News
4 Aug 20
Bath Foodbank Boosts Fitness and Literacy
With many children missing out on the usual access to sports and education in recent months, the Bath Foodbank has extended its provision to help fill the gap. Thanks to a three thousand pound grant from the Sport England Inequalities Fund (a partnership between Wesport, Sport England and the National Lottery), we are able to […]
18 Jul 20
Emergency food parcels for those in need
Does your work put you in contact with anyone who’s struggling to buy food for themselves or their family? If you come across a client, patient or customer who needs to receive emergency food parcels –that’s what we do. Contact [email protected] with their details. No-one need go hungry in Bath.
4 Jun 20
Volunteer’s Week
Every year, between 1 and 7 June, charities across the UK come together to thank volunteers during the national Volunteers’ Week, through a variety of activities. Although many of those activities have been cancelled for 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we still want to take this opportunity to thank you for being a part […]
2 Apr 20
Calling all sewers!
Can anyone help protect our Foodbank staff and volunteers by making masks for us please? We don’t mind which patterns/styles you choose but are looking for a team of people to make around 50 masks. The masks need to made using multi-layers of tight woven, washable material. All masks can be posted to Bath Foodbank c/o […]
2 Apr 20
Thank you Avon and Somerset police
Today Avon and Somerset Police Community Support Officers paid our Twerton centre a visit to help pack and deliver fresh fruit and vegetables to those in need in the Twerton area. The food was kindly donated by Waitrose Bath.
27 Mar 20
Thank you for your support
We are so grateful to our incredible volunteers who have enabled us to keep all our centres running throughout this difficult time. This week alone they have helped to collect, sort and distribute over 2 tonnes of food to our centres to support people in crisis. Of course all our volunteers are from within […]
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 […]