In 1995 Pam Baker, a member of Barnabas Community Church Shrewsbury, visited Ukraine on a church mission trip. Whilst in Makeevka, eastern Ukraine, She struck up a friendship with leaders and members of Rhema church who had recently committed themselves to help the poorest members of their community by starting a feeding programme. Barnabas church started to help Rhema church with their feeding programme. Then in 1997 BREADtrust was launched as a new charity to develop this work across eastern Europe and elsewhere through strategic partnerships with local churches to deliver feeding programmes and other forms of humanitarian aid.

In 1995 Pam Baker, a member of Barnabas Community Church Shrewsbury, visited Ukraine on a church mission trip. Whilst in Makeevka, eastern Ukraine, She struck up a friendship with leaders and members of Rhema church who had recently committed themselves to help the poorest members of their community by starting a feeding programme. Barnabas church started to help Rhema church with their feeding programme. Then in 1997 BREADtrust was launched as a new charity to develop this work across eastern Europe and elsewhere through strategic partnerships with local churches to deliver feeding programmes and other forms of humanitarian aid.