News
24 Nov 21
£688.42 raised at 3 day Tesco Christmas Event!
Following on from our three day event at Helsby Tesco we are delighted to confirm we raised £688.42 in financial donations and 1086.7kg in food donations. The collection and awareness days came as part of the national “Neighbourhood Food Collection” partnership between Tesco, The Trussell Trust and Fareshare. Runcorn and District Foodbank visits Helsby Tesco […]
18 Nov 21
PH Jones visit the foodbank warehouse to drop off festive treats
Ho Ho Ho! The festive drop offs have well and truly begun at our warehouse and operations centre. PH Jones visited last week to very kindly donate some advent calendars to include in our upcoming foodbank parcels. We’re so grateful that our recent request for Christmas items was heard and our shelves are looking very […]
5 Nov 21
Re-introducing our Signposting Booklet – We’re here to help
Runcorn and District Foodbank is one of many organisations helping the local community, and we see it as a priority to ensure that our Foodbank users know where to get additional help depending on their own circumstances. We call this ‘signposting‘ and have introduced a designated booklet to share the details of helpful organisations. These […]
27 Oct 21
Local family document their donation process with daughter Emily
This week we received a lovely video from the Allen family, documenting Emily’s trip to buy and donate food to our Foodbank. What a kind family – we’re so grateful and it is lovely to see the journey our donators go on ahead of bringing their goods to us. Watch here at: Video Thanks Emily […]
23 Jun 21
Runcorn and District Foodbank volunteers will be collecting donations in Tesco Helsby this July
We are so excited to share that Runcorn and District Foodbank will be returning to Tesco Helsby next month to collect donations from the public. The collection comes as part of the national “Neighbourhood Food Collection” partnership between Tesco, The Trussell Trust and Fareshare. Volunteers will be in store from 9am until 5pm on Thursday […]
22 Dec 20
Food vouchers over the christmas and new year period
If you have difficulty in obtaining a food voucher over the christmas and new year period please attend the food bank direct for support. The full list of openeing times and dates can be found below. Due to reduced working hours of food bank voucher providers, we understand obtaining vouchers may be difficult. Customers are […]
23 Dec 15
5 Unexpected Things Foodbanks Need
The Trussell Trust operates 425 food banks across the UK providing emergency food and support for people in crisis. Last year, the charity’s food banks gave three-day emergency food supplies to more than 130,000 people in the UK, nearly half of whom were children. While many of us know that food banks provide food – […]
8 Dec 15
Why Would a Mum Doing a Business Degree Find Herself Begging on the Streets This Winter?
With Christmas approaching, Michele from Brent Foodbank shares how she’s helping to make the festive season special for those struggling. “For the past few days I haven’t been to the street begging for money to buy food for me and my baby…” This was what a mother at Brent Foodbank told us recently. She was […]
1 Dec 15
Emergency Budget gets the food poverty test
David McAuley, Chief Executive of The Trussell Trust said: “We have two simple tests for the budget being delivered today. Firstly, what does it do to reduce the number of people in poverty and hunger? Secondly, what does it do to ensure the Government is supporting the work of charities and social enterprise in taking […]