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3 Mar 26

Thank you to everyone who donated to our emergency appeal

Thank you so much to each one of the 65 local people who donated to our emergency appeal in the last couple of weeks, to help us purchase low-cost essential food items that we’d nearly run out of after a busy winter. Thanks to people’s generosity, the appeal raised more than £7,000 including Gift Aid. […]

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26 Feb 26

Your generosity smashes emergency appeal target!

Thank you so much to everyone who has generously donated to our emergency appeal, to help restock our six food bank welcome centres across Wandsworth Borough where local people come to receive emergency food, advice and support. Amazingly, people’s generosity means we reached the appeal target within a week – and you gave almost double what […]

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12 Feb 26

Emergency appeal: Help ensure there’s enough food for everyone who needs support right now

We’re worried. Our stocks of emergency food are incredibly low, after our busiest winter on record.  Right now we’re struggling to restock our six food bank welcome centres across Wandsworth Borough, where local people come to receive emergency food, advice and support. Can you help local people and families facing hardship and hunger by donating […]

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4 Feb 26

Emergency food stocks run low this winter

Our stocks of emergency food are very low, after our busiest winter on record. Right now we’re struggling to restock our six food bank welcome centres across Wandsworth Borough, where local people come to receive emergency food, advice and support. Can you help local people and families across Wandsworth Borough by donating food and essential […]

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5 Jan 26

Nearly 550 local households helped in busiest December on record

During December, Wandsworth Foodbank supported 539 individual local households who were facing hardship, welcoming them at our six welcome centres across the borough or via our home delivery provision. We provided more than 1,400 emergency food parcels, and 66% parcels went to households with children. We fulfilled more emergency referrals this December than any previous December […]

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26 Nov 25

Our food bank Christmas wish list is…

Today we got one of our Christmas wishes, which was for the government to scrap the two-child limit to social security. It will immediately lift almost 500,000 children out of poverty when the change happens in April 2026. Good news! Meanwhile, we’re grateful to all the local schools, community groups, businesses and churches who are […]

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26 Nov 25

Join us for ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ festive film night on Friday 12 December

We’re excited to announce a special showing of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’, the uplifting classic Christmas film about hope and the value of community, in the beautiful setting of St Mark’s Church, Battersea Rise on Friday 12 December. Doors open at 6.30pm for mulled wine and mince pies, and a chance to get cosy before […]

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12 Sep 25

Harvest in the city

We’re so grateful to everyone who celebrates Harvest in the city by donating essential food items and toiletries to Wandsworth Foodbank, to help local people. Last year, thanks to the generosity of local people, we were able to provide 12,638 emergency food parcels to local people and families experiencing hardship, from our six welcome centres […]

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12 Sep 25

Free Money Advice Roadshow for Wandsworth residents on 2 October 2025

We’re glad to be supporting Wandsworth Council’s next free Money Advice Roadshow for local residents, which will be held at Mitcham Lane Baptist Church, Tooting at 2-4pm on Thursday 2 October 2025. It will be a welcoming space for local people to sit down with advisors from trusted organisations for free, confidential, and tailored support […]

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12 Sep 25

New research reveals households referred to food banks have just £104 a week for essentials, after housing costs

New research shows that 14.1 million people – including 3.8 million children – faced hunger in the UK last year because they didn’t have enough money for food. Without urgent action to boost incomes in the Autumn Budget, this severe hardship risks becoming the new normal for millions of households. Hunger in the UK is […]

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