stratforduponavon | Stratford-upon-Avon Foodbank

18 Nov 19

Emergency Food Parcel demand up over 100% in 5 years

Stratford upon Avon Foodbank has revealed shocking figures of increasing demand over the last five years. In its recent ‘State of Hunger’ report foodbank network the Trussell Trust reported a 73% increase in demand over 5 years, but in Stratford that figure is much higher. The town’s Foodbank reports that demand for their services has […]

5 Nov 19

Be part of the UK’s largest charity food collection

Stratford Foodbank is asking the local community to help support people in crisis this Christmas by donating to the UK’s largest food collection. The Food Collection will take place at Stratford’s Tesco Superstore from the Thursday, November 21 until Saturday, November 23. During the Tesco Food Collection volunteers will be greeting customers with a list […]

5 Nov 19

Foodbank to distribute three hundred Christmas Hampers

Stratford Foodbank is getting ready for its busiest time of the year. Volunteers are busy preparing for an expected, but unfortunate peak in demand in December; managing hugely generous harvest festival food donations from many schools, churches, businesses and community groups; and getting set to create over 300 community Christmas hampers for distribution in December. […]

5 Nov 19

Foodbank ‘Reverse’ Advent Calendar

The ‘Reverse’ Advent Calendar is a simple concept; instead of a calendar where you open a door to a chocolate or picture, you give instead. Each day during advent you put aside a food donation so, by the end of December, you have a collection of goods ready to drop off to your local Foodbank. […]

29 Oct 19

No tricks, only treats!

Stratford on Avon Foodbank are extremely grateful to Stratford Football Club for allowing us to launch our Grand Christmas Draw at their Halloween and Firework event last weekend. The draw gives us the opportunity to raise funds for the Foodbank, as we look to move into our new premises having outgrown, sadly, our current base […]

27 Oct 19

Spreading the Word

Manager Marion Homer and committee member David Whitfield attended Stratford Upon Avon Provider Fair at the Jobcentre on Wednesday 16th October, as the face of Stratford Foodbank, offering information on the work of our vital service to the local people of the town. Initially they were able to interact with local professionals from various organisations, […]

16 Oct 19

Townswomen’s Guild are Great!

Stratford Foodbank is very blessed to be supported by such wonderful people, businesses and organisations in and around the local area. We have featured some of them in our recent web stories, and now we would like to thank another group of people who have been in the town for many years. The Townswomen’s Guild […]

15 Oct 19

A new Foodbank Chaplain

At a recent meeting of Stratford Churches Together, Stratford’s Church leadership agreed to provide the Foodbank with a chaplain. A chaplain is a person of faith, or philosophical belief, who provides guidance and counselling to those in need in secular organisations. Stratford’s Chaplaincy will be a rotating one year role and started as of September […]

30 Sep 19

NFU Mutual Harvest Generous Collection

Once again, NFU Mutual have come up trumps for Stratford on Avon Foodbank. Kieron Thompson from the Finance department said, “We were upset by hearing of stories in the press about the demand for foodbanks increasing during the summer holidays. This prompted us to quickly arrange a collection across our finance division. Whilst there were […]

5 Sep 19

Stratford Foodbank reveals plans for new home

Stratford Foodbank has announced its intention to move to the Fred Winters Centre as a key partner in Stratford’s new Housing Plus Project. With year on year increases in demands for their services the Foodbank had already made known their desire to find a new home to provide better facilities for both clients and volunteers. […]

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