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17 Mar 20
Want to help Bath Foodbank without leaving the house?
During the Coronavirus outbreak you may be wanting to help Bath Foodbank by donating food, but might not be able to get to a supermarket or the items may not be on the shelf for you to donate. Therefore, we are kindly asking those who would like to help Bath Foodbank to make a monetary donations so that we have the […]
15 Feb 20
New report from Trussell Trust
State of Hunger is the largest ever piece of research into hunger and foodbank use in the UK. This three-year project, carried out by researchers at Heriot-Watt University, will help us to understand the scale of hunger and poverty in the UK and how we can move towards an end for the need for food […]
13 Feb 20
Thank you for donating in 2019!
Over the past year, Schools, Churches, local business and the general public have been generously donating food to Bath Foodbank to help us offer food to individuals and families in times of crisis.Your generous donations over 2019 amounted to 58.9 tonnes of food and was a 13% increase in donations compared to 2018.* We would […]
24 Jan 20
New Foodbank Centre opening tomorrow!
Tomorrow, Saturday 25th January 2020, will see the opening of the new Bath Foodbank centre at The Hub, Mulberry Park. After weeks of preparation, and multiple training session, our new volunteers will be opening the doors at 11am. The Hub and Bath Foodbank have set up a warm and welcoming Foodbank centre, where local people […]
23 Jan 20
Thank you to BathAvon Rotary club
A big thank you to BathAvon Rotary Club who have been helping our warehouse teams sort donations from Christmas. They have been supporting our teams for the past few weeks to help our warehouse run efficiently during a period of extensive donations.
7 Jan 20
Thinking about donating?
Due to the unprecedented generosity of the public, schools, churches and local organisations Bath Foodbank finds itself with a huge backlog of food donations to sort. Recently we asked that you delay your future donations until mid January but now ask that you delay further until MID FEBRUARY 2020. To donate to us in other ways […]
1 Jan 20
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year from everyone at Bath Foodbank! Thank you for all of your generosity over the festive period.
18 Dec 19
Christmas food donations 2019
We have been amazed by the generosity of local people this Christmas. Our volunteer elves are busy processing donations/food parcels. However to help with space, we kindly ask you to make a £ donation instead of food, or hold your donations until Jan. Find our donation page here: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/donation-web/charity?charityId=1008610&stop_mobi=yes
2 Dec 19
Sainsbury’s Green Park Christmas Collection
The Bath Foodbank is immensely grateful to Sainsbury’s Green Park for allowing us to hold a supermarket collection on Saturday 30th November. Due to the generosity of the store and its customers, we collected 685.3kgs of the foods that we were in need of over the festive period. A huge thank you to everybody!