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28 Apr 23

Arden Foodbank marks 10 year milestone

This month, Arden Foodbank marked its 10 years of supporting food poverty within the local communities of Alcester, Studley and the surrounding areas. When it was set up, it was never intended to be a long-term project, but the need hasn’t gone away, and the foodbank is more than ever in demand. On Wednesday, 19th April, Arden […]

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7 Feb 23

Need urgent items? Contact ‘Acts 435’

My name is Steve and I volunteer at Arden Foodbank on a Friday and that gives an opportunity to mention Acts 435 and its partnership with Alcester Minster Churches. It is a crowdfunding website where it is possible to donate £5 or more. Needs are posted on the website anonymously. Following conversations with several clients […]

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10 Jan 23

Warm Hubs in Alcester & Studley

We are all far too aware that the cost of heating our homes has soared this winter, so new ‘warm hubs’ have been springing up across the country where people can go and get cosy. Warm hubs are where people can drop in, get warm, have a hot drink and be in the company of […]

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4 Jan 23

2022 in Numbers

Over the 2 distribution centres, in Alcester & Studley, in 2022 we fed 592 adults and 338 children. That’s over 8,000 meals we provided and that doesn’t include more than 200 special Christmas parcels or the 88 summer holiday packs. We’re set to exceed that in 2023, feeding over 170 people in January alone. (Compared […]

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28 Dec 22

Out and About at Community Events

You may have noticed Arden Foodbank volunteers at various events last year – the Food Festival in October and the ATC Money Advice Market and Studley Christmas lights switch-on in November – raising the profile of foodbanks generally and Arden Foodbank in particular. We’ve visited various groups too, including 1st Alcester Brownies and Tanworth in […]

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