Bar Mitzvah Boy completes local food drive 

On 1 September 2021, 12-year old, local Borehamwood boy, Eytan Wittenberg, ran a food drive collecting non-perishable food from family, friends, neighbours and the wider community, and donating it to the Borehamwood Foodbank. 

As his Bar Mitzvah project, he was looking for a way to give back, and wanted to be able to help his local community. 

He said: “I love food and can’t imagine having to go without, so as well as a month-long campaign with posters, videos and messages to collect food from my family, friends, neighbours and the local community, I fasted for 13 hours throughout the collection day, I was lucky enough to have a big meal at the end, but I know not everyone is that fortunate.” 

The Foodbank packaged up this food and will give it to people in need during the next twice-weekly Foodbank sessions, which run on a Monday afternoon and a Thursday morning. 

Thanks for all your hard work, Eytan. The food is gratefully received and will help lots of families in the local area.

12 Mar 23

Welcome to our DoE volunteers

We have welcomed our first group of Duke of Edinburgh (DoE) students to help us in the Foodbank. The nine students, who are completing their Silver DoE, will volunteer at the Foodbank over the next six months. Over this time they will complete a packing session every Monday evening to ensure that we are fully […]

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20 Feb 23

Elstree and Borehamwood Mayoral Charity of the Year 2022/23

We are delighted that we have been appointed Elstree and Borehamwood Mayoral Charity for 2022/23. This is a great honour for us and recognises of all of the valuable work our employees, volunteers and donors do in the community of Elstree and Borehamwood to help people in crisis with food, fuel vouchers, free school uniform […]

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15 Feb 23

Welcome to Judith Elders, our new Operations Director!

Judith will recruit and manage a team of employees and volunteers who keep the foodbank running day to day; induct train and co-ordinate the volunteers, field enquiries from clients, and work with donor organisations such as supermarkets, schools, faith groups, clubs etc. She will also be responsible for the overall health and safety on the sites […]

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27 Jan 23

Oliver Dowden MP visits our Foodbank

We were delighted to receive a visit from Oliver Dowden MP earlier today. He met our trustees and some of our volunteers to hear about the vital work Borehamwood Foodbank does to support people in our local community. He said: “It was a great pleasure to visit the Borehamwood Foodbank today. Soon they will mark […]

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2 Jan 23

Congratulations to Kristan Payne BEM!

The founder of Borehamwood Foodbank and our first Chair, Kristan Payne has been awarded a BEM (British Empire Medal) in King Charles’ first ever New Year’s Honours List, in recognition of her longstanding charitable work.   Along with a small number of other people, she recognised that many residents in our community were struggling with food insecurity and […]

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21 Dec 22

Turkey Prize Draw raised over £1,000!

Thanks to everyone who bought a ticket for the turkey prize draw. It raised an amazing £1,040 for the Foodbank! Thanks, of course, to Charlie Rosentals, who organises the draw and donates the winning turkey each year.

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14 Dec 22

Crowdfunder – a new way to donate

Here’s another way to donate and help the Borehamwood Foodbank to support people in need in the local community through our Crowdfunder page. So far, we’ve raised over £18,000 on the page and last year, we supported 10.250 people with emergency good packages. Sadly, we’re seeing increased demand across Borehamwood, but at the same time, […]

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11 Dec 22

Countdown to Christmas

This year, why not give, rather the receive by donating to our Foodbank? Take a look at our reverse advent calendar to see the products we’re running low on and some treats for the festive season. You can drop your donations directly into the Borehamwood Foodbank at St Teresa’s Church on Shenley Road on a […]

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1 Dec 22

Christmas Classical Extravaganza

  Please join the Elstree Mozart Players on 10 December at Allum Manor Hall & House at 7:30pm for an evening of classical music. Tickets just £10 when bought in advance, £12 for concessions and £15 on the door. All money raised will go towards buying food for people who use the Foodbank. Tickets can […]

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28 Nov 22

Recruiting for an Operations Director

We are looking for an Operations Director to work across all our activities and co-ordinate the safe and smooth running of our services with additional oversight and responsibility for our team of volunteers. They will work 26 hours per week, Monday – Friday (mostly on-site with the possibility of working some hours off-site) Flexible hours […]

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