News | Malmesbury & District Foodbank

12 Dec 24

Christmas Opening – 2024

The Malmesbury Distribution Centre will be closed on the following days Christmas Eve 18:30 – 19:30 Boxing Day 13:00 – 14:30 New Year’s Eve 18:30 – 19:30 The Cricklade Distribution Centre will be open as normal on December 27th

12 Dec 24

Malmesbury Distribution Centre Temporary Move from December 17th 2024

The Malmesbury Distribution Centre is temporarily relocating to the Riverside Community Centre from Tuesday December 17th until February. This is because of essential maintenance work in the Old School Room at the Town Hall. The Riverside Community Centre is situated next door to the Gloucester Road Co-op. We will operate at the Riverside with the […]

13 Oct 24

Harvest Collections

We are very grateful to all the churches and school who have held Harvest Collections for the Foodbank. These collections will help us to continue to provide support to those in our communities who are struggling to put food on the table.

21 Dec 22

Visit of Wiltshire Radio

On Thursday 15th December we welcomed Ben Prater of Wiltshire Radio to the Distribution Centre in Malmesbury, to highlight the rise in clients asking for support. Whilst there, Ben talk to Matt Weihs, who is wearing an Elf’s costume for the whole of December to raise money for the Foodbank. He also talked to a […]

21 Dec 22

Christmas Hampers

This year, with tremendous support from countless unknown donors, we have delivered 89 Christmas Hampers to clients across North Wiltshire who have visited one of our centres in recent months. We hope that these hampers will help to give clients a good Christmas.

1 Dec 22

Extra session in Malmesbury

The Malmesbury Centre has seen a big increase in clients this Autumn and to give greater flexibility, we have added a Tuesday evening session for those who find it difficult to visit during the day. The session will be on Tuesday evening from 18:30 – 19:30.

1 Dec 22

New centre in Purton

To cope with the increasing number of clients form the Purton area, we have opened a centre at the Purton Methodist Church on Friday mornings from 10:30 – 11:30. Clients will need to be referred to be able to receive a foodparcel. Please contact the Foodbank for further details.

11 Apr 22

New venue for Malmesbury Distribution Centre

The Malmesbury and District Foodbank opened in 2014 and we are most grateful for the support and encouragement that the United Reformed Church has given the Foodbank during this time, not least, as they gave the charity a ‘home’ in which to be based. We are now embarking on the next stage of developing the […]

23 Dec 21

Christmas Thank you

The Malmesbury and District Foodbank is very grateful to everyone who has donated to the Foodbank this Christmas, whether it has been food or financial donations. We have had a really tremendous response to our appeal and every single donation is truly appreciated. With the generous donations that we have received we have been able […]

7 Nov 21

Christmas Hampers 2021

As usual we will be assembling Christmas Hampers for our clients, and we would welcome donations of the following items: Family size Christmas puddings Tins of salmon Small Christmas cakes or stollen Christmas chocolates and sweets – suitable for adults or children Family size packs of biscuits Shortbread Jars of Chutney Cheese biscuits/crackers Instant Hot […]

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