News
23 Jan 21
Listers Win for the Foodbank
The Foodbank are, once again, extremely grateful to Listers in Stratford, who have been supporting the Foodbank for many years. This time, however, the funding was a complete surprise to everyone. Lesley Franklin, at Listers Head Office, received a call from Hannah in the Marketing Team asking if she wanted to nominate Stratford Foodbank for […]
8 Jan 21
Stratford Wellbeing Month
Stratford Foodbank would like to share news of a great initiative bought to you by our friends at Stratford Calling and the Timebank. Emma, from Stratford Calling, along with Sarah, from Stratford Time Bank, wanted to offer something for the people of Stratford to support their mental health, which for many has been impacted greatly […]
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 […]