2020 | Stratford-upon-Avon Foodbank

24 Dec 20

Generous Food Donation from L&Q

Huge and very grateful thanks to L&Q who are a social housing provider building homes at Birnam Mews in Tiddington. They visited the foodbank to drop off food kindly donated by the L&Q Foundation which is the charitable arm of L&Q, and contractors, Grimes, Dryliner, Kirby Pro Seal and PGE Landscaping. Sharon Boot, Community Development […]

22 Dec 20

Stratford Foodbank Fresh Food Project

Fresh Food Project Overview A Stratford Foodbank Fresh Food parcel Stratford upon Avon Foodbank is undertaking a 25 week project to deliver fresh food parcels to local families struggling to afford food. Working in partnership with Wellesbourne based Hunscote Farm Shop , and VASA, Stratford’s volunteer transport group, the Foodbank are supplying fresh food parcels […]

16 Dec 20

Christmas Cheer for Holly

9 year old Holly from Exhall, a small village out near Temple Grafton, Alcester has been single-handedly raising funds for the Foodbank. When she is shopping with her family, they usually pop an item or two into the Foodbank donation trolley, but this Christmas Holly decided she also wanted to raise some money too. So, […]

16 Dec 20

Communities Come on Board

Following the recent story on Claverdon Community Shop setting up a donation point for the Foodbank, we are delighted to announce that a further two village stores in Mickleton and Wilmcote have volunteered a space in their shops to collect donations from the local residents for our much needed Foodbank. Marion, our Foodbank manager said, […]

11 Dec 20

New Trustees for Foodbank

We are delighted to welcome two additional members to our Board of Trustees. Lavinia Derrick has been volunteering with the Foodbank for just about twelve months. Her awareness of the work of the Foodbank inspired her to want to give something back to the community in a meaningful and worthwhile way. When the opportunity arose, […]

18 Nov 20

Heroes save the Christmas Hampers

In the true spirit of Christmas, the generosity of local financial advice company Maher Brownsword means we can, once again, assemble and distribute Christmas Hampers to our clients. An independent and personal financial advice company, Maher Brownsword was set up in 1994 and is based in Stratford. Dealing with varying levels of wealth amongst their […]

18 Nov 20

Taylor Wimpey Build for Foodbank

Taylor Wimpey Midlands and its contractors, M & J Evans Construction, who are currently building the Tudor Gate development located on Loxley Road, have made an extremely generous donation of much needed items to the Stratford Foodbank and we would like to offer them huge thanks for their benevolence. The Taylor Wimpey Midlands team dropped […]

17 Nov 20

Welcome Claverdon Community

A new collection point for the Food bank has been established in Claverdon at the community shop, for which we are extremely grateful. The shop in the village is staffed entirely by volunteers, as is the Foodbank. Our manager, Marion gave a talk to one of the community groups in Claverdon last Autumn and following […]

12 Nov 20

Message of Hope

Recently, Marion, our Foodbank Manager was asked to contribute to the Stratford Herald’s ‘Message of Hope’ column – below is the copy she submitted In March, Stratford Foodbank was forced through a massive change. A volunteer came down with Covid 19, we shut the cabins for a deep clean, and realised that reopening, from a space barely two […]

8 Nov 20

Foodbank Seeks Donations for Christmas Hampers

November and December are always busy times of year for Stratford Foodbank- but this year, with a global pandemic and a national lockdown, things are harder than ever. Volunteers are putting heroic efforts into the planning of their annual ‘Community Christmas Hampers’ project, relied on by many local support agencies to spread a little cheer […]

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