News
5 Jul 23
June Stats 26% increase on June last year
FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS PROVIDED BY SLOUGH FOODBANK DURING 1 – 30 JUNE 2023, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 2022 Total number of food parcels: 937, an increase of 26% Number of adults: 598, an increase of 33% Number of children: 339, an increase of 16% These figures have increased since […]
29 Jun 23
Slough Foodbank receives thank you in parliament
We were pleased to see that ‘in-work poverty’ was the subject of a parliamentary debate yesterday led by Tan Dhesi, the MP for Slough. Many valuable points about poverty in the UK were raised by Tan and colleagues across political parties in this hour long debate and we hope positive change comes from these issues being heard […]
28 Jun 23
Trussell Trust publishes ‘Hunger in the UK’ report
The ‘Hunger in the UK’ report was published today, delivered in partnership with the research agency Ipsos and Trussell Trust food banks, this research comes at a time when Slough Foodbank – along with other UK foodbanks, is seeing record levels of need. The research found: Food bank use is just the tip of a […]
23 Jun 23
Over 1.1 tonnes from Tesco in-store collection
We want to say a huge thank you to the Community Champions at Tesco Slough and Tesco Taplow and Slough Foodbank Volunteers, for enabling us to do an in-store collection on Friday 16th June. Over 1.1 tonnes of food and basic toiletries were collected through the generosity of Tesco customers. Thank you to the Mayor, […]
15 Jun 23
Food Collection at Tesco Taplow and Tesco Extra Slough 16th June
Tomorrow, Friday 16th June, we’ll be collecting food donations at Tesco Taplow and Tesco Extra Slough. If you are shopping in store do please support us and donate an item from our shopping list. Every item makes a huge difference to people facing food poverty crisis. Our most needed items are: Tinned Fruit Tinned Fish […]
5 Jun 23
May stats: decrease on previous year
FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF FOOD PARCELS PROVIDED BY SLOUGH FOODBANK DURING 1 – 31 MAY 2023, COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 2022 Total number of food parcels: 742 down 13% Number of adults: 445 down 13% Number of children: 297 down 12% These figures are the first decrease we’ve seen on 2022 figures […]
1 Jun 23
Thanking our Volunteers – Volunteer week
We want to thank our amazing volunteers who work tirelessly – week- in, week-out – to help alleviate food poverty in Slough and the surrounding areas. Last year, together we provided 9,322 food parcels which contained 3-days of nutritious food, basic toiletries and everyday essentials. The provision of one food parcel happens because of a […]
16 May 23
We’re on BankTheFood App
We’ve introduced an easy way for you to support us through Food donations, meeting our urgent needs at that moment. We are registered with BankTheFood App – you can download this here: https://www.bankthefood.org/downloadapp/ Once downloaded, follow Slough Foodbank, the app will send you a helpful ‘ping’ with a reminder of our needs when you are […]
8 May 23
Thank you to our volunteers
Today the British public were encouraged to take part in the ‘Big Help Out’ to give back to their community. At Slough Foodbank, a team of our regular volunteers opened our distribution centre in Slough on the Coronation Bank Holiday Monday. We want extend a huge thank you to all our volunteers – who help […]