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Foodbank in The Sentinel

Stoke-on-Trent Foodbank featured in The Sentinel this week #localandproud

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Stoke-on-Trent Foodbank launch online funding campaign

We’ve launched Stoke-on-Trent Foodbank’s Van Project on Crowdfunder. Both our part-time Warehouse Assistants and our Volunteers drive the van across the City to our 17 distribution centres in order to re-stock each centre and collect donations. The van is also integral in supermarket food drives, as without it we would struggle to transport the generous […]

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6 Unexpected Things Foodbanks Need

A visit to the food bank isn’t exactly a traditional Christmas activity, but one UK charity is asking for a little extra help this month, when demand is at its highest and families are choosing between eating and heating.

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Tesco Food drive figures

The Christmas Tesco Fooddrive figures are in… Hanley Tesco – 1,557.20KG Longton Tesco – 1,830.40KG   With a combined total of 3,387.60KG!!! Thank you to everyone who has donated food!

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Christmas Opening Times 2015

Monday 21st December 9am-11am, St John’s Church, Knypersley 10am-12pm, West End Methodist Church, Stoke 6pm-8pm, Wesley Hall Methodist Church, Sneyd Green Tuesday 22nd December 10am-12pm, Hope Community Church, Hanley 12:30pm-2:30pm, St Stephen’s Community Church, Bentilee 6:30pm-8:30pm, St John’s Welcome Centre, Abbey Hulton Wednesday 23rd December 10am-12pm, Bethel Church, Longton 3pm-5pm, Swan Bank Methodist Church, Burslem 7pm-9pm, Grace Church, Hanley Christmas Eve 10:30am-12:30pm, Temple Street Methodist […]

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Why Would a Mum Doing a Business Degree Find Herself Begging on the Streets This Winter?

With Christmas approaching, Michele from Brent Foodbank shares how she’s helping to make the festive season special for those struggling. “For the past few days I haven’t been to the street begging for money to buy food for me and my baby…” This was what a mother at Brent Foodbank told us recently. She was […]

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Emergency Budget gets the food poverty test

David McAuley, Chief Executive of The Trussell Trust said: “We have two simple tests for the budget being delivered today.  Firstly, what does it do to reduce the number of people in poverty and hunger?  Secondly, what does it do to ensure the Government is supporting the work of charities and social enterprise in taking […]

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Christmas Food drive

It’s that time of year again!   We’ll be attending Longton and Hanley Tesco’s on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of December for our Christmas Food drive and we’d really appreciate your help.   Interested in volunteering?   Please see the links below to add your name to the schedule.   http://doodle.com/poll/dam9pgfyx4r6extw – Hanley    […]

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Harvest Figures 2015

The Harvest figures are in… 10,467.16KG!!! Thank you to everyone who has donated food!

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Listening to the lives behind the foodbank statistics

MPs and peers discussed tackling UK poverty. The Trussell Trust, along with dozens of representatives from its UK network of foodbanks, were in parliament yesterday speaking with MPs and Peers about the work they do to combat hunger and poverty. Hosting the event, Chris White MP commended the varied work of the Trussell Trust’s foodbanks, […]

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