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20 Jan 25
Winter Newsletter 2024 / 25
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15 Sep 22
We are on Bank the Food
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Bank the Food is a simple app available on Android and Apple keeping you updated with your local foodbank most needed items. You will even receive an alert when you enter one of the stores with donation bins. You can record your own donations as you shop. So simple. Download BanktheFood
15 Apr 22
Donate via Bankuet
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We have just joined Bankuet. If you would like to donate to us via this platform, please check their website on Weston-super-Mare Foodbank — Bankuet ® As of September 2022, £1000 have been donated via Bankuet and stock has been ordered accordingly.
16 Sep 21
HELP THROUGH HARDSHIP HELPLINE 08082 082138
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Help through Hardship is the free helpline for people struggling to afford the basics across England and Wales. The helpline is run by the Trussell Trust in partnership with Citizens Advice. Callers to the helpline receive income maximisation and benefits advice, signposting to other specialist advice (e.g. debt, housing, immigration), and a referral to a food bank, […]
1 Apr 21
FOODBANK CENTRES CHANGES
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LOCKING CASTLE CHURCH CENTRE will close from April 11th. Thank you Tom, Emily and the team for your support over the past 12 months. BOURNVILLE FAMILY CENTRE CHAUCER ROAD now opened Tuesdays and Fridays 10-12
1 Apr 21
EASTER CLOSURE
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EASTER BANK HOLIDAY: Good Friday: normal service in North Street, St Marks and Family Centre Easter Sunday: Locking Castle Church closed Easter Monday: North Street closed
25 Mar 21
Grant enables extension of our work at Foodbank
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Weston Foodbank is delighted to have received a Covid-19 Emergency Grant from WRAP (The Waste and Resource Action Programme, which administers the fund on behalf of DEFRA). This is enabling the Foodbank to offer more surplus food to our clients. This grant is of £9,329 and enables us to respond to some of the added […]
25 Mar 21
Humans of Weston feature the work of our Foodbank
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The wonderful people at Humans of Weston have interviewed Frederique our Foodbank manager about our vital work across Weston. It’s great insight into our work and how we’ve been operating throughout the Covid pandemic and our hopes and plans for the future. There’s some great questions from those listening.
28 Jul 20
The legacy of Joey Dunlop inspires support for the Foodbank
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We recently had a visit from Gabriel and his team who came to film part of their video dedicated to Joey Dunlop (a famous motorcyclist and supporter of charities) at the foodbank. They donated over 160kg of food. Every video they make involves a great story, normally about a famous: successful, admired or influential […]
26 Jun 20
New job vacancy at our Foodbank
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Exciting times ahead for us!!! The Covid-19 has created additional pressure on the warehouse arrangements at the foodbank and highlighted the need for an additional storage space and team. So we are recruiting a Warehouse Manager. This is a permanent position subject to funding (the first 2 year are funded by the Asda grant). Closing […]