Delegates at the 2014 GMB Conference in Nottingham were invited to support a local Foodbank by bringing in food or giving a cash donation during Conference week. This initiative was organised by the TUUT Charitable Trust and TU Fund Managers and supported by the local GMB-Midland & East Coast Region.
At the end of Conference Nigel Webster of the Bestwood & Bulwell Foodbank was extremely surprised to collect a £4,000 cheque from the TUUT Charitable Trust, plus over £200 cash raised by delegates and the bags of donated food waiting for him.
Nigel told us “this funding could not have come at a better time as volunteers were feeling rather dispirited and distrustful as a result of the recent negative press publicity plus the imminent loss of their premises. £4,000 goes a long way to helping us find new storage space”.
Upon hearing this, Andy Worth Regional Secretary of the GMB –Midland & East Coast Region offered the support of the GMB to pay for the fitting out of the new premises with a cheque for £1,000.
GMB Protect , another exhibitor at the Conference was pleased to support the cause.