News
7 Mar 21
THANK YOU
A huge ‘thank you’ to all the local businesses, schools, churches, other organisations and above all, local individual people who have given the FoodBank such fantastic support throughout the pandemic.
7 Mar 21
COVID-19 – 1 YEAR ON
The Foodbank has been working under Covid-19 restrictions for a year. Small, separate teams of volunteers have worked together to make parcels, accept donations and give out parcels, maintaining social distancing. Others have delivered parcels to (thankfully) a small number of people who have been shielding, isolating or unwell. The FoodBank will continue to be […]
23 Dec 20
Christmas Hampers 2020
A small team of FoodBank volunteers and a group of local volunteer drivers worked hard last week (14th to 17th December) to make and distribute over 190 Christmas Hampers to people across the local area. Godmanchester Town Council provided massive support by making premises available where the work could be done. Local people helping local […]
30 Nov 20
Christmas and New Year open/closed dates
Thursday 24th December 2020 – FOODBANK CLOSED Monday 28th December 2020 – FOODBANK CLOSED Thursday 31st December 2020 – FOODBANK CLOSED Monday 4th January 2021 – FoodBank OPEN Thursday 7th January 2021 – FoodBank OPEN
24 Nov 20
Christmas 2020 – Donations
We have had many questions recently about Christmas Hampers and making donations. We are always grateful for every donation but this year our Christmas needs are different. We have received such generous support during late summer and autumn that we have sufficient food stock to meet our needs for Christmas Hampers. If you were thinking […]
7 Apr 20
Foodbank closed Easter Monday
April 13th 2020 – Easter Monday Because of the Covid-19 situation the Foodbank will be closed on Monday 13th April 2020 THERE WILL BE NO EMERGENCY SERVICE Please bear this in mind when arranging vouchers for clients. The next Open Session after Easter Monday will be Thursday 16th April from 10 am to 2 pm. […]
17 Mar 20
Covid-19 Information – update
FoodBank during Covid-19 with effect from 23 03 2020 The FoodBank will continue to operate from at Godmanchester Baptist Church using significant social distancing. The FoodBank will be open from 10 am to 2 pm on Monday and Thursday ONLY for parcel distribution. Parcels will not be available at other times YOU WILL STILL NEED A […]
15 Mar 20
Easter Bank Holiday 2020
Easter Monday 13th April FoodBank closed Spring Bank Holiday 25th May FoodBank closed A limited Emergency Service will operate when closed. Details on the door of Godmanchester Baptist Church.
3 Nov 19
Getting the Harvest In!!
Schools, churches, businesses and individuals have contributed over 3.3 tonnes (more than 3300 kg) of food for our Combined Harvest Appeal 2019. This weight of food is equivalent to about 800 individual meals for local people in crisis. Thank you!
3 Nov 19
Christmas Hampers 2019
We will be building around 200 Christmas Hampers on Thursday December 19th2019! To make this happen we need a ‘pop up’ team of volunteers. If you are interested and want to know more about this project then send an email to [email protected] to be put on this year’s mailing list. (NB By doing this you agree […]