Fifty volunteers have come forward to help run a new foodbank for Keynsham.
The foodbank, one of a growing network across the country which already includes services in Bath and the Somer Valley, will open at the end of next month.
The group behind the initiative will stage its first food collection at the town's Co-op supermarket at Broadmead Lane on Saturday, August 31 between 8am and 4pm.
The Trussell Trust charity, which oversees the country's foodbanks, has reported a 170 per cent rise in the number of people turning to them in the last year, with benefit changes, cost of living rises and redundancy contributing.
Keynsham co-ordinator Alan Hale said: "The formation of Keynsham's foodbank comes at a time of need for many. While we all share the fight to get the country back on its feet, we must not forget that pain is even greater for some in our community.
"Those on benefits are having life-changing amendments to what they receive when they already live hand to mouth and that is hard if you have no reserves or no support from families but the need is also there for those who are on low income or fixed pensions. I know from experience the community in Keynsham will not allow children and adults to be hungry."
The food will be distributed to people who have been given a voucher by a professional working in the community or by the Citizens Advice Bureau or B&NES Council's one-stop shops, with centres at two churches in the town.