Yearly Archives: 2021

24 Mar 21

Easter egg donation to food bank

From the Shropshire Star. Members of the Oswestry Angels group, Mike and Linda Lade picked up 50 easter eggs and other Easter treats from One-Stop in Cabin Lane, and delivered them to to Oswestry and Borders Foodbank.     The Easter Egg donation was welcomed by Liz Jermy, manager of Oswestry and Borders Foodbank. She […]

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24 Mar 21

Exercise class will help local food bank

From the Shropshire Star. A free sunset exercise session to mark the resumption of group outdoor exercise will be held in Ellesmere next week.   Pilates instructor, Carole Main is giving the session in return for those signing up taking along a donation for the local food bank. Carol, who runs Mainly Pilates, has carried […]

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5 Mar 21

Community Money Advice Connect Centre

“As part of the Oswestry and Borders Foodbank, we are pleased to announce that from 1st March, we are able to offer Foodbank users a money advice service providing budgeting and debt counselling. We are a team of 4 Money Mentors along with 3 Administrative Supporters, who will be available to receive clients for prearranged […]

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5 Mar 21

Partnership with Citizens Advice

We are receiving many more applications for help via Citizens Advice now their helpline phone number is on our ‘get help‘ page on the website. The advisors are very quick with referrals to us for food even when working from home. Read below the impact this is having across the 1200 Trussell Trust foodbanks: “Since […]

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3 Feb 21

Volunteer Vaccinations

Staff at the Oswestry and Borders Foodbank have received their Covid-19 vaccinations. This will make work at the Foodbank safer for them and create a safer environment for Foodbank clients. The injections took place last week at Gobowen Orthopaedic Hospital where they are currently vaccinating 600 people a day! The first vaccination will not be […]

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