For over 30 years, Christian charity The Message Trust have been sharing the love of Jesus in words and actions with the hardest-to-reach young people and communities. Across the UK and beyond, you’ll find their teams working in schools, tough communities, prisons, supporting ex-offenders and helping to keep families fed through Community Groceries.

The impact of their work is huge. Crime rates in communities fall, families don’t go hungry, young people find their true value and lives are transformed as people find hope.

During the first Covid lockdown in 2020 The Message Trust delivered 60,000 meals and food parcels to homes and families across Wythenshawe who would have struggled to put food on the table without a bit of extra help. 

Then came the Community Grocery. Acting as a bridge between foodbanks and supermarkets, the stores provide families who would otherwise go hungry with access to affordable food they can choose themselves. Each shop in store costs a member just £4.

Step inside a grocery and you’ll find a range of food options fresh from local supermarkets, meaning our members can come and shop for their whole family at the fraction of the cost of a supermarket. Through their food sourcing, the stores also save hundreds of tonnes of food being wasted each year.