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6 Jan 20

Community helps food bank survive busiest month since opening

A record number of people were forced to rely on Worcester Foodbank to avoid going hungry over Christmas. The charity ended the year by feeding 1,150 clients during December – the most referrals it has handled during a single month since opening its doors seven and a half years ago. It was able to cope […]

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28 Nov 19

Shoppers show festive goodwill by donating 5,000 meals to food bank

Generous shoppers gave Worcester Foodbank an early Christmas present by donating almost 5 tonnes of food during a three-day supermarket collection. Volunteers were able to fill up 400 crates with urgently needed food, toiletries and festive treats as customers at the Tesco stores in Warndon and St Peter’s donated items from the charity’s festive shopping […]

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18 Nov 19

Food bank moves to four-day opening during Christmas countdown

Worcester Foodbank is opening an extra day a week in an effort to fill a record number of empty stomachs and children’s stockings during the countdown to Christmas. The charity will open every Tuesday during December to ensure as few people as possible go hungry over the festive season, while giving supporters more time to […]

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12 Nov 19

Artist marks milestone birthday by launching food bank fund-raiser

A milestone birthday has inspired a city artist to help paint a brighter future for people going hungry across Worcester. Cherrie Mansfield has chosen 50 pieces of her artwork to sell during the countdown to her 50th birthday in December, with half the proceeds being split between Worcester Foodbank and international poverty charity Traidcraft Exchange. The […]

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31 Oct 19

Worcester Music Festival support food bank to the tune of more than £5,200

Over the course of three days, volunteers for the Worcester Music Festival raised a staggering total of £5,216.38 for Worcester Foodbank, a charity supporting vulnerable members of the local community. The total raised will provide at least 350 local residents with emergency food for 3 days, preventing those at risk from going hungry. The funds […]

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2 Oct 19

Recipe cards help food bank clients spice up mealtimes

Worcester Foodbank has launched a range of recipe cards to help its cash-strapped clients dish up delicious and affordable meals. Volunteers at the charity in Lowesmoor have published 26 different ideas for main meals and desserts which can be created from the contents of the three-day food parcel that record numbers of people in Worcester […]

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17 Jun 19

Community urged to Fill Up for Foodbank this summer

Businesses and community groups are being urged to step up to the plate this summer and back an appeal by Worcester Foodbank to boost its depleted supplies. Empty shelves are beginning to appear at the charity’s warehouse in Lowesmoor, where a surge in referrals and seasonal fall in donations has wiped out half of its […]

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25 Apr 19

Low income and benefit delays force record numbers to turn to foodbank

Low wages and lengthy delays in people receiving benefit payments have been blamed for a record number of referrals to Worcester Foodbank last year. The charity has today (Thursday) confirmed that it provided 6,799 emergency food parcels to hungry individuals and families in 2018/19 – around a 9 per cent increase on the previous year. […]

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21 Mar 19

Foodbank handed £36,000 grant to drive forward delivery service

Worcester Foodbank is going the extra mile to help its most vulnerable clients after securing a £36,000 funding boost to buy its first ever delivery van. The charity has picked up the keys to a VW Transporter which has been paid for by a grant from supermarket giant Asda. The funding also covers the cost […]

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19 Mar 19

Music festival ready to drum up support for city’s foodbank

  Tackling hunger will take centre stage at this year’s Worcester Music Festival which is throwing its support behind the city’s foodbank. Festival organisers have chosen Worcester Foodbank to benefit from the donations that it hopes to raise during more than 250 music performances and workshops, taking place across the city from 13 to 15 […]

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