News

30 Apr 21

Paella story

A big thank you to Marina (striped red and white shirt) who raised over £400 for the Bath Foodbank which is a part of Genesis Trust!   During lockdown people were stuck inside and getting bored with their own cooking so she decided to cook them seafood paellas and asked them to donate to the […]

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25 Mar 21

Easter opening hours 2020

Happy Easter! We will be operating as normal on Good Friday, however our center will be closed on Easter Monday (5th). Our foodbank centre will resume deliveries from Wednesday 7th April. 

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23 Jan 21

Thank you from Us

We would like to say a huge THANK YOU for your donations over the festive period.  Because of your generosity we helped over 600 people (including 250 children) with emergency food parcels during December.  Your support means we can continue to help those in our community facing crisis. Thank you The Bath Foodbank Team

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7 Jan 21

How you helped us at Christmas

The Bath Foodbank has been incredibly busy over the festive period and we would like to take a moment to thank our wonderful community of supporters for all the ways that you helped us this Christmas. Whether you donated festive food, money or volunteered your time, we were truly amazed by your generosity. Thank you! […]

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17 Dec 20

Christmas 2020 operating hours

In response to the Covid-19 outbreak, our service and operations have changed significantly to enable us to keep our clients, staff and volunteers safe, while continuing to provide emergency food to those who need it. These changes ensure that contact between people is reduced, and physical distancing is possible at all times. As a result, […]

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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 […]

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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.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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.

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