The Trussell Trust is a UK charity that provides a nationwide network of food banks in partnership with local community groups.
Front line care workers issue a food voucher to those in need, which can be exchanged at a food bank for three days of nutritionally balanced, non-perishable food.
ESCAPE's first collection took place in May 2014. In December alone, their Christmas appeal collected and donated 225 kilograms of food.