nantwich | Nantwich Foodbank

11 Oct 16

Give a little to make a big difference this Christmas

This year we are continuing to help the isolated elderly and supporting the Christmas day lunch at Hospital Street Methodist Church. As in previous years we will be giving a Christmas parcel to every person who attends the lunch who is on their own this Christmas. We like to make the parcels as identical as possible and […]

5 Oct 16

Reaseheath show their support

We’re delighted to be working with Reaseheath College. They have been busy collecting food for us as part of their freshers fair and students will be helping us throughout the year at our supermarket collections and in our warehouse. Young people don’t always get the best press, from our experience they are wonderful and we […]

20 Apr 16

1343 Helped by Nantwich foodbank in the last year

Over 1343 food parcels were provided to local people by Nantwich Foodbank in the 2015/16 financial year, compared to 1224 in 2014/15, an increase of 9.7%. The top three reasons people were referred to us were low income, benefit delays and supporting vulnerable children over school holidays (children who usually get free school meals during term […]

19 Apr 16

We’re snapping up sponsors!

We’re delighted to have gained the support of a number of local businesses over the past few weeks. Hall Smith Wittingham Solicitors have made us their charity of the year and we have had a number of new organisations sponsoring a shelf in our store room including Beswicks Legal and Arriba Wellness. Carol […]

23 Dec 15

6 Unexpected Things Foodbanks Need

A visit to the food bank isn’t exactly a traditional Christmas activity, but one UK charity is asking for a little extra help this month, when demand is at its highest and families are choosing between eating and heating.

15 Dec 15

Tesco collection helps spread festive cheer

A massive thank you to everyone who donated their time to help out at our latest collection in Tesco Crewe over the weekend. It was a great team effort and thanks to the generosity of local people we will once again be able to spread some festive cheer this Christmas. One young boy blew […]

8 Dec 15

Why Would a Mum Doing a Business Degree Find Herself Begging on the Streets This Winter?

With Christmas approaching, Michele from Brent Foodbank shares how she’s helping to make the festive season special for those struggling. “For the past few days I haven’t been to the street begging for money to buy food for me and my baby…” This was what a mother at Brent Foodbank told us recently. She was […]

1 Dec 15

Emergency Budget gets the food poverty test

David McAuley, Chief Executive of The Trussell Trust said: “We have two simple tests for the budget being delivered today.  Firstly, what does it do to reduce the number of people in poverty and hunger?  Secondly, what does it do to ensure the Government is supporting the work of charities and social enterprise in taking […]

21 Oct 15

Listening to the lives behind the foodbank statistics

MPs and peers discussed tackling UK poverty. The Trussell Trust, along with dozens of representatives from its UK network of foodbanks, were in parliament yesterday speaking with MPs and Peers about the work they do to combat hunger and poverty. Hosting the event, Chris White MP commended the varied work of the Trussell Trust’s foodbanks, […]

1 Oct 15

Foobank bags support from Wulvern

From 5th October shoppers will be charged 5p for a plastic carrier bag. Most of the donated food we receive comes in to us in these carrier bags, we then reuse the bags to transport food from our store room to our clients homes. We know that this new charge we will have a knock on effect on the amount […]

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