News | Wandsworth Foodbank

25 Jun 25

Taking our message to Parliament

Almost 1 in 5 people claiming Universal Credit and disability payments have used a food bank in the last month. Our social security system should be there for all of us when we need it most, but right now it’s not even providing enough to cover the cost of life’s essentials – driving hardship and […]

16 Jun 25

Thank you Asda shoppers!

Generous shoppers at Asda near Clapham Junction donated an amazing half a tonne of food and essentials between 9am-2pm on Saturday! We are so grateful for all the size 6/7 nappies, peanut butter, honey, UHT milk, tinned fish and lots more that was donated – it will make a real difference to local people who […]

2 Jun 25

Free community money advice this Friday 6 June

We’re delighted to be be hosting a free community advice drop-in session at St Mark’s Church, Battersea Rise SW11 1EJ this Friday 6 June, 1.30-3.30pm. In partnership with Wandsworth Council (WBC), residents can pop in to speak face-to-face about money, debt, housing, and household bills, with advisers from Council and local voluntary sector teams, including: […]

23 May 25

2.9 million emergency food parcels

This week we released our stats on the number of emergency food parcels that Wandsworth Foodbank provided within our local community between April 2024 and March 2025. The worrying new figures reveal that we have provided 12,638 emergency food parcels to people who couldn’t afford the essentials in Wandsworth Borough during the last twelve months […]

31 Mar 25

Action: Will you ask the government to rethink its £5billion cuts to disability support?

In last week’s Spring Statement, the UK government announced almost £5billion in cuts to social security disability support, if MPs vote these changes through. We’re really concerned. Two-thirds of people we support at Wandsworth Foodbank have a disability or long-term health condition, and receiving social security disability support often means the difference between severe hardship […]

27 Jan 25

Our food bank sees busiest December in 11 years

We’re incredibly thankful for the generosity, compassion and kindness of all our supporters and volunteers during what turned out to be an exceptionally busy December, our busiest December ever. In the just over three weeks that Wandsworth Foodbank was open before Christmas, we provided 1,522 emergency food supplies to local people referred to us in […]

12 Dec 24

Our Christmas opening times

Wandsworth Foodbank will be closed for Christmas and New Year, from 2pm on Christmas Eve Tuesday 24 December until 9am on Thursday 2 January. All our regular Welcome Centre Sessions and home deliveries for people unable to collect (because of illness or disability) will run as usual up to 2pm on Christmas Eve. For food bank referral partners, […]

28 Nov 24

Could you give a little extra joy this Christmas?

Christmas can be an especially difficult time if your income isn’t covering essential costs like food. We’d love to be able to give a supermarket voucher alongside emergency food to local people referred to us in hardship this Christmas. Can you help? One simple but really impactful way to do this is to donate to […]

25 Nov 24

We’ve provided almost 6,000 emergency food supplies to people facing hunger in the past six months

New figures released today by Wandsworth Foodbank reveal that 5,593 emergency food supplies were provided to people facing hardship across Wandsworth Borough between April 1 and September 30, 2024 – with 3,475 of these going to households with children. We’ve seen an 8% increase in the number of emergency food parcels distributed in the community […]

22 Oct 24

Thank you to TR Property for our vital warehouse space!

We are delighted that TR Property has extended the lease on our food bank warehouse in Ferrier Street, Wandsworth Town for another 12 months, providing us with a rent-free facility until the end of 2025. TR Property says: We’re committed to supporting organisations that make a real difference in our local communities, such as Wandsworth […]

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