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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 […]

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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

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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.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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Summer Holiday Food Project

On Friday July 6th (from 4pm – 8pm) and on Saturday July 7th (from 9am – 4pm), at the Malmesbury Waitrose, we shall be holding a collection of food for our Summer Holiday Food Project to help families over the summer holidays. Please see our Holiday Food Shopping List for the list of food we […]

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Collection of Christmas Food at Waitrose – 2017

On Friday December 1st (from 4pm – 8pm) and on Saturday December 2nd (from 9am – 4pm), we shall be holding a collection of food for Christmas Hampers at the Malmesbury Waitrose. Please see our Christmas Shopping List for our current needs. Christmas Hampers will be distributed to those in food poverty in the run […]

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MAD Foodbank wins Malmesbury Organisation of the Year Award

At a special evening on Thursday April 27th, the Malmesbury and District Foodbank won the Paul Dove Organisation of the Year award in the Malmesbury Town Council Civic Award ceremony. This is a tremendous achievement and reflects the appreciation felt by so many people in the town for the work that we do.

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