News | Slough Foodbank

12 Sep 22

Harvest Collection 2022

We are calling out to all supporters of Slough Foodbank to consider donating food during our annual harvest collection. The demand on the food bank is increasing month on month, last year there was a 13% increase in the total number of food parcels delivered which required over 98 tonnes of food. Harvest is one […]

12 Sep 22

Monthly stats August 2022 – 42% increase versus 2021

FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS PROVIDED BY SLOUGH FOODBANK DURING 1 – 31 August 2022, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 2021. Total number of food parcels: 619, a 42% increase Number of adults: 403, a 44% increase Number of children: 216, a 38% increase Yet another month of increased figures versus last […]

9 Sep 22

Sending our condolences on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II

On behalf of the Trustees, Staff and Volunteers at Slough Foodbank we would like to send our sincere and heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family who are in our thoughts and prayers. The Queen lived a remarkable life full of faithfulness, sincerity, gentleness, kindness and selflessness – she leaves behind an amazing legacy. We are […]

7 Sep 22

Forty percent of people claiming Universal Credit skipping meals to survive, new research from the Trussell Trust reveals

The Trussell Trust has published new research highlighting the devastating impact the cost of living crisis is having on people forced to survive on the lowest incomes. One in five (21%) people were unable to cook hot food this summer as they couldn’t afford to use the cooker, while almost a quarter (23%) have been unable […]

25 Aug 22

Bank Holiday Closure

Monday 29th August is a bank holiday. Slough Distribution Centre and the Office/warehouse will be closed.

8 Aug 22

Monthly Stats July 2022 – 11% increase versus 2021

FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS PROVIDED BY SLOUGH FOODBANK DURING 1 – 31 July 2022, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 2021. Total number of food parcels: 573, a 11% increase Number of adults: 373, a 12% increase Number of children: 200, a 11% increase Yet another month of increased figures versus last […]

1 Aug 22

6-month stats released – Jan – Jun 2022

6-month stats released – 01 January 2022 to 30 June 2022 versus the same period in 2021. 6 months 2022 Jan – June 6 months 2021 Jan – June Percentage change Adults 2,686 2,375 13% increase Children 1,686 1,230 37% increase Total 4,372 3,605 21% increase Shocking stats once again. The rise in the […]

8 Jul 22

MONTHLY STATS JUNE– 36% INCREASE IN FOOD PARCELS

FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS PROVIDED BY SLOUGH FOODBANK DURING 1 – 30 JUNE 2022, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 2021. Total number of food parcels: 742, a 36% increase Number of adults: 449, a 25% increase Number of children: 293, a 57% increase Shocking figures once again – don’t get immune […]

5 Jul 22

Tesco Taplow & Slough summer collection – 2,580kg food donated

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday we were at @TaplowTesco and @SloughTesco meeting shoppers and asking for food donations from our shopping list. We received a fantastic 2,580Kg of food. A huge thank you to all Slough Foodbank Volunteers, the Community Champions at Tesco Taplow and Tesco Slough Extra and the corporates @Handelsbanken and @BritishGas for […]

27 Jun 22

Message from our retiring Slough Foodbank Manager

For over 10 years it has been my absolute privilege to run Slough Foodbank as the project manager. It has been a time full of every emotion, huge growth, rising need, many changes and physical hard work. I feel blessed to have been able to facilitate getting over 46,000 food parcels to those in need […]

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