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16 Oct 24

Another successful food drive at Waitrose in Alcester

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 […]

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18 Sep 24

Record number of breakfast and lunch packs issued to school children this summer

  Over the six week school summer holiday in 2024, Arden Foodbank provided an astounding 367 breakfast and lunch packs for children in receipt of free school meals and for others identified as being in families struggling to afford the additional food costs over the summer break. This compares with just under 100 packs issued […]

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18 Sep 24

Arden Foodbank holds Ready Steady Cook competition in Studley Pubs

To help raise awareness of Arden Foodbank’s centre in Studley, Arden Foodbank partnered with three local pubs in August. Chefs at the Little Lark, the Railway Inn and the Jubilee competed to see which pub could create and cook the best two course meal using the contents of an emergency food parcel. All parcels were […]

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18 Sep 24

Celebrating our wonderful volunteers

At Arden Foodbank we are all unpaid volunteers. We have no paid staff. To celebrate Volunteers Week at the beginning of June, Arden Foodbank 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 […]

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18 Sep 24

Out and About at Community Events in 2024

You may have noticed Arden Foodbank volunteers at various events already this year – notably, the Alcester Food Festival in May, Alcester Street Market in June and the Studley D-Day 80 celebrations also in June.   Look out for us at the Studley Christmas Lights Switch On in November and at Alcester’s St.Nicholas Night celebrations […]

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18 Sep 24

Arden Foodbank and Waitrose food drive an unprecedented success

  On 22 March this year, supported by a social media campaign, Arden Foodbank held our most successful food drive ever with Waitrose in Alcester. We very much enjoyed chatting to shoppers, explaining about our work, and asking if they might consider adding just one item from our shopping list to their basket. Wow, did […]

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