News
11 Oct 16
Cheque out Asda!!
Thanks to everyone who popped a green token in the Foodbank box at the Redditch Asda. We are very grateful for the money that Asda has donated to us.
24 Aug 16
Date for your diary! Come and join us.
We invite you to join us on September 22nd 2016 to find out about the work of AOK (Acts of Kindness) and Redditch Foodbank. Christ Church Matchborough at 7.30pm The evening will provide an opportunity to find out about what is being done to provide support to people in Redditch and to become aware of […]
10 Aug 16
Christ Church Centre Closed 17th August 2016
Our distribution centre at Christ Church Matchborough will be closed for just one session on 17th August 2016, due to volunteer holidays. Please note that our other centre at St Stephen’s will be open as usual on that day 11.00am – 2.00pm. We are sorry for this change and hope that it does not create […]
19 Jul 16
Christ Church Centre closed 27th July 2016
Our distribution centre at Christ Church Matchborough will be closed for just one session on 27th July 2016, due to staff holidays. Please note that our other centre at St Stephen’s will be open as usual on that day 11.00am – 2.00pm. We are sorry for this change and hope that it does not create […]
13 Jul 16
Incredible generosity of local people
Thanks to your generosity we managed to collect a massive 2.25 tons of food at our recent Tesco collection on the 1st and 2nd July. We are surprised and delighted by the way local people have responded yet again to our weekend collection, so thank you very much for enabling our work to continue. Thanks […]
27 Jun 16
Tesco Collection
Friday and Saturday 1st & 2nd July We will be collecting food donations from shoppers at Tesco’s in Redditch this weekend. Come along and help if you can or better still, buy something and donate it. Have a look at our short items list first so that you know what will be of most help […]
11 May 16
Happy 3rd Birthday
We are 3 in September 2016 and it’s a good moment to thank all our donors, Centre volunteers and warehouse teams for their generosity and support in many different ways. We couldn’t do our work without YOU!
11 May 16
Statistics for the last year 2014 – 2015
During the last year (September 2014 -15), 848 Redditch households were supported by the Foodbank as they dealt with a crisis. Over the year roughly one third of those helped were children, which is a consistent feature of the families referred to the Foodbank. The number of local Referral Agencies who issue our vouchers has grown to 46, […]
11 May 16
Bumper Donations
Thank you so much for the amazing donations from Tesco Shoppers, local schools, churches, businesses and individuals. We have received terrific support. The next public collection will be during the first weekend in July. It would be great to have your support on that occasion.
11 May 16
Pride of Redditch 2015
We are delighted that the Redditch Foodbank Volunteers were awarded the Pride of Redditch at the awards ceremony held in December 2015. There are 35 volunteers who work in the 2 Centres, the warehouse, the office or helping to co-ordinate particular aspects of the project. They are generous, compassionate and committed people who wouldn’t want […]