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17 May 22

Cost of living crisis being seen with more needing Shropshire food bank’s help

Read the article by  Dominic Robertson in the Shropshire Star. More people are relying on help to eat, with that number set to “absolutely” increase, according to a Shropshire food bank project manager. Liz Jermy, project manager at Oswestry and Borders Food Bank, said the Government needed to do more to prevent what has become […]

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28 Apr 22

New Phone Number!

The foodbank landline number has changed to: 0300 10 20 110. This has been set up by Core Telecom who offer free phone lines to charities at no cost. 03 Numbers were introduced by OFCOM to clear up varying (and often confusing) call costs to most 08 numbers. Any call to a 03 number is […]

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28 Apr 22

Early Spring Bank Holiday Opening

The Foodbank is closed on Monday 2nd May 2002 but will be open 11:00 – 14:00 on Tuesday 3rd May. Normal opening hours (Monday and Thursday 11:00-14:00) will apply from Thursday 5th May onwards.

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12 Apr 22

Annual General Meeting

The Foodbank AGM will take place at 19:30 on Tuesday 21st June at Albert Road church, Oswestry.

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12 Apr 22

Latest Statistics

Last week we gave away 64 food parcels which accounted for 141 people ( 46 children). We helped our first Ukrainian family and 10 Bulgarian households.  

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12 Apr 22

Bank Holiday Opening April and May 2022

The Foodbank will be closed on the next two bank holidays ( Monday  18th April and May 2nd ). We will be open on the Tuesdays instead: Tuesday 19th April and Tuesday 3rd May.

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19 Mar 22

Who gives to the Foodbank?

The breakdown of donations to the Oswestry and Borders Foodbank is: 47% of all donations come from & through the supermarkets 10% from the churches 10% from individual donors 8% from other charities 7% from community groups 5% from education ( schools & colleges etc) 2.5% from businesses. the remaining 10% comes from a variety […]

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18 Mar 22

Current Coronavirus Precautions

March 2022 Currently, the foodbank volunteers are continuing to wear masks in the foodbank for everyone’s safety and we respectfully ask you to do the same when you visit, if you are able, for the time being. We have managed to remain open since the beginning of the pandemic and we wish to continue to be able […]

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25 Oct 21

Vicky beats her half marathon target!

As we reported in September, Vicky Burrows, who is a support mentor and safeguarding officer at North Shropshire College, ran the Shrewsbury half-marathon on October 10th. Prior to the event, she decided to donate any sponsorship money she received to the Foodbank.  Although we don’t know how long she took to complete the half-marathon, we […]

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13 Sep 21

Half-Marathon run supporting the Foodbank

Vicky Burrows from North Shropshire College is running a half marathon in Shrewsbury on October 10th and is collecting donations for the Oswestry and Borders Foodbank. Vicky is the Senior Wellbeing and Pastoral Mentor at the college. Vicky says: Well, I have entered the Shrewsbury half marathon on October 10th. Who would have thought the […]

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