News

15 Sep 22

Bank Holiday Monday – revised opening hours

Worcester Foodbank will be open on Bank Holiday Monday (19 September) to ensure people in crisis can still access support. With a growing number of households in urgent need of help, our team has taken the decision to open our doors but for a shorter period as the nation prepares to mark the funeral of […]

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21 Jun 22

Ten year anniversary marks bittersweet milestone

When volunteers at Worcester Foodbank opened its doors for the first time they never imagined it would grow to the scale it has ten years later. This week marks a decade since the charity handed out its first emergency food parcel and in that time it has provided more than 800,000 meals to people in […]

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14 Apr 22

Easter opening hours

Our volunteers will be taking a short break to recharge their batteries over the Bank Holiday Easter weekend – although we will be serving clients on Good Friday. Good Friday – open for clients from 11am to 2pm Saturday – closed Sunday – closed Bank Holiday Monday – closed Wednesday (20th April) – normal warehouse […]

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23 Mar 22

Our response to the Chancellor’s Spring Statement

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today set out his Spring Statement, which includes a package of measures designed to ease some of the pressure on households from soaring energy bills and other rising costs. Worcester Foodbank welcomes these steps which include cutting fuel duty by 5p a litre and doubling the Household Support Fund to £1 […]

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19 Jan 22

Foodbank feeds record number of people during December

Worcester Foodbank has praised the extraordinary generosity of its supporters after feeding a record number of people during the countdown to Christmas. Volunteers defied the challenges posed by Covid-19 to provide meals to 1,654 people throughout December – making it the busiest month since the charity opened its doors almost a decade ago. They were […]

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19 Dec 21

Christmas opening hours – UPDATE

Our team of elves will be working right up to Christmas Eve to help ensure as few people as possible go hungry this festive season. That means as we close in on Christmas our doors will remain open during the final few days to give clients the chance to collect their food parcels – packed […]

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12 Nov 21

Foodbank unwraps Christmas appeal

Worcester Foodbank is hunting for secret Santas to ensure hundreds of disadvantaged children don’t wake up to an empty stocking on Christmas Day. We’re relaunching our Christmas gift card appeal so we can provide toy vouchers to parents and carers we help to feed and who cannot afford to buy a present for their child. […]

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21 Sep 21

Foodbank launches Every Meal Matters campaign to thwart looming crisis

Worcester Foodbank is launching an urgent harvest appeal for tinned food donations in a bid to thwart the threat of more people having to skip meals this autumn. The charity is launching its Every Meal Matters campaign amid rocketing demand for emergency food and just days before Universal Credit claimants are set to see their […]

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19 Aug 21

Join John for final leg of multiple marathon fund-raiser

One extraordinary feat – two extremely sore and bruised feet. Personal trainer John Clark is edging closer to completing his remarkable fund-raising challenge of 48 marathons in 48 days to help feed children living in poverty across the UK. The former strongman has been straining every sinew as he approaches the final leg of his […]

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6 Jul 21

Updated shopping list

Noodle pots, tinned rice pudding and shower gel are just a few of the items to feature on our updated shopping list this month. You can read and download a copy of the latest list. Don’t forget there are other ways to support our efforts tackling hunger too including: Donating money – freeing up funds […]

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