News

13 Feb 23

Volunteer Celebration Event

            Compassion Acts Celebrate the Contribution of Volunteers at a Special Evening Around 95 staff and volunteers from across the organisation gathered in early February for a night of celebration at the Bold Hotel in Southport. Last year we facilitated over 20,500 hours of volunteering in the community. That is […]

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30 Jan 23

2022 Foodbank Statistics

In 2022, our foodbanks provided emergency parcels for 4689 people, including 1772 children. That’s 4689 people in our local area who did not have enough money to buy one of life’s most basic of necessities: food. (Many of these people would have been without other essentials as well including personal hygiene items, suitable clothes, and […]

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3 Jul 20

Thank you ASDA Southport!

Thank you Asda Southport! We want to thank all Asda customers for their amazing support during this pandemic. Not only have they donated 2.3 tonnes of food to Southport Foodbank since January, but they used their green tokens – and we have now received £500 from Asda. In addition Asda Southport  has provided substantial of […]

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29 Jun 20

Photography Competition

As we come out of this unprecedented period we are looking to celebrate our local area, and to honour the people that make is so special. Many of us have become keen amateur photographers over recent weeks as an antidote to the stresses and strains of lockdown and in light of this we are running […]

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26 Jun 20

News in Brief

We have continued to be busy over the past few months. Read more on our Compassion Acts website including changes to Trustees along with updates on our Food pantry and centre openings.    

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1 Apr 20

Need advice and support? Text us.

Text your name and brief reason for your need for advice:     07526 897384 www.compassionacts.uk/advice

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19 Apr 19

A welcome to our new Chief Exec

In 2013 local churches in Southport & Formby joined together to manage the Trussell Trust Foodbank and over the past 6 years have seen that grow to also incorporate the Community Money Advice, Christians Against Poverty service, the Food Pantry, and more latterly a welfare advice operation. Over 450 clients were helped last year in […]

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5 Apr 19

Taxi!

For the sake of future generations, we are trying to do our bit to reduce plastic usage. We distribute food to our clients either in their own bags or re-use those in which donations have been made. This can sometimes result in us being short of carriers and so we are immensely grateful to our […]

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16 Mar 19

Shortages bite once again

Despite the bumper Christmas season donations, we are now beginning to run short of certain items necessary to provide a balanced food parcel for our struggling clients. We could do with the following items: Breakfast cereal Tinned tomatoes Tinned potatoes or instant mash               We are fortunate to have […]

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12 Mar 19

Foodbank Distribution Centres – changes to opening hours

We are constantly looking at our opening hours and the volunteer effort available to ensure we provide the best possible service within the resources we have available. As a result of our latest study, there are some changes being made around Easter time which will affect some clients. In essence Grace Baptist Church in Princes […]

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