News | Weston-super-Mare Foodbank

26 Jun 20

New job vacancy at our Foodbank

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 […]

25 Jun 20

A huge thank you to our community

A thank you seems so inadequate for the response our community has made over the past few months. In all honesty it’s been overwhelming. In response to the huge need people in our community have faced we have experienced sustained and sacrificial generosity from so many individuals, families, organisations, and companies. We’ve had to adopt […]

11 Jun 20

Busiest month ever across the country

Like almost all food banks across the country April 2020 was our busiest month ever. Nationwide there was an 89% increase in emergency food parcels given to people compared to the same period in 2019. The number of families with children receiving parcels has almost doubled compared to same period last year. Measures introduced by […]

6 Feb 20

December round-up

For the first time in Weston’s Foodbank history we had to shut our doors. No, we hadn’t run out of food, we ran out of storage space! By the middle of December so many of you had made such generous donations we were full to bursting. It didn’t last long though. December was our busiest month […]

25 Nov 19

What weighs the same as 15 reindeer?

We’ve had an amazing few days outside Tesco over the last week. The fantastic Tesco customers have donated a massive 2664 kg of items. We’re absolutely overwhelmed by the generosity of people. We couldn’t have done it without an abundance of volunteers from Weston College, Pelican Services and HSBC plus many, many individuals too. So we […]

20 Nov 19

Our alternative advent calendar brings hope to others at Christmas

It’s November and many will start to think about Christmas. The reverse advent calendar has been running for a few years and is a great way for families, friends, colleagues, groups or individuals to share some festive spirit with others. The photo in this post is for information and can be followed as closely […]

20 Nov 19

Harvest celebrations. Wow! Thank you for giving us a busy autumn!

We want to say a very grateful thank you to all those schools, churches and other organisations who donated items to celebrate harvest. It helped to top up our store-room after a busy summer. So your gifts really do help us to continue making a difference to the lives of families in Weston-Super-Mare all-year-round. One school’s collection was […]

21 Sep 19

Busy summer for Weston Foodbank

“Twice as many children needed the help of Weston Foodbank during the school holidays, with the charity saying it has created a strain on its stock levels,” the Weston Mercury has reported on our busiest summer ever. Click here to read the full story. https://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/weston-foodbank-says-the-rise-in-demand-caused-strain-on-their-stock-levels-1-6276359 “The demand created an added strain to our stock levels […]

18 Sep 19

Harvest appeal

At Weston foodbank autumn means it’s time for our Harvest Appeal and we are always blown away by the kind donations we receive, especially from schools and churches, who are always so generous in their support. If you would like to make a donation to help people living in food poverty in your community by organising […]

6 Jul 19

Five weeks too long – a 5 week wait for Universal Credit is too long.

People are being forced to food banks because five weeks is too long to wait for Universal Credit. The Trussell Trust has launched a campaign to end the five week wait. The government knows some people struggle with the five week wait but the changes they’ve made so far won’t stop people needing a food bank. […]

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