News | Oswestry and Borders Foodbank

7 Apr 21

March Statistics

These are the end of year statistics- from 17th March 2020 to 31st March 2021- which coincide with the closing of the Ellesmere foodbank and the beginning of the first lockdown: Individuals Helped Adults: 4691 ( last year 2865) Children under 18: 1431 ( last year 978) Young adults 18-25: 371 % Households Helped 46% […]

7 Apr 21

Outdoor Pilates Generates Foodbank Donations

The Shropshire Star reported Carol Main’s plans for an outdoor sunset pilates session to be held on April 1st at Ellesmere bowling green. Entrance was free but participants were asked to bring a donation for the Foodbank. The event was organised by Carole Main who runs Mainly Pilates. The event has taken place and we […]

5 Apr 21

Shropshire Star: More families turn to food banks

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27 Mar 21

Radio Shropshire Interview

Early in the first lockdown, Radio Shropshire interviewed a number of organisations that were helping people to cope with the situation. Oswestry and Borders Foodbank was one of them. On March 23rd 2021, as part of the national day of reflection, they decided to see what had happened since the first interview. Click below to […]

26 Mar 21

Message from the Community Reassurance Team

The Foodbank received this message from the Shropshire Council Community Reassurance Team on Tuesday to mark the National Day of Reflection. Hello all On this National Day of Reflection – I would like to pass on a message of thanks from the Director Of Public Health, Rachel Robinson. A video of the thank you can […]

25 Mar 21

Easter Opening

The Foodbank will be closed on Monday, April 5th (Easter Monday) but will be open on Tuesday, April 6th from 11:00 until 14:00. Normal opening hours (Monday and Thursday 11:00 – 14:00) from then onwards.

24 Mar 21

Easter egg donation to food bank

From the Shropshire Star. Members of the Oswestry Angels group, Mike and Linda Lade picked up 50 easter eggs and other Easter treats from One-Stop in Cabin Lane, and delivered them to to Oswestry and Borders Foodbank. The Easter Egg donation was welcomed by Liz Jermy, manager of Oswestry and Borders Foodbank. She […]

24 Mar 21

Exercise class will help local food bank

From the Shropshire Star. A free sunset exercise session to mark the resumption of group outdoor exercise will be held in Ellesmere next week. Pilates instructor, Carole Main is giving the session in return for those signing up taking along a donation for the local food bank. Carol, who runs Mainly Pilates, has carried […]

5 Mar 21

Community Money Advice Connect Centre

“As part of the Oswestry and Borders Foodbank, we are pleased to announce that from 1st March, we are able to offer Foodbank users a money advice service providing budgeting and debt counselling. We are a team of 4 Money Mentors along with 3 Administrative Supporters, who will be available to receive clients for prearranged […]

5 Mar 21

Partnership with Citizens Advice

We are receiving many more applications for help via Citizens Advice now their helpline phone number is on our ‘get help‘ page on the website. The advisors are very quick with referrals to us for food even when working from home. Read below the impact this is having across the 1200 Trussell Trust foodbanks: “Since […]

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