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Fresh Food deliveries for Struggling Families

Stratford upon Avon Foodbank are determined to maintain support to local families struggling to afford food. They are looking for 75 families facing financial difficulties who would benefit from a six month programme of food deliveries, starting in November. Recognising the importance of fresh food when providing food over the longer term, the Foodbank has […]

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Caring Nursery Children Help Out

Stratford upon Avon Caring Kindergarten nursery recently celebrated a special ‘Scarecrow Week’ with all the children. The children also took food items in to nursery which will be donated to Stratford Foodbank. We would like to say a very big “Thank you” to all the children and their families for the donations and for thinking […]

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Heart of England’s Grant Support

 We owe a big debt of gratitude to Heart of England Community Foundation who awarded us a Coronavirus Resilience Grant of £3,000 in April to support the re-location of the Foodbank to its temporary home at Stratford Methodist Church. We are also very grateful to the grants team at Heart of England Community Foundation who […]

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Go, Kate!

Foodbank volunteer Kate Sergent ran her virtual marathon last Sunday, 4th October, having been awarded a ‘good for age’ place in the London marathon. She chose to raise funds for Stratford Foodbank to support our move to the Fred Winter centre in the town centre, which many of you will know is an on-going project. […]

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Help at Half Term

Food Parcel Deliveries for Struggling Families Stratford upon Avon Foodbank, and Stratford Churches Together, will once again provide a food parcel delivery for struggling families living in Stratford and the surrounding area during half term. This offer is being made to all families with at least one child of primary school age and continues the […]

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Neighbouring Foodbanks

Stratford upon Avon Foodbank is best situated to support residents in and around Stratford upon Avon, Bidford on Avon, Henley in Arden, Snitterfield, Long Marston, Lower Quinton, Meon Vale, and Welford, but we are happy to help anyone in receipt of Trussell Trust Foodbank voucher or voucher code. For details of how to access our […]

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Foodbank Harvest

Everything you need to know about Harvest… We are gearing up for a very busy Harvest time. Demand for our parcels has risen steeply over the summer months from a monthly average of 263 in 2019 to 361 during 2020. Foodbank Manager Marion Homer said; “This time of year we are often remembered in harvest […]

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Enable are Enabling Us to Help You

A surprise e-mail received into the Foodbank Manager’s inbox during her annual leave, advising that a generous donation of $2,500 was being made to the Foodbank, just couldn’t wait. Enable, with offices in both Stratford Upon Avon and San Francisco, have created cloud-based rebate management software that helps suppliers, distributors and wholesalers to drive mutually profitable […]

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Foodie Awards to Benefit Foodbanks

As the government initiative “Eat Out to Help Out” rolls out to support the hospitality businesses across the country in the wake of the lockdown easing, we are extremely fortunate to be able to announce that Stratford Foodbank, as well as foodbanks across the Coventry and Warwickshire region, is to be the  recipient of funds […]

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Foodbank Newsletter – July

The Foodbank Newsletter – July  is now available to read link

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