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28 Jun 20

Coronavirus update: 100 days of lockdown

When lockdown began on 23 March there was so much we didn’t know – but we knew we would be needed, possibly more than ever. The 100 days that have followed have been some of the most trying our foodbank has seen in its eight-year history. We have seen the number of people in need […]

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9 Apr 20

Our response to the Covid-19 coronavirus

While the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus risks disrupting life for all of us across the borough, the city and the nation, we want to offer our reassurance that we are doing everything we can to make sure our food banks in Barking and Chadwell Heath continue to serve the community. Here are our latest updates […]

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22 Mar 20

Coronavirus appeal – We need your help

This crisis is testing food banks across the country like never before. Empty supermarket shelves have taken their toll on donations. The loss of volunteers who we have asked to stay home for their safety has seen teams stretched. Increased need brought on by the disruption of the past few weeks has seen more people […]

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11 Mar 19

ELBA Brings The City To Barking Foodbank

Barking Foodbank

Elizabeth Breaks from ELBA (the East London Business Alliance) first contacted us in Spring this year to ask if we’d be interested in taking part in their Challenge ELBA programme. Challenge ELBA links up local voluntary organizations with companies wanting to hold volunteering events and projects for their staff and Elizabeth was hoping we could […]

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16 Aug 16

Youth Empowerment Gym Programme

As part of the Food Bank’s goal to make an impact in the society, a state of the art (well almost J) gym facility is currently being set up in partnership with Box-Up Crime (an academy aimed at motivating and influencing people to transform their dream into reality). With its completion date slated for sometime […]

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16 Aug 16

ELBA Brings The City To Barking Foodbank

Barking Foodbank

Elizabeth Breaks from ELBA (the East London Business Alliance) first contacted us in Spring this year to ask if we’d be interested in taking part in their Challenge ELBA programme. Challenge ELBA links up local voluntary organizations with companies wanting to hold volunteering events and projects for their staff and Elizabeth was hoping we could […]

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23 Dec 15

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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8 Dec 15

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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1 Dec 15

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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21 Oct 15

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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