News
27 Jan 24
Meon Vale and Bishopton – food parcel collection times
Our foodbank covers a wide rural area. We know it can be difficult to get into the centre of Stratford to collect a food parcel. That’s why we use our foodbank van to bring food parcels to you. During each week in addition to our four food parcel distribution sessions at the Fred Winter Centre, […]
11 Jan 24
Volunteer Recruitment Event
Do you fancy doing something different this year? Would you be interested in learning about volunteer opportunities at the Stratford upon Avon Foodbank? We have a host of different volunteer roles, one of them might really appeal to you… Why not come along to our volunteer recruitment event at the Fred Winter Centre, 41 Guild […]
29 Dec 23
Foodbank – reopens
We will be open today, Friday 29 December for food parcel collections at the Fred Winter Centre from 12.00-1.30PM – we are then closed again until Tuesday lunchtime when normal opening hours resume.
28 Dec 23
Foodbank – emergency closure – Thu 28 December
CLOSED Thursday 28 December 5-6.30PM session Unfortunately we are having to stay closed today as the The Fred Winter Centre (Stratford-upon-Avon) has no water. There are contractors working to try and resolve this situation and we hope to be able to reopen for session at 12 noon tomorrow, Friday 29 December. . We will post […]
18 Dec 23
Foodbank Christmas Opening – food parcel collection
CHRISTMAS OPENING – please take a moment to look at the times we are closed for collecting food parcels – we are open as normal with these exceptions: **Fred Winter Centre** Mon 25 Dec – CLOSED Tue 26 Dec – CLOSED Mon 1 Jan – CLOSED **Bishopton Community Centre** Mon 25 Dec – CLOSED Mon […]
28 Nov 23
Support our community this winter by donating to Stratford-upon-Avon Foodbank at your local Tesco store
As food banks brace themselves for their toughest winter yet, with over a million emergency food parcels expected to be distributed between December and February, Stratford-upon-Avon Foodbank is urging shoppers to donate to this year’s Tesco Winter Food Collection. From Thursday 30 November to Saturday 2 December, customers at Stratford-upon-Avon Tesco, Birmingham Road will be […]
21 Nov 23
Coventry Building Society – Foodbank Christmas Raffle
Coventry Building Society supports Stratford upon Avon Foodbank via their Community Partnership Scheme Stratford upon Avon Foodbank were delighted last year to be selected by Coventry Building Society, Stratford upon Avon to be their Community Partner. The staff at the Wood Street branch have supported the Foodbank in a number of ways during the year […]
13 Nov 23
Closed Monday 13 November
POWER FAILURE – apologies we have had to close this evening due a power failure. The Fred Winter Centre only has power in isolated parts of the building and this doesn’t include our Foodbank warehouse – which means we are unable to pick/pack food parcels. We are very sorry for the extremely late notice – […]
31 Oct 23
Our reverse advent calendar is back!
It’s works like a normal Christmas advent calendar but instead of getting a chocolate a day, you buy an item from the calendar and put it in a box. Then after 24 days you donate it all! The calendar includes items that we use in all of our parcels so are usually the most needed. […]
17 Oct 23
We are taking the foodbank on the road to Bishopton Community Centre!
We are excited to announce that as of 23rd October, we will be running a distribution session for food parcels from Bishopton Community Centre (CV37 9PB). The session will last between 11am-12noon, every Monday. You must have a food voucher to collect your parcel. Parcels will be prepacked. We are looking forward to these sessions […]