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28 Apr 22
New Phone Number!
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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
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The Foodbank AGM will take place at 19:30 on Tuesday 21st June at Albert Road church, Oswestry.
12 Apr 22
Latest Statistics
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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
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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?
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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 […]
18 Mar 22
Current Coronavirus Precautions
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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 […]
25 Oct 21
Vicky beats her half marathon target!
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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 […]
13 Sep 21
Half-Marathon run supporting the Foodbank
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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 […]
6 Aug 21
August Bank Holiday Opening
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The Foodbank opening days and times for the week beginning Monday 30th August are: Closed: Monday 30th August Bank Holiday Open: Tuesday 31st August, 11a.m. – 2p.m. Closed: Thursday 2nd September Open: Monday 6th September. 11a.m. – 2p.m.
2 Jul 21
Shropshire Junior League’s donation to Oswestry and Borders Foodbank
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Original article in Oswestry Life at https://www.oswestry.life/article/junior-leagues-donation-to-oswestry-foodbank/ When outdoor grassroots football returned in September 2020, all thoughts were to complete the football season. However, this was not to be as by early November we would enter another Covid Lockdown that was to last through the Winter with all grassroots football cancelled. Mike Hames, Chairman of […]