News | York Foodbank

24 Apr 25

York Foodbank welcomes new Local Organiser

We are delighted to announce that we are joined by Helena Mellows as our new Local Organiser. Helena joins us in a role partly funded by Trussell, with the overall aim to coordinator local activities to pursue the goal of eliminating poverty and hunger. York Foodbank is dedicated, together with Trussell, to reducing and ending […]

24 Apr 25

York Foodbank edible community garden wins awards at Harrogate Flower Show

As part of this year’s Harrogate Spring Flower Show Gardens feature there was an edible garden exploring the vital importance of food as a basic human right for all. The show is the first of the year’s major gardening events in the UK with a spectacular celebration of the very best in horticulture and took […]

24 Apr 25

York Foodbank goes through 700,000 kg of donations milestone!

In the last six weeks, the foodbank warehouse here in York has received just over 6000kg of donations, meaning that since we began operating in 2012, we have now gone through the milestone of 700,000kg of donations received (704,000kg to be precise)! This does sound like a huge amount, however we have issued over 693,000kg of […]

15 Apr 25

Autoglass donates 83kg of much needed items

A massive thanks to Autoglass who popped in from the next-door unit with a donation of food. The team had purchased these from their charitable donations pot and bought 83kg of much needed items. They are pictured with our warehouse coordinator Maxine, who gratefully weighed the donations in. Thanks to the York Autoglass team for […]

10 Apr 25

Easter opening times April 2025

The foodbank centres at Cornerstone and Gateway are closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday respectively. The Belfrey will be open on Easter Saturday (19th April), so there is one opening available at the De Grey rooms over the weekend. Normal activities will resume on Tuesday 22nd April at Vineyard. The warehouse will be open […]

8 Apr 25

Food Standards Agency donates refurbished laptops and phones to charities, including York Foodbank

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has donated a number of phones and laptops to various charities, including York Foodbank. We have received 6 A-grade refurbished laptops and 5 smartphone handsets, which have been donated to further our charitable objectives. Computers 4 Charities did the refurbishment work on the items and Business in the Community were […]

3 Apr 25

Entegra team to volunteer in van team and the warehouse

The team at Entegra will be volunteering in the coming months on a regular basis on our van rota and in the warehouse here at York Foodbank. ENTEGRA in #York are based near the warehouse and it started today with Dawn Lund who joined our van team! The team will be volunteering in our warehouse […]

27 Mar 25

York foodbank supported with volunteers from Clive Owen LLP

Over March and April 2025 York Foodbank has been and will be supported by volunteers from the team at Clive Owen LLP. Organised by Oli Barry, the team there have joined us in the warehouse, on a food drive at Waitrose, and on the van. In total we have benefited from seven sessions from the […]

4 Mar 25

1st Holgate Scouts donation

1st Holgate Scouts in York did a collection for the foodbank in the last week of February. The scouts dropped this off at the Waitrose collection point and it is now on the way to the warehouse and then off to clients. Thanks! To all the Scouts.

25 Feb 25

York Foodbank is recruiting a Local Organiser

Do you want to see an end to the need for foodbanks and feel driven by the need to organise and campaign for change to reduce and eliminate poverty? Are you passionate about making a positive impact for a local charity with a Christian ethos? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to […]

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