article_snippet.sent: Trussell Trust asks for the ‘donation’ from churches and community groups which open new foodbanks.
article_snippet.sent: The money, volunteers are told, is needed to pay for the Trussell Trust’s staff, branding materials, PR advice and relationships with supermarkets such as Tesco.
article_snippet.sent: Setting up costs: Trussell Trust asks for a 'donation' of £1,500 from churches and community groups .
article_snippet.sent: The Trust, which has links with the Church of England, hands out parcels containing three days’ worth of donated food to people referred by doctors, social workers and other agencies.
article_snippet.sent: Trussell Trust most recent accounts show an annual income of nearly £3.4million.
article_snippet.sent: Trussell Trust says: ‘Foodbanks are asked to make a £1,500 donation towards these costs.
article_snippet.sent: Last night, Trussell Trust chief executive David McAuley said: ‘The cost to Trussell Trust of helping to start a new foodbank is higher than the contribution that a new foodbank makes.’ Trust chief executive David McAuley said last year Trussell Trust Trussell Trust gave Trussell Trust volunteers ‘cash grants and in-kind goods which totalled double the amount that foodbanks contributed financially’.
highlights_snippet.sent: Trussell Trust asks for 'donation' from churches and community groups .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Trussell Trust then charges £360 per year from each group running Trussell Trust food banks .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: But Trussell Trust said Trussell Trustcash grants and in-kind goods' were double the donation .