News
5 Dec 17
How do we say ‘thank you’?
Our 3 day collection at Tesco last week was a tremendous success and we had almost 6 tonnes of food donated by customers at Southport Tesco extra. Not only that, their donations will be increased 20% by Tesco themselves so the effective total was over 7 tonnes of food. Our volunteers returned from Tesco with […]
28 Nov 17
Black Friday was a Red Letter Day – the Food Pantry opens
Every Week A Bargain The Southport Food Pantry was opened on Friday 24th November. Many of those who had given time or goods to see the Pantry started including local firms Unite Professionals, Dp Flooring, Bates Dairies and KC Workwear, members of Grace Baptist Church and other supporters were there to see the Mayor of […]
15 Nov 17
Tesco – Food Collection at Kew, Southport
From the 30th November to 2nd December, we’re hosting a food collection with Tesco as part of the tenth Food Collection. The Tesco Food Collection is manned by Trussell Trust volunteers who will hand out shopping lists of tinned and dried goods at stores to encourage customers to buy an extra item of food or two […]
9 Nov 17
Unite Professionals do it again
Unite Professionals recognise the importance of charitable donations and the Managing Director, Jo Evans has been supporting the vital service delivered by the local foodbank in Southport for a number of years now. After asking for a most wanted shopping list of items, Judith Stewart, Head of Business Development at the Case Management Company based […]
1 Nov 17
All is safely gathered in
Schools, churches and other organisations all chose to donate the result of their harvest celebrations in 2017 to us. The amazing total was 3.8 tonnes – 20% up on 2016. A particular joy for some of our volunteers was being invited to attend the harvest assemblies at some of the supporting schools. In the warehouse […]
28 Sep 17
Under the radar
Every so often something slips in under our radar. Such was the case this week with the arrival of a seemingly inoccuous envelope. Upon opening it we were surprised (and of course delighted) to find enclosed a cheque for over £1650! This was our share of the proceeds of a Sports Week at Meols Cop […]
18 Jul 17
Another successful day – thanks to YOU!
Thank you to all those who supported us in any way at our very successful collection at Tesco, Southport last Saturday. Our own volunteers were supplemented by the delightful young ladies of the 58th Southport Sacred Heart Brownies who clearly charmed the shoppers. Thanks to the generosity of those shoppers enough food (1.84 tonnes!) was […]
11 Jul 17
New collection point opens in Southport
Thanks to Tesco, we now have a new permanent and additional collection point for our supporters located in the Tesco Express store on Albert Road. With demand at a high level every additional can or packet we are able to collect matters.
29 Jun 17
Our June 2017 newsletter
Our latest newsletter is now available here. Southport_Foodbank_Newsletter_June_2017
27 Jun 17
Two reasons to celebrate
Yesterday we took delivery of our ‘new’ white van which will be used to transport our food stocks between collection points, the warehouse and our distribution centres. We were able to purchase this with financial help from a number of supporters, including the Co-op Local Causes and the One Stop Carriers for Causes charity […]