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2 Feb 25
Team Arden Foodbank Out and About … Far and Wide
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Meet Neil, one of our volunteers at the Alcester Foodbank. As well as helping people in Alcester, Neil and his wife also volunteer at a soup kitchen organised by an English speaking church in Belgrade, Serbia. They run 3 sessions a week, one for ladies only, and two for anyone. Between 30 and 50 people […]
12 Jan 25
2024 numbers
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Over our 2 distribution centres, in Alcester & Studley, in 2024 Arden Foodbank fed 1,895 people (including 789 children). That’s over 17,000 meals we provided and that doesn’t include 367 school summer holiday packs and 226 special Christmas parcels. We can’t do any of this without your help. We’d like to extend a huge thank […]
1 Jan 25
Record number of Christmas packs delivered to schools
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Over a two day period in December, Arden Foodbank was busy packing 226 Christmas hampers and delivering them to our local primary schools, for distribution to families who need a little extra help this Christmas. That’s 2.5 tons, packed into 452 bags and delivered to 10 schools, by 27 volunteers. Each child received two Christmas […]
1 Jan 25
MP visits Alcester Foodbank
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We were delighted to welcome Manuela Perteghella MP to our foodbank in Alcester on Friday 6 December to meet our volunteers and some of our clients. She was keen to hear all about our work and to talk about how we are helping local people who are struggling to even afford the essentials. While […]
2 Dec 24
Studley Beavers visit the Foodbank
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On 12 November we were delighted to welcome the 1st Studley Alne Beavers to the Foodbank in Studley. They had been learning all about foodbanks. They arrived very excited to actually get to see one. After a short talk about our work, they spent the rest of their visit having great fun dating donations and […]
2 Dec 24
Team Arden Foodbank Out and About in Studley
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November saw Arden Foodbank volunteers involved in three community events in Studley. Volunteers Bryn, Cathy, Hilary, Lynda, Mary and Helen donned their cycling gear and joined other members of the community to take part in Studley Rose Care Home’s 12 hour cycling challenge for BBC Children In Need. They each took their turn to complete […]
5 Nov 24
New Donation Points in Studley and Alcester
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Throughout October Arden Foodbank has been out and about delivering smart new donation points to 23 locations in and around Studley and Alcester. Find them in Studley at Aldi, the Co-op, Spotty Pots Studio and Café, Four Acres Care Home, the Parish Church, Mappleborough Green Church, the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church, Studley Rose Care […]
5 Nov 24
Huge response to our Harvest appeal
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This October our harvest appeal to all our local communities was for pasta, baked beans, soup, tuna, jam and tinned vegetables, tomatoes, meat, fruit and custard. The response was overwhelming. The total weight of food donated was an amazing 1600 kilos. That will enable us to provide almost 230 three-day emergency food parcels, providing local […]
16 Oct 24
Team Arden Foodbank Out and About at Greenbelt Festival
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In August, Alcester team leader Janet joined Trussell Trust colleagues at the Greenbelt Festival, near Kettering, armed with her tent, wellies & sun cream. Having not volunteered for anything at national level, nor been to a festival before, this was new territory and stepping out of comfort zone stuff! Excited. Nervous. Apprehensive. Well, Janet […]
16 Oct 24
Another successful food drive at Waitrose in Alcester
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We held our second food drive of the year at Alcester Waitrose on 20 September. Our volunteers, led by Janet, greeted shoppers all day. In total, 173kgs of food was donated, enabling us to provide over 220 additional meals, and we received £165 in cash donations. Many people worked together […]