News

13 Apr 22

Our Easter opening times

Our food bank welcome centres are open as usual tomorrow – Thursday 14 April – at Mitcham Lane Baptist Church in Tooting (10am-12pm) and at Yvonne Carr Community Centre, Battersea (2-4pm). Then we’re giving our awesome volunteers & team a break over the Easter weekend. Our centres and office will be closed on Friday 15-Monday […]

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28 Mar 22

We’re asking for the Real Living Wage for Wandsworth

We’ve seen during the pandemic just how important our keyworkers are. We’ve clapped for them, we’ve celebrated them, and now is our opportunity to together ask for the Real Living Wage for them. With the cost of living rising at the fastest rate in 30 years, we’ve seen how low pay impacts the lives of […]

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18 Feb 22

Storm Eunice: our food bank centres are closed today

We’ve taken the difficult decision to close our food bank centres and warehouse today – Friday 18 Feb – due to the Met Office issuing a rare Red Weather Warning for London  because of the impact of Storm Eunice. This warning advises people to stay home if they possibly can, due to the risk including: […]

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4 Feb 22

Wandsworth charities concerned that local residents are being left out in the cold

We and six Wandsworth charities are concerned that local residents are being left out in the cold, as time is running out for Wandsworth Council to distribute £2m winter hardship funding. With the cost of essentials rising at the fastest rate in 30 years, the news this week of £700/year fuel bill increase is particularly […]

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24 Jan 22

“You have to choose between heating or eating”

We and five Wandsworth charities are warning today that many local people are unable to afford to heat their homes this winter, as freezing weather and high energy costs hit low income households hard. The charities are Citizens Advice Wandsworth, Katherine Low Settlement, Little Village, South West London Law Centres, Wandsworth Carers’ Centre and Wandsworth […]

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24 Dec 21

Christmas opening times

Today, Christmas Eve, we’ve provided and delivered emergency food to 80 households referred to us in poverty. We’re so glad to be able to support each one, and we’re grateful to everyone who helps makes this possible. We’re now closed and are giving our food bank volunteer elves a rest until Tuesday 4 January 2022 […]

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24 Dec 21

Prince Charles visits Wandsworth Foodbank

Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and the The Duchess of Cornwall last week paid tribute to the vital work of our food bank in supporting people in crisis throughout the pandemic, during a visit to one of our welcome centres. The royal couple met volunteers, support staff and church leaders from our food […]

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6 Dec 21

Give a gift card to local people in hardship this Christmas

Rising fuel costs, reduction in Universal Credit benefit payments and the ongoing impact of the pandemic mean this winter is going to be a bleak one for many families and individuals in Wandsworth. For people referred to us at Wandsworth Foodbank, this perfect storm has already left them without enough income to meet the cost […]

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5 Nov 21

Our amazing volunteers win Wandsworth Civic Award 2021

Last night our amazing volunteer team was awarded a Wandsworth Civic Award for being ‘a group who have gone above and beyond to help others during the COVID-19 pandemic’. We couldn’t agree more, and we’re so delighted our team of more than 250 volunteers have been recognised in this way. Dan (Foodbank Manager), Elle (Volunteers […]

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3 Sep 21

Our welcome centres are re-opening from 20 September

We’re delighted to be re-opening our face-to-face food bank welcome centres from Monday 20 September, after almost 18 months of delivering emergency food to people’s doorsteps – and more than 16,000 emergency food supplies delivered across Wandsworth borough. We’re adding two new welcome centres in neighbourhoods where relatively high numbers of people and families are […]

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