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Monthly Stats May – 41% increase in food parcels

FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS PROVIDED BY SLOUGH FOODBANK DURING 1 – 31 May 2022, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 2021. Total number of food parcels: 849, a 41% increase Number of adults: 511, a 30% increase Number of children: 338, a 60% increase Shocking figures as once again demand increases due […]

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Laura Cole appointed as Slough Foodbank Manager

The Trustees of Slough Foodbank are pleased to welcome Laura Cole as Foodbank Manager. Laura brings with her a wealth of experience having worked in the charity sector for 8 years, first for Home-Start Runnymede & Woking as a Volunteer Coordinator and most recently for the Whiteley Homes Trust as Head of Community. Becks Ford, […]

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MONTHLY STATS: April 2022

FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS PROVIDED BY SLOUGH FOODBANK DURING 1 – 30 April 2022, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 2021. Total number of food parcels: 709, a 25% increase Number of adults: 445, a 12% increase Number of children: 264, a 57% increase These figures once again show the real life […]

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Bank Holiday Monday Closure

PLEASE NOTE SLOUGH FOODBANK WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY 2nd May at our office, warehouse and distribution centre.

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7,539 food bank parcels provided to people in Slough and the surrounding areas

New figures released by Slough Foodbank today reveal 7,539 emergency food parcels were provided to local people who couldn’t afford the essentials between April 2021 and March 2022 – 2,778 of these went to children. This number of parcels is over 11% increase on 2019-20. The food bank believes the increase in people needing support […]

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Easter Closure

PLEASE NOTE SLOUGH FOODBANK WILL BE CLOSED ON GOOD FRIDAY (15th April) AND EASTER MONDAY (18 April) at our office, warehouse and distribution centre.

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MONTHLY STATS: MARCH 2022

FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS PROVIDED BY SLOUGH FOODBANK DURING 1 – 31 March 2022, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 2021. Total number of food parcels: 731, a 10% increase Number of adults: 438, a 8% increase Number of children: 293, a 14% increase These figures once again show a continued increase […]

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Thank you to Sainsbury’s Farnham Road

Sainsbury’s Farnham Road have been huge supporters of Slough Foodbank since January 2011 and were the first permanent supermarket food collection point for us. They have also made regular financial donations. Slough Foodbank Manager, Sue Sibany-King, visited Sainsbury’s Farnham Road, which is closing at the end of April and said, “Slough Foodbank appreciates the unfaltering […]

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Article in Slough Observer about cost of living and demand for food parcels

An article in the Slough Observer highlights the cost of living pressures our clients are facing and how Slough Foodbank supports clients and how the community can support Slough Foodbank. You can read the full article here: https://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/20014784.slough-foodbank-expects-huge-increase-food-parcels/

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Volunteers needed – help make a real difference

Volunteers are the life blood of foodbanks. Your skills could be just what we need. Slough Foodbank could not operate without our wonderful volunteers. Sadly, we continue to see increasing numbers of food parcels being required in and around the Slough area and we have noticed a drop in volunteers as we ease out of […]

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