Closed until 6 January 2022 | Borehamwood Foodbank

25 Oct 21

Harvest Festival Haul

We’ve been overwhelmed by all the food that local schools and community organisations have collected and donated to us at the Borehamwood Foodbank over the past few weeks. We rely on these donations to help people in need in the community – especially as we enter the colder Autumn and Winter months. A huge thanks […]

11 Oct 21

Borehamwood Youth FC selects Borehamwood Foodbank charity of the year

The Borehamwood Foodbank has been chosen as the nominated charity by Borehamwood Youth FC. The club has 18 teams ranged from under 7s to under 18s who will organise fundraising events to help support the Foodbank’s work to provide food, help and advice to people in need. Dave Huckle, Chairman for Borehamwood Youth FC, said: […]

18 Sep 21

Give As You Live Reading Challenge

Give As You Live has kicked off a new challenge to help raise money for the Borehamwood Foodbank. Supporters are encouraged to take on a sponsored reading challenge, eg read for an hour a day, read a book series or complete 2-3 hard reads such as War and Peace. And get sponsored by their friends […]

12 Sep 21

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 […]

8 Sep 21

Lobby your local MP to stop the cut to Universal Credit

In early October, the UK Government plans to cut £20 a week from Universal Credit payments. This is a vital lifeline for millions of households who are already struggling to make ends meet and the biggest overnight cut to social security since the Second World War. Research conducted by YouGov, on behalf of the Trussell […]

3 Sep 21

Town Mayor visits the Borehamwood Foodbank

On 2 September, 2021, Town Mayor, Counsellor Farida Turner, visited one of the busy, twice-weekly sessions at the Borehamwood Foodbank to learn more about the services it offers and how it supports people in need. In May 2021, Counsellor Turner named the Borehamwood Foodbank Mayoral Charity of the Year for the amazing work it does […]

25 Aug 21

Thank you to the Church of Pentecost!

On Thursday, 19 August, we received a generous donation of almost 450kg of food from the Church of Pentecost – Wembley District Women’s Ministry. Thank you to Gifty and her team who collected donations of pasta, sauces, cereal and tinned meats. These generous donations will be used to make up the food packs for our […]

8 Aug 21

Super School Lunch Sessions

We’re halfway through our six weeks of Summer School Lunch Sessions…and we’re breaking records! Last week, we had 100 people signed in – 33 adults and 67 children. Every family left with a school lunch pack, home cooked meal and cooking pack. There were eight different craft and activity tables on the go with some […]

24 Jul 21

Brian Simmonds Memorial Cabin

This month, the cabin at the Borehamwood Foodbank was donated in joyful memory of Brian Simmonds, by his family and friends. Lindsay Simmonds & Richard Simmonds said “It has been a delight and a privilege to help, in some small way, the outstanding work of the volunteers at the Foodbank and to perpetuate the memory […]

19 Jul 21

Tesco Summer Food Collection Success

Over 700kg of food was collected as part of the Tesco Borehamwood summer food drive over the weekend. And we received more than £250 in cash donations, too. Local shoppers donated food in store between 15 and 17 July as part of their shop and Borehamwood Foodbank volunteers were on hand to collect the donations […]

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