2024 | York Foodbank

8 Oct 24

Howl selling seasonal soups and donating to Foodbank

During October, Howl – a café wine bar in the centre of York – will be running a promotion (starting Monday 7th) of take-away cups of fresh, seasonal soups! Each soup will be £2 in total, with 50p of that going to us here at York Foodbank. A big thanks to Sasha Miles, one of […]

1 Oct 24

Network Rail team assists with annual stocktake at York Foodbank

A team from Network Rail, organised by Melanie Marshall, joined us at the foodbank on Monday 30th September to assist with our annual stocktake. Together with the team here at the foodbank, the Network Rail volunteers moved, weighed and logged the stock in the warehouse. Done annually, our stocktake is an essential part of our […]

12 Sep 24

University of York Catering and Hospitality team make donation

The innovative sustainability initiative ‘Shop, save and sustain’, organised by the University’s Catering and Hospitality team, has raised over £6,400 for local charities, including the York Food Bank, Kitchen for Everyone, and The Island, York. Shop, save and sustain is a food waste reduction scheme, launched in September 2021. Surplus food items that would normally be […]

12 Sep 24

News about upcoming Harvest Festivals

Are you part of a church, school or organisation who are planning a harvest festival or collection for York Foodbank ? If this is you then thank you for supporting us in this way and listed below are the items we are currently in need of. Tinned Meat Tinned Fruit Tinned Tomatoes Tinned Rice […]

22 Aug 24

Bank Holiday Monday (Closed)

Please be aware that we are not open on Bank Holiday Monday 26/8/24 at Gateway. All other openings including, Saturday 24th at the Belfrey are unaffected and open at usual. Openings resume at Vineyard on Tuesday 27th. We apologise for any inconvenience. If you need help and can only access Gateway, please contact us via […]

22 Aug 24

National Foodbank Day is coming

Yes, there is a National day for foodbanks… on 6th September. National Foodbank Day Any donations or focused efforts, supporting this day and your local foodbank, would be most welcome.

15 Aug 24

Transpennine Route Upgrade East Alliance make 55kg donation

The Transpennine Route Upgrade East Alliance team has made a 55kg donation to us here at York Foodbank. These were brought along to the warehouse by Katie Worrall, the Social Value & Community Engagement Lead for TRU East, pictured. The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a major, multi-billion-pound programme of railway improvements which will benefit passengers travelling […]

8 Aug 24

Pets at Home drive for donations: 7-27th August: UPDATE

UPDATE: The Pets at Home and Blue Cross donations totalled 78.25kg. Thanks to everyone who donated. Picture here of our manager Adam picking up the donations from Stella at Pets at Home. Original story below: Nobody should have to choose between feeding themselves or their pet. Pets at Home has a drive on for donations […]

27 Jun 24

Successful food drive at ASDA store

On 7th June York Foodbank held a food drive at ASDA in York (at Monks Cross). On this day we were supported by a number of people from SSCL (pictured). On the day, the team helped generate 221kg of food donations, and raised £181.70 in cash donations. Pictured in the two images are: Callum Meek, Mauro […]

25 Jun 24

York Foodbank Facebook page is now active again

The York Foodbank facebook page is now back up again and lists of needed items will be published again from next Monday.

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