News | Oswestry and Borders Foodbank

6 Mar 24

Guarantee the Essentials Campaign has gone to Parliament

Last week Trussell Trust handed in the petition to the government on Guarantee Our Essentials with over 150,000 signatures! Oswestry and Borders Foodbank want to say a massive thank you to everyone locally who added their signatures to this petition. Thanks to you, our voices are being heard- see below: “Today is the day! We […]

21 Jan 24

National Lottery Community Fund

Oswestry and Borders Foodbank are pleased to announce that in November 2023 they received a grant from the Cost of Living Community Fund (National Lottery). £40,000 has been awarded and allocated towards the cost of food purchases over the coming months. The fund was set up specifically for established charities who need funds to […]

12 Dec 23

Big Give Christmas Challenge Totals Are In!

This year for the first time, Oswestry and Borders Foodbank participated in ‘The Big Give Christmas Challenge’. The Big Give is an online organisation that runs match funding campaigns aiming to maximise and multiply charity donations. Local businesses came on board, pledging to match donations up to £1400. A Big Give Champion also gave their […]

30 Nov 23

Charity Christmas Tree Festival

Oswestry and Borders Foodbank are one of 19 local charities taking part in this year’s Charity Christmas Tree Festival. The unique display can be viewed at Christ Church Oswestry, Arthur Street (opposite the Tourist Information Centre), at 12-2pm on Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd December. Deputy Lieutenant Veronica Lillis is set to open […]

28 Nov 23

Big Give Christmas Challenge

Today is #GivingTuesday which marks the start of Oswestry & Borders Foodbank’s Big Give Christmas Challenge Campaign. For one week only, any donation received via the Big Give Link will be DOUBLED thanks to match funding from locals businesses and The Reed Foundation. The link will remain live until 12pm on Tuesday 5th December. Helping Local […]

27 Nov 23

Trussell Trust Response to the Autumn Statement

Your voices have been heard! In Wednesday’s Autumn Statement, the UK government announced they will increase benefits in line with inflation. This will ease some of the pressures driving millions of people to food banks. It is fantastic to see that the Government have made some steps towards supporting people facing hardship, but with food […]

27 Nov 23

TNS Calls for Foodbank Donations

The Advertiser has published an article outlining TNS’s call for foodbank donations. They are collecting both food items and monetary donations. Oswestry and Borders Foodbank wish to extend their thanks for the support shown by the club. Amazing things happen when the local community get involved! You can read the full article here: Shropshire: Oswestry’s […]

13 Nov 23

Donations this Christmas

Christmas is just around the corner and here at Oswestry and Borders Foodbank we are preparing for a very busy season, expecting to support around 1000 people with Christmas food and gift hampers. As ever, we are reliant on the generosity of local individuals, businesses, churches, schools and community groups to ensure we can meet […]

8 Nov 23

Join us for a screening of the award winning ‘I, Daniel Blake’ at Oswestry School

On Wednesday 22 November, Oswestry School will be hosting a screening of the deeply moving and award winning film, ‘I, Daniel Blake’. The film follows Danie Blake and his struggle with living in poverty in the UK. Food will be included in the ticket price, produced by OsNosh. After the screening there will be an opportunity […]

25 Sep 23

New ways to give

Have you seen our new poster popping up all over town? It details our opening times and services we provide as well as providing new ways to give. We are always looking to expand the ways in which people can support us- particularly if we can make things easier and more convenient to use! For […]

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