News | Slough Foodbank

3 Aug 20

Berkshire Community Foundation awards coronavirus grant

We have been awarded a grant by the Berkshire Community Foundation, this award has been made possible through funding from RB (Reckitt Benckiser). This grant will be used to help those impacted by Coronavirus – specifically providing nutritious 3-day food parcels to those who are in crisis suffering food poverty. We have seen a big […]

31 Jul 20

Support from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund

Slough Foodbank has been successful in securing funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund, which will help us purchase food supplies, pay for a part-time member of staff to help deal with the significant increase in demand for the Foodbank due to the implications of the coronavirus, fuel […]

29 Jul 20

Encouraging feedback for our team of volunteers

Our dedicated and hard working team of volunteers received some encouraging feedback from Slough Business Community Partnership this week: The hard work and pressure you have been under is huge and the ability to cope with it all is astonishing. I can only imagine the potential surge in demand once the furlough schemes end and […]

27 Jul 20

Figures for the 6 months Jan – June 2020.

We are publishing the statistics for the first 6 months of 2020. For the 6 months 1 Jan – 30 June 2020 there has been an increase as follows (versus the same period in 2019): No. of vouchers: 1578, 42% increase Number of adults: 2182, 51% increase Number of children: 1269, 72% increase Total […]

27 Jul 20

Thank you to our Volunteer Richard

A huge thank you to our wonderful volunteer Richard, who has been our only delivery driver for the distribution centres since mid March, when others were forced to isolate or shield. Huge thanks to him for all his hard and loyal work and support as we adapted to operating under increased demand and operational difficulties due to […]

20 Jul 20

Feedback from a referral agency

Our Manager, Sue Sibany-King received this feedback from one of the referral agencies this week. “Your service has been a life line to many of the women we have supported, and they have always been met with compassion and non-judgement each time they have visited as we ourselves shave witnessed, It’s been lovely to be […]

14 Jul 20

Thank you to Louis Baylis Charitable Trust

Slough Foodbank would like to say a big thank you to Louis Baylis (Maidenhead Advertiser) Charitable Trust for their ongoing support and recent donation to help Slough Foodbank continue its vital work in helping to provide 3-day nutritionally balanced food parcels to people are in crisis due to food poverty. www.whytheadvertiserisspecial.co.uk

7 Jul 20

Monthly stats: June 2020 40% increase in number of food parcels

TODAY WE ARE RELEASING OUR FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS PROVIDED BY SLOUGH FOODBANK DURING 1 – 30 JUNE 2020, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 2019. Total number of food parcels: 541, a 40% increase Number of adults: 365, a 48% increase Number of children: 176, a 32% increase

3 Jul 20

Client says he has ‘never felt such kindness ever’ as we met urgent need

We just received this wonderful feedback, after our manager once again managed to help a client in urgent need who contacted us on a Friday afternoon when our distribution centre was closed. “I just received the food supplies and will last for a week , thank you again Miss Sue I have never felt so much […]

2 Jul 20

Datchet Parish Supports Slough Foodbank

We are hugely thankful to Datchet Parish Magazine – The Link for continuing to support Slough Foodbank and running another article about our efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic. You can read the article on pages 28 – 30 of The Link magazine. You can also see a message from Farther Darcy from St Mary’s Datchet, […]

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