News | York Foodbank

28 Nov 24

York Minster charity Christmas trees on view

Visitors to York Minster (Chapter of York) this season will see a display of charity Christmas trees. One of these is from us here at York Foodbank and the decorations show much needed food items and reflect how we value our volunteers. The decorations were put together by our warehouse coordinator Maxine with some volunteers […]

28 Nov 24

Local author makes another Christmas donation to foodbank

At Christmas, we receive food donations which include Christmas-related foods as well as the normal “most needed” non-perishable items that we give to clients, and on occasion we also benefit from some who donate Christmas gifts. These are distributed where possible via the six foodbank sessions across the city to clients who in are collecting […]

26 Nov 24

Enterprise makes massive financial donation to foodbank

Today we received an amazing financial donation from Enterprise Mobility. From Enterprise in York, manager Daniel Briggs and HR manager Amanda Costello came by with a cheque for £5000! This is an incredible donation which will go straight towards food supplies and support for our clients in need of emergency food. A massive thanks to […]

21 Nov 24

e.surv Chartered Surveyors makes donation to foodbank

Last week e.surv Chartered Surveyors dropped off a donation at our Cornerstone centre that they had collected. Through Matt Cavanagh the company brought in 64kg of donations. Pictured, the donations made that Matt brought along, and our warehouse coordinator and a volunteer, Maxine and Anthony, prior to bringing it in to the York Foodbank warehouse. […]

14 Nov 24

Christmas donations 2024

As usual we really value donations from individuals and organisations at Christmas time. In addition to the emergency food parcels that are generated when a client is referred, the centres can also add Christmas-related food items into the parcels. This gives our clients real benefits in receiving items that perhaps, when struggling and needing emergency […]

22 Oct 24

Fantastic support from boxxe team and execs

Over the last two years we here at York Foodbank have received from almost 150 hours of volunteering time from the team at boxxe. In the last week, some of the exec team there have also joined us and done shifts in the warehouse. Each boxxe team member gets 11.5 days a year to volunteer and […]

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 […]

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