News | Oswestry and Borders Foodbank

10 Nov 22

Mid-Year Statistics

On Thursday 10th November, we released our stats for emergency food parcel distribution from April to September 2022, which shed light on the level of need for Oswestry and Borders Foodbank in our local community. The stark new figures reveal that we provided 1,227 emergency food parcels to people who couldn’t afford the essentials in […]

27 Oct 22

Contents of a single parcel go up by £19 – food bank provider

Original article from BBC News – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63385874.amp As the cost of living soars more people are turning to food banks to make ends meet. New Office for National Statistics data has shown that the price of pasta, tea, and chips has increased, with vegetable oil going up by 65% in a year. Overall, the price of budget […]

18 Oct 22

Five ways the cost of living crisis is impacting food banks

The cost of living is leading to increased need and rising costs for food banks. Here are five ways that food banks are being impacted: Increased need The sharp rise in the cost of energy, food and other essentials, alongside the £20 cut to universal credit in October 2021, has meant that between April 2021 […]

2 Sep 22

Shropshire Star Article

This article was written by Paul Jenkins in the Shropshire Star. Here is a link to the original article.

8 Jul 22

Give Online

You may now make donations to the Foodbank via Give As You Live. Either sign up for an account and raise money by shopping via the site or make a one-off donation: To make a one-off donation: Alternatively you can sign up to give when you shop. When you shop via Give as you Live […]

26 May 22

AGM Agenda

Everyone welcome to Oswestry & Borders Foodbank AGM on Tuesday 21st June 2022 at Albert Road Church, Oswestry. See agenda below. Please note: Optional start time of 7pm for prayer, reflection, and thanks. Business starts at 7:30pm. If you would like to join via Zoom for 7:30pm, please let us know asap. In addition, we […]

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.

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 […]

12 Apr 22

Annual General Meeting

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

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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