Yearly Archives: 2021

4 Oct 21

Getting back to normal Christchurch Food Bank reopens 14 October 2021

Christchurch foodbank will be reopening on Thursday 14 October. The service for food parcel collection at Central Food Bank in the Citizen’s Advice Bureau on Thursday’s will be transferring to Christchurch. The rest of the week (Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday) Food bank will still be available at Citizen’s Advice Bureau on Corn Street. Apologies that […]

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30 Sep 21

Donations needed

The shelves are starting to look bear, as soon as the donations come in they are going out again, and some foods are running out altogether. Donations of any of the following would be especially helpful at the moment: UHT milk tinned meat hot snacks like packet noodles chocolate and sweets fruit juices and squash […]

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16 Jul 21

National Foodbank collection

  The foodbank collections that Tesco kindly let us make in stores has had to be a bit lower key this year, but the great staff at Spytty and Cardiff Road have stepped in to help us out. Thank you to all the staff that have made the collection possible this year and a special […]

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9 Jul 21

Sainsbury’s – Thank you for your support

We are so grateful for the donations from Sainsbury’s John frost Square. It has been a massive help in keeping the shelves stocked. Thank you to your shoppers and staff, we couldn’t do it without you.

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1 Jul 21

Asda – Thank you for all your help

Your staff and shoppers at the Duffryn and Pill stores have been so supportive, we wanted to say a massive thank you, for all the donations we can rely on you for. We are so grateful for your help Thank You

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25 Jun 21

Morrisons – Thank you for all your help

Thank you so much for all the donations we can rely on you for week after week, the shoppers and staff at Morrisons Orb Drive have made a huge difference in helping us meet the need in Newport. We are so grateful Thank You

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18 Jun 21

Coming Soon

We are really excited about a new Newport foodbank project coming soon. Its early days yet, but we’ll keep you posted with how this develops. Answers on the back of a postcard what you think it’ll be… PS. It isn’t a ski slope.  

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18 Jun 21

Tesco – A massive Thank You

We are so grateful for the continued support we get from the Tesco stores Spytty and Cardiff Road The donations made by the stores and shoppers have made all the difference in making it possible to keep going.   Thank You to you and your staff

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5 May 21

Getting back to normal – Gradually

As we all start to have some more contact in our daily lives, at foodbank we are making some small changes towards getting back to normal.   We are still running an appointment system to help keep safe by keeping contact down   If you want to arrange an appointment please call 0808 1963482 or […]

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5 Apr 21

Easter at Newport Central Foodbank

  With many thanks to Morisons Orb Drive and Tescos’ at Cardiff Road and Spytty Road, for their wonderful generosity we had so many Easter eggs we could spread the joy. The great staff at the  Neighbourhood Hubs | Newport City Council  stepped in at short notice to help us distribute the donations to the […]

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