News
26 Aug 21
Food Donations – September 21
Thank you to everyone who gifts food to us, whether that is regularly or as a one-off donation, you make such a difference to people’s lives right here in our district. For the last few months, we are finding that we are consistently giving out more food than we are collecting in #donations, and our […]
28 Jun 21
Food Donations in July 2021
If you are able to donate an item or two we would really appreciate your help! Over a year into the pandemic, we are finding that food #donations have gradually diminished whilst the demand has continued to increase and our stock is starting to run very low in some areas. Food can be donated at any of […]
5 May 21
Food Donations – May 2021
We supply emergency food to single people and families in need across the Folkestone & Hythe District (Shepway), through our Foodbanks in Folkestone, New Romney, and Lydd as well as supply food to clients through our Homeless Support Service, FoodStop (mobile soup kitchen) and Winter Shelter services. We distribute an average of 2.5 tonnes of […]
2 Apr 21
Food Donations – April 2021
We supply emergency food to single people and families in need across the Folkestone & Hythe District (Shepway), through our Foodbanks in Folkestone, New Romney, and Lydd as well as supply food to clients through our Homeless Support Service, FoodStop (mobile soup kitchen) and Winter Shelter services. We distribute an average of 2.5 tonnes of […]
8 Jan 21
Shepway Foodbank Delivery Service
It is very important to us that we continue to provide our Foodbank service to our community, and the wonderful team at the foodbank have, with robust Covid procedures in place, continued to open as normal throughout the pandemic so far and for this we are extremely grateful to them. However, after careful consideration of […]
5 May 20
Socially Distanced Food Donation… No Problem!
With Foodbank use in Shepway having gone up over 100% in the last two week of March, year-on-year, and donations from our community understandably reducing due to COVID-19 and the lockdown, Francesca Aspey and Bradley Kilgariff from Hawkinge Town FC came up with an absolutely ingenious idea to help Shepway Foodbank get donations in, whilst […]
22 Apr 20
Tesco and British Gas Support Shepway Foodbank
We are extremely grateful to the many companies and organisations that are working in partnership nationally in order to assist Foodbanks and charities during this time. It is expected that more people than ever will need to use our foodbank not only through the COVID-19 crisis but for many months to come and we have […]
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 […]
21 Oct 15
Listening to the lives behind the foodbank statistics
MPs and peers discussed tackling UK poverty. The Trussell Trust, along with dozens of representatives from its UK network of foodbanks, were in parliament yesterday speaking with MPs and Peers about the work they do to combat hunger and poverty. Hosting the event, Chris White MP commended the varied work of the Trussell Trust’s foodbanks, […]