News
12 Feb 17
Its always good to have help
At our December collection in Tesco, Southport we were helped tremendously by the 58th Southport Brownies. In early February we were delighted to welcome them to our Lakeside HQ, where they were able to see what happened to the food they assisted us in collecting. Being Brownies they also wanted to help. They labelled […]
22 Jan 17
December – a record month
Sadly December brought with it record demand from local families experiencing difficulties. As many of us were looking forward to Christmas as a time of happiness and plenty, many in our society faced the season with a degree of dread. For the first time ever since we opened almost three years ago, 600 people were […]
21 Dec 16
Non stop generosity from One Stop
The customers of One Stop stores in Woodvale prove that their generosity doesn’t stop – with this donation of food to help local families in crisis. We thank them sincerely
20 Dec 16
We wish you….
our generous supporters, a wonderful Christmas and a very happy 2017. Thank you for all you have done for us and our clients over the past twelve months.
13 Dec 16
Our van is getting closer
Thanks to a generous donation of £1000 from One Stop Stores, to whom we offer our thanks, a van, which will assist us in moving food between our warehouse and the six distribution centres and collecting food from donation points across the area, has moved one step closer. Now for the remaining wheels!
13 Dec 16
And now we have it
The total collected at Tesco, Southport over the period December 1 – 3 amounted to 6088kg – a record amount. According to the formula provided by the Trussell Trust this is equivalent to over 17,000 meals for our clients in the future. Magnificent!
8 Dec 16
And the generosity does not stop there……
When we made our regular pick-up from Waitrose in Formby this week we seemed to have more than usual. We were then told that one anonymous donor, for the second year running, had given the Customer Service team a sum of money to be used to purchase goods for the Foodbank. The staff rapidly swept […]
8 Dec 16
Southport Tesco collection shatters records
Thanks to the generosity of Tesco, Southport customers and with no mean help from Tesco staff, our own volunteers, pupils from Kew Woods Primary school and the Sothport 58th Brownies we had a record outcome from our three day collection there at the beginning of December. (We have been asked by Trussell Trust to hold […]
24 Nov 16
Record broken! – but we’re unhappy and worried
When most records are broken it is a time for celebration – but not at a Foodbank. September and October brought a record number of local families in crisis to our doors and we fed 874 people. It is no wonder that our food stocks are now so severely depleted that we fear for our […]
19 Nov 16
Help! Our shelves are getting bare
A recent sharp increase in demand has emptied our shelves and we need your support more than ever at the next Tesco collection event at Kew, Southport from Thursday December 1st till Saturday December 3rd. We are seeing more and more struggling local families and it would be heartbreaking not to be able to meet […]