News | Arden Foodbank

28 Mar 26

Alcester Food Drive at Waitrose helps Arden Foodbank provide over 400 meals

All of us at Arden Foodbank would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported our food drive at Waitrose on 27 March. Thanks to the generosity of Waitrose customers and the warm support of the store team, we collected an incredible 358 kilos of food and £220 in donations. These donations […]

24 Mar 26

Studley High School pupils donate 863 items in incredible whole-school food drive

We would like to give a huge shout out and heartfelt thank you to all the pupils at Studley High School who took part in a fantastic four-week whole school food drive to support local people in need. Over the course of the campaign, students, their families and school staff came together to donate an […]

24 Mar 26

Community generosity brings Easter joy to local families

Local community spirit has been on full display this Easter thanks to the incredible generosity of supporters from Alcester Town Walking Football, Alcester Town FC, and Great Alne Park. Together with many kind donors, the groups organised a wonderful Easter egg collection to help bring some seasonal joy to local families. In total, an amazing […]

1 Mar 26

The biggest thank you to Asgard Marketing

We want to say a truly heartfelt thank you to Asgard Marketing for their incredible generosity. Their donation of 627.3kg of food, toiletries, and household cleaning items is nothing short of amazing, and we are so grateful to everyone in the team, and to their clients for making this happen. What makes it even more […]

1 Mar 26

Massive thanks to Waitrose Alcester and their customers

We were so fortunate to be chosen by Waitrose Alcester as one of the first three charities to take part in the newly reintroduced green token scheme We are sending a massive thank you to all the lovely shoppers that dropped their green tokens into our box … because we won! Simply amazing. We were […]

15 Feb 26

Huge thanks to Alcester and Bidford Rotary

The President of Alcester and Bidford Rotary this year, Vaughan Blake, has very kindly chosen Arden Foodbank as his charity to support. Saturday 7 February saw us out and about at the first fundraising event – the best ever quality jumble sale. It was a wonderful success, with people queuing all down the street before […]

21 Jan 26

Our January newsletter is here

Click this link to read all our latest news. https://arden.foodbank.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/334/2026/01/Newsletter-January-2026.pdf

15 Dec 25

Record number of Christmas hampers delivered to schools

Over two days in December, a team of our amazing volunteers packed 247 Christmas hampers and delivered them to our 11 primary schools for distribution to families who need a little extra help this Christmas. That’s 2.3tonnes packed into 494 bags and delivered to 11 primary schools by 21 volunteers. Each child received two Christmas […]

9 Dec 25

Open as usual over Christmas and New Year

This year, as last year, Arden Foodbank will be open as usual over the Christmas and New Year period. Find us in Studley at the Methodist Church on Alcester Road on Tuesday 23 and 30 December from 2.00-3.30pm. Alcester at the Eric Payne Centre off St.Faith’s Road on Boxing Day, Friday 26 December and 2 […]

9 Dec 25

Arden Foodbank Out and About at Christmas Festivities

Our volunteers have been joining in the celebrations at community events this year. 28 November saw us at Minerva Mill Christmas Fayre where our volunteer manager Janet, and our chair of trustees Christine, were visited by Alcester Court Leet at the start of the day. The following week on 6 December Janet was out again […]

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