News
26 Jun 22
Our Warehouse has Moved
We are pleased to report that we have recently completed our Warehouse move from unit 605 on the Thorp Arch Estate to a far more suitable unit just around the corner. This new unit enables us to provide a safer and more suitable environment for our volunteers and also gives us a far more practical […]
24 Jun 22
Poster Competition Results!
The results are finally in for our Primary School Poster Competition. Eight schools from across the district submitted entries and we are delighted to announce the winners and runners-up below! Raising awareness is a major objective for our foodbank and is especially relevant when considering the wide area we cover which spans parts of West […]
20 Jun 22
Tesco Summer Food Collection
This year, the Tesco Summer Food Collection, held in partnership with the Trussell Trust and FareShare, will run from 30 June – 2 July. We’re really pleased to be the nominated food charity for the Tesco Extra store at York’s Clifton Moor and will be there for the Summer Collection period with plenty of information […]
20 Apr 22
Our TOP FIVE Ways to Get Help Affording Food
These days, many more of us are finding it tough to make ends meet. With the increase in National Insurance contributions, the massive hike in fuel bills and price rises in general, it might only take one unexpected expense to find the numbers just don’t add up at the end of the month. So what […]
11 Mar 22
Ukraine – How best to help?
The war in Ukraine is on everyone’s minds. We’re seeing terrible images on social media and our TVs and many of us are feeling powerless to help. As volunteers for a charity, many of us have been asked our advice on how best to help and also whether the foodbank itself is helping at all. […]
12 Feb 22
How to be a Food Donation Champion!
We rely on regular donations of food to be able to do what we do. Be it a single can of carrots purchased and placed in the foodbank basket at the supermarket, or a multi-pack of long-life milk taken to a local church collection point – or even a whole bag of shopping purchased specifically […]
5 Jan 22
Poster Competition!
Calling all local primary schools! We want to enlist the help of local primary school children to create some posters for our foodbank. We’re keen to make sure that firstly, local people know we are here and are able to help; and secondly, that anyone in our community who would like to help us, knows […]
26 Nov 21
Food Waste: Think Global, Act Local
An estimated one third of all food produced globally goes to waste. In calories, that’s enough to feed every under-nourished person on the planet. According to charity FareShare, over 2 million tonnes of the food that goes to waste each year in the UK is still edible and yet, at the same time, there are […]
8 Nov 21
Welcome to our new Project Coordinator!
We’d like to offer a huge welcome to Bryony Hudson, our brand-new Project Coordinator. Bryony will be assisting in the smooth and efficient running of all aspects of the foodbank, as well as being here to provide support and motivation to all our wonderful volunteers. Foodbank Trustee, Shann Wilcox, commented: “Bryony comes from a small […]
31 Oct 21
Our Aims for the Future
Clear aims are important for any charity. In our case, our foodbank’s location and small size means we operate in a different way than, for example, a large inner-city foodbank. Because we straddle West and North Yorkshire, we serve a wide range of communities from the urban fringes of Leeds to market towns and rural […]