News | Wandsworth Foodbank

15 Apr 26

Wandsworth Foodbank shortlisted for Best Charity award

We’re delighted to share that Wandsworth Foodbank has been shortlisted for Best Charity in the Wandsworth Business Awards 2026! Judging starts soon, with the winner announced at the annual awards ceremony on 10 June. All the best to everyone shortlisted!

8 Apr 26

We’re celebrating the end of the two-child limit

This week is a good week for children! From 6 April 2026,the UK government has ended the two-child limit to Universal Credit, meaning many families on the lowest incomes can now receive the child element payment of Universal Credit for third or subsequent children in their household. This positive policy change will be a huge […]

25 Mar 26

Easter opening times

We will be open as usual apart from Friday 3 -Monday 6 April, when our welcome centres, warehouse and office will be closed. The first food bank welcome session after the Easter Bank Holiday will be on Tuesday 7 April 12-2pm at St Mark’s Church, SW11 1EJ. We’re asking our referral partners to please refer […]

11 Mar 26

13,054 emergency food parcels provided to local people facing hunger

At Wandsworth Foodbank, we provided more than 13,000 emergency food parcels to local people facing hardship between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025, with 63% of parcels provided for local households with children, according to new figures released today. Wandsworth Foodbank has seen alarmingly high levels of food bank need in recent years, with […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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