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22 Sep 22

HARVEST COLLECTION

  Are you a school, business or community organisation looking to help people in need this Autumn? Please consider starting a harvest collection to encourage food donations for Borehamwood Foodbank. Last year we supported over 10,000 people in crisis with emergency food parcels, and we expect this to rise as the cost of living crisis […]

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12 Sep 22

Thank you Sobell Rhodes

  A huge THANK YOU to our corporate partners, Sobell Rhodes, who supported our Summer Family Foodbank sessions. We had four Sobell Rhodes, volunteers attend every one of our six additional lunch sessions over the school holidays. They also bought lots of food and a huge amount of stationery for the children returning to school! […]

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10 Sep 22

Contact your MP

  Despite the cost of living support package provided by the government, 40% of people on Universal Credit had to skip meals to survive the summer, and research from The Trussell Trust shows that 70% of people who received their first cost of living support payment have already had to spend it, and 2/3 of […]

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1 Sep 22

Summer Family Foodbank Fun

    We’ve had an amazing series of foodbank sessions for families over the past six weeks. Our success in numbers: Six additional sessions over six weeks – each with a different theme from cooking and seaside fun, culminating in a Harry Potter themed session last week An average of 23-26 families per session. 57 […]

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19 Jul 22

School Summer Lunch sessions

  The first of our Summer School Lunch sessions start tomorrow from 11am – 1pm at St Teresa’s Church in Borehamwood. They will run every Wednesday through to 24 August. As well as free lunch bags for anyone of school age, there will be lots of free activities. This year, we’ll also be offering school […]

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18 Jul 22

Visit the justice bus on 21 July!

The justice bus – a mobile law clinic offering free legal advice – will visit Borehamwood Foodbank on Thursday 21 July, 10am – 12.30pm. The free advice for members of the public cover a range of legal issues including family, employment, housing and consumer. All advice is provided by solicitors, or trained law students working […]

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30 Jun 22

Tesco Summer Food Collection

The Tesco Summer Food Collection starts today, 30 June, 2022. Over the next three days, there will volunteers kindly giving up their time to collect food donations at Tesco Borehamwood. As the cost of living crisis intensifies, local people need our help more than ever, so please pop along and donate whatever you can. Every […]

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11 Jun 22

Volunteers needed for Summer Food Collection

  Our Summer Tesco Food Collection runs from 30 June through to 2 July and we need your help! We’re looking for volunteers to help: In Borehamwood Tesco store 9:30am – 5:00pm, asking customers to donate items and helping to sort donations as they are handed in. At Borehamwood Foodbank on Monday, 4 July t9:30am. […]

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22 May 22

Jubilee lunch session

Join us for a Jubilee-themed family lunch on Wednesday, 1 June. The Foodbank will be open for a special session from 11am to 1pm and we’ll be holding an activity session for anyone with school-aged children. Every family will leave with a kids’ food bags and hot food. Hope you can join us and please tell […]

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15 May 22

Free data with your food

If you’re out of data, you can pick up a free SIM card. Having a phone and internet access is crucial for all of us. And we know from people visiting our Foodbank that being able to get online or call someone is what makes it possible to interact with systems like Universal Credit, apply […]

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