News | Malmesbury & District Foodbank

29 Mar 20

Coronavirus-3

In order to maintain social distancing, we are adopting a new approach as from March 30th. Please do not visit the Foodbank. Whilst it will still be necessary to contact a referrer to request a Red Voucher, the referrer will then e-mail a copy of the voucher to the Foodbznk. We will then arrange a […]

18 Mar 20

Coronavirus-2

As the coronavirus pandemic unfolds in the UK, our main priority is ensuring the safety of everyone who comes to our food bank – whether it’s someone needing help, someone volunteering their time, or someone making a donation. Things are changing quickly, so we’ll keep the website updated regularly with information about what’s happening and […]

16 Mar 20

HEALS

Please note that HEALS have moved from their office in the Lower High Street to one in the Town Hall. The entrance is in Market Lane (by the Italian Restaurant).

11 Mar 20

Coronavirus

Given the current guidelines from Government, the Foodbank will continue to be open, but we request that visitors take all necessary precautions before entering the Foodbank. PLEASE DO NOT enter the Foodbank if you have even mild symptoms of a Cold / Headache / Flu. Follow current NHS Guidance online, call 111 if you have […]

19 Dec 19

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. Thank you very much From all at the Foodbank

6 Nov 19

The Cricklade Foodbank Opened Today

The Cricklade Foodbank opened it’s doors for the first time today after several months of planning. The photo shows the first group of volunteers ready to greet the first clients.

31 Aug 19

Cricklade Foodbank

Later this Autumn a satellite Foodbank will be opening in Cricklade to provide better access to emergency food in the town. It will be located at the Cricklade United Church in Calcutt Street, and it is being run by local people with support from the Malmesbury and District Foodbank. Long life food donations are now […]

31 Jul 19

Summer Holiday Food Project – 2019

The Summer Holidays can be difficult for those families who rely on free school meals, as they do not have this support when their children are not at school. To help these families, we run a Summer Holiday Food Project to provide food to help them through the summer. We distributed nearly a tonne of […]

31 Jul 19

Waitrose Partners hold a manned collection

During the Summer Half Term holiday, the Malmesbury Waitrose store held a manned collection as part of Waitrose and Partners Community Matters. They were able to provide 20 hours of Partner help to hand out shopping lists of the foodbank needs to shoppers and then collecting goods in. This support came at a very good […]

31 Jul 19

Christmas Hampers 2018

In the run-up to Christmas 2018, in conjunction with Churches together in Malmesbury, we distributed almost 100 hampers to families in the Malmesbury and District area. We ran a manned collection at Waitrose at the beginning of December to support this project and the people of Malmesbury responded very generously. When hampers were delivered, we […]

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