News | Oswestry and Borders Foodbank

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.

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.

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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