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 and tell people about the great work of the Foodbank.

The food will now be packaged up and given to people in need over the coming weeks.

We want to thank the local community and shoppers for their generosity and support.

Over the summer school holidays, in addition to the regular weekly sessions on Monday afternoons and Thursday mornings, the foodbank will be running Summer Lunch Sessions on a Wednesday 11am - 1pm. The first free school lunch session starts on 21 July and will run each Wednesday until 25 August.

17 Jul 23

Affinity Water supports the Borehamwood Foodbank

We are absolutely delighted to be able to offer grants to our clients to help with their water bills if they are an account holder with Affinity Water.  This scheme will be operated by Affinity Water themselves, but we are in a position to make referrals, potentially providing a £50 credit to your water bill. […]

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8 Jun 23

Borehamwood Foodbank marks 10 years of operation 

Borehamwood Foodbank marked its 10th Anniversary with an event held in the Council Chamber at Civic Offices, hosted by Hertsmere Borough Council on Sunday 4 June.  In attendance were volunteers, trustees, staff, supporters, partners and local councillors.  Also in attendance were Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, Dr Ros Taylor, Deputy Mayor of Hertsmere, Cllr Richard Butler, Mayoress […]

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16 Apr 23

British Red Cross joins our financial inclusion partnership

From Monday, 17 April, we’ll be joined by the British Red Cross as part of our financial inclusion partnership. They will be offering clients a support and advocacy service. Alongside the Citizen Advice Bureau, they can help fill in forms, get papers together for debt counselling. Apply for grants, log complaints, etc. We’re working on […]

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9 Apr 23

April and May opening hours

In April, we’ll be closed on Monday, 10 April, but back open again on Thursday, 13 April as usual. In May there are three Bank Holidays. We’ll be closed on Monday 1 and 29 May, but we will open on Monday, 8 May. We will open as usual every Thursday in May.

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2 Apr 23

Our Spring Family Lunches are back!

We know the school holidays can put extra pressure on families. So, we’re hosting two free lunch sessions 11am – 1pm on Wednesday 5 and 12 April. Anyone with school age children can come along for a fun-filled arts, crafts and games session and pick up kids’ food bags and hot food to take away.

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1 Apr 23

Fuel grants are coming back!

    Thanks to generous donations from Affinity Water and Hertsmere Community Fund, we can offer fuel grants again over the coming weeks. As more and more people are having to choose between heating and eating and energy prices rises remain so high, fuel grants allow us to help take that decision away – albeit […]

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18 Mar 23

The Rotary Club of Elstree & Borehamwood and London Rotary District 1130 Foundation

Thanks to The Rotary Club of Elstree & Borehamwood and London Rotary District 1130 Foundation for their very generous donation of £1,800. These funds were pledged specifically to support us in our Winter Wellness programme this year. We used the funds to provide much needed items, including blankets, duvets, hot water bottles and flasks. Thanks to the wonderful support of […]

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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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