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15 Sep 25
From labels to liberation: Stories of hope from Team Arden at Greenbelt
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Over the August bank holiday, Alcester Team Leader Janet, joined Trussell’s presence at the Greenbelt Festival, connecting with Trussell staff and volunteers from across the UK. Among them was Des, a volunteer from Uttlesford Foodbank in Essex, who shared a remarkable project that captured the emotional journey of their Foodbank visitors. When people first arrived […]
23 Aug 25
Arden Foodbank Out and About at Studley Summer Fete
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10 August saw Arden Foodbank joining in all the fun at the Studley Summer Fete. This year it was organised by Studley Christmas Lights who very generously donated half the proceeds to Arden Foodbank. It was lovely to chat to villagers about our work. Lots of people tried to guess how many treats were in […]
22 Aug 25
MP visits our foodbank in Studley
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A huge thank you to Manuela Perteghella for taking the time to come and meet some of our volunteers at our Foodbank in Studley Methodist Church in August. She spent an hour chatting with our manager Helen, our warehouse managers Bryn and Cathy, our team leaders Hilary, Christine and Janet, and volunteers Mary, Roger, Annette, […]
12 Aug 25
Team Arden Foodbank Out and About in July
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Meet Roger, one of our small team of volunteers who transport food every week from our warehouse to our distribution centres at the Methodist Church in Studley and the Eric Payne Community Centre in Alcester. In July Roger set out to raise £2000 by cycling 500km that month, all in support of Maggie’s, a fantastic […]
15 Jul 25
Our July Newsletter is here!
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Click here to catch up on all our news. July Newsletter
23 Jun 25
MP joins our volunteers at Alcester Court Leet street market
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Arden Foodbank enjoyed a fabulous afternoon at Alcester Court Leet Street Market on Sunday 8 June. Volunteers Janet and Christine were joined by our MP, Manuela Perteghella. A huge thank you to Manuela for giving us her time and support. They all had a great time meeting people and chatting about our work. Thank you […]
22 Jun 25
Celebrating our wonderful volunteers
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At Arden Foodbank we are all unpaid volunteers. We have no paid staff. To celebrate Volunteers Week at the beginning of June, we said a huge thank you to all our amazing volunteers. To those who help each week at our food banks in Studley and Alcester; to those who transport the food and other […]
26 May 25
Arden Foodbank Out and About at Alcester Food Festival
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Our volunteers enjoyed a lovely day meeting people visiting our small stand on Church Green outside St.Nicholas’Church this May. Thank you to everyone who came to talk to us to find out more about our work to combat poverty. Trussell’s UK Roadmap identifies 8 building blocks to ending the need for Foodbanks, and our small […]
30 Apr 25
Our April Newsletter is here!
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Click to view April Newsletter
31 Mar 25
Arden Foodbank Manager retires
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On 28 March, we said goodbye to our much loved manager, Susan Kinnersley, who has been our leader since the Foodbank was set up 13 years ago. Over those years, Susan has seen many changes. From the early beginnings when a handful of volunteers served a small number of customers; through covid, when many more […]