Surplus food distribution charity The Bread and Butter Thing is expanding its service across the region with a new hub set to open in North Tyneside.
The Bread and Butter Thing – known simply as TBBT - was launched in Manchester in 2016 and moved into the North East in March 2020 with the opening of a centre in Darlington, County Durham, just as the first national Coronavirus lockdown came into force. Now the community organisation is bringing its innovative affordable food service to Howdon from April 1 in partnership with North Tyneside Council.
The project will launch at Family Gateway’s Howdon Community Hub and provide access to low-cost food alongside a programme of wrap-around services offering financial, employment and health support. Four further hubs are already being planned across the borough for this year.
