News

13 Mar 24

Easter opening times

As Easter approaches, please take a note of our opening times and share them with anyone who might find it helpful to know. Thanks. All our food bank centres, our warehouse and our office will be closed on Good Friday 29 March – Easter Monday 1 April 2024. Everything will re-open on Tuesday 2 April. […]

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7 Dec 23

Christmas opening times at Wandsworth Foodbank

It’s nearly time for our volunteer elves to have a well-earned rest, so Wandsworth Foodbank will be closed from 4pm on Friday 22 December, until 9am on Tuesday 2 January 2023. During December, thanks to our supporters’ generosity, we’re providing a supermarket gift card alongside emergency food to each household referred in hardship. We’ll be […]

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7 Dec 23

HTC Group supports Wandsworth Foodbank with a van and donations this Christmas

This December, the London dealership HTC Group has chosen to support Wandsworth Foodbank, and help people in hardship in the local community so that everyone who needs help has access to essential resources in the lead up to Christmas. HTC Group is collecting food donations through their MAXUS Food Bank Appeal and is very generously […]

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27 Nov 23

Will you help us be here for people this winter?

In the four weeks leading up to Christmas, Wandsworth Foodbank will be providing around 1,600 Christmas food parcels to local individuals and families facing hardship. The soaring cost of living is driving record numbers of people on the lowest incomes to food banks like ours – and we’re working hard to ensure we have enough […]

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10 Nov 23

We’ve provided 5,000 emergency food supplies in last six months

This week we released our stats on the number of emergency food parcels that Wandsworth Foodbank provided within our local community between April and September 2023. The worrying new figures reveal that we’ve provided 5,181 emergency food parcels to people who couldn’t afford the essentials in Wandsworth borough over the last six months – and […]

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10 Nov 23

We’re looking for a Money Advice Caseworker

We and and Citizens Advice Wandsworth are looking for an expert, kind Money Advice Caseworker to provide high-quality debt advice to people needing to use our foodbank. The role is in our wonderful Foodbank Advice Project team, which last year provided advice and support to more than 600 people in hardship across Wandsworth borough. The […]

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9 Nov 23

Can you help local people have a Warmer Winter?

We’ve just launched our second Warmer Winter appeal, to ask for our community to help us provide emergency prepayment fuel vouchers to local people and families so they can stay warmer this winter. As the nights draw in and temperatures drop, we’re meeting many people and families referred to us for emergency food, who also […]

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2 Nov 23

Our new report reveals 2 in 3 food bank guests have disability or long-term health condition

Our new report, Pressure is Rising, marks a decade since we opened our doors in 2013. During this time we’ve seen the need for emergency food and support for people in hardship increase dramatically – by more than 400% since 2013, to a record 5,248 referrals in 2022-23. During 2022-23 we provided emergency food and support […]

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1 Nov 23

We’re launching our Warmer Winter appeal today

At Wandsworth Foodbank, we’re helping many people and families at the sharpest end of the cost of living crisis who can’t afford to top-up their gas and electricity prepayment meters – leaving them at risk of going without enough warmth, light and hot water this winter. That’s why today we’re launching our second Warmer Winter […]

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10 May 23

10 years ago, we opened our doors

Today ten years ago, Wandsworth Foodbank opened its doors to support local residents in hardship. In that first year, we provided 2,646 emergency food parcels to local people – four in ten of which were for children. Fast forward to now, and last year we provided 11,145 emergency food parcels – a 400 per cent […]

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