Updates and News

Here you can find all of the latest updates on most needed items, our newsletter and any other news related updates.

CHRISTMAS OPENING TIMES

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Reverse Advent Calendar

  Could you do a Reverse Advent Calendar in your workplace or a community or friend group? Donating one item a day instead of (or as well as!) opening your advent calendar….. We can email a copy so you have a good version to work from….. We can come and pick up any items you […]

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Harvest Donations – Could you co-ordinate a collection?

Whilst the Foodbank is an all-year provider, Harvest Festival is a time of year traditionally focusing on donating produce and the donations from this generosity will keep us going for a while.  So a big thank you to all who are collecting for us for Harvest Festivals.  The donations are amazing and very appreciated. Donations […]

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Where has the Summer gone??!

Gosh – it has been a busy few months, time has flown by and I hope this finds you well. We had a very successful 3 days collecting donations from Tesco customers in July – a big thanks to Tesco’s for accommodating us, to the Volunteers for their hard work and to the customers for […]

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Thank you to our Volunteers

It was Volunteers Week this month and we enjoyed a lovely cuppa and slice of cake with our wonderful team to say a big thank you.  Organisations like the Foodbank just wouldn’t work if it wasn’t for the kind people who give their time each week and the kind people in the community who donate […]

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We’ll be at ASDA this weekend

Hello everyone, some of our lovely volunteers will be at ASDA this weekend (Friday/Saturday) inviting shoppers to purchase an item for the Foodbank whilst they are shopping.  Don’t hesitate to stop and say hello – it’s always a pleasure to be greeted by a shopper with a smile.

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Foodbank Allotment

We are very excited that the season’s first produce from our Foodbank allotment has just arrived.  Nothing beats the fresh fruit and veg grown by our wonderful green fingered volunteers.  Last year our Foodbank clients enjoyed a whole range of produce from tomatoes, kale, rhubarb, carrots and potatoes just to name a few. It’s so […]

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New: Foodbank Supporters page

We are so grateful for all the fantastic donations that we receive from lovely people all across Cheltenham and so we have added a new ‘Foodbank Supporters’ page in our Give Help section to say thank you to those who donate.  We will regularly update the page so please check it out to see which […]

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Easter Opening Times

We will be open as follows over the Easter period: Monday 25th – Wednesday 27th March as normal Friday 28th March – C3, The Pavilion, Hatherley Lane will be open 10am -12pm St. Paul’s distribution centre will be Closed Monday 1st April – Salvation Army will be Closed Tuesday 2nd April – normal opening hours at Elim […]

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See you at the Supermarket…..

Some of our volunteer team will be at Waitrose on Weds 20th March and then at Tesco’s on Thu 21st, Fri 22nd and Sat 23rd March, handing out our shopping lists to supermarket customers.  The idea is that, if at all possible, the customer adds an item from our shopping list to their shopping and […]

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