TBBT’s Connecting with Confidence partnership with Lloyds Bank and We Are Digital aims to tackle digital exclusion at a grassroots, community level.

“This project has already had a lot of impact. We've had people with children doing it to help with their homework. We've had the older members who have no access at all to internet. I only have a phone, so this project was a godsend to me. Having a tablet and getting online properly has honestly changed so much for me and my daughters.

Joining forces with top British food manufacturers, TBBT has demonstrated expertise in working with partners in the manufacturing process itself, rescuing surplus foods that are used in the creation of other products – including components for ready meals.

The Green Doctors attended a total of 48 sessions at eleven different hubs in Darlington during the spring and autumn of 2022. This provided members with the opportunity to access invaluable energy saving advice, just as the energy crisis started to escalate.

Earlier this year we teamed up with Morrisons and the UK’s leading period care brand, Always, who gave us a brilliant donation of 1 million period products as part of their Always’ End Period Poverty programme

Mum of six and grandmother of four, Ang Cassells is widowed and lives in Partington, Manchester.

Supported by funding from Electricity North West during the autumn of 2021, Citizens Advice Manchester (CAM) attended sessions at TBBT hubs across Greater Manchester, in order to reach some of the region's most vulnerable residents and offer support with their energy issues and questions.

Based in Darlington, Morrison Trust’s principle objective is to support people into work, running a range of projects tailored to their clients’ age, needs and experiences.

Cranswick is a new supplier for 2021. With local sites based in Hull and Barnsley, Cranswick produces high-quality meat products from sausages and bacon to chicken and gourmet pastries. With an embedded strategy for sustainable food production, the team have worked innovatively to explore new ways of redistributing its edible surplus.

Greencore is one of the UK’s leading food manufacturers, producing convenience products from sandwiches and soups to Yorkshire puddings and pickles. It has production units in 16 locations across the UK. It puts sustainability at the heart of its operation, embedded within its “Better future plan” which aims to feed people with pride.

Worldwide Fruit is an international fruit marketing and distribution company supplying top quality fruit to the UK’s leading supermarkets. It sources products globally, from over 1000 growers worldwide, ensuring continuity of supply 365 days of the year.

Alongside its retail operations, Morrisons is the UK's 2nd largest fresh food manufacturer. It buys many of its fresh products directly from farmers and fishermen, processes products through its own manufacturing sites and abattoirs and distributes through its own network, the only British supermarket to do so.

Amazon is committed to being a force for good in the communities where it operates. This year, TBBT has received more than 200 tonnes of food – roughly 555,000 meals worth - from Amazon sites across the country, from high quality meat products to milk to ready meals. Not to mention non-food donations of household goods, health and beauty items and even pet food.