News | Wandsworth Foodbank

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

25 Jun 21

Wandsworth Council listens to our calls for increased local lifeline

We’re delighted that Wandsworth Council has listened to calls from local community groups like ours, and has this week announced its local lifeline for residents in severe hardship in the year ahead. We believe local welfare assistance like the Wandsworth Discretionary Social Fund (WDSF) can provide a lifeline for residents impacted by loss of work […]

15 Jun 21

Blog: Welcoming people seeking refuge and sanctuary

It’s Refugee Week 2021, a chance to celebrate the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary with us in the UK, including in Wandsworth. At Wandsworth Foodbank, we regularly support refugees, migrants and people seeking sanctuary who’ve been pulled into destitution, often due to restrictions of the government’s No Recourse to Public […]

13 May 21

New report finds extreme poverty pushes people to food bank doors

New research reveals people forced to food banks at start of pandemic faced extreme poverty, with just £248 a month to survive on after housing costs. Today, we welcome the Trussell Trust’s State of Hunger 2021, an expert study shedding light on groups of people across the UK disproportionately affected by hunger and the drivers behind food bank […]

1 Feb 21

‘The boost to Universal Credit has been a godsend’

Today the All Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty published its report calling for the government to keep the £20/week uplift to Universal Credit, and extend it to legacy benefits (which didn’t receive this Covid-19 boost). The report recognises that UK unemployment benefits are some of the lowest in Europe, and suggests that ‘…if the uplift […]

20 Jan 21

Foodbank centre leader helps vaccinate local people

We’re so proud of our colleague Sue who is volunteering as a Covid-19 vaccinator in a church hall in Tooting. In normal times, Sue leads our food bank centre in Furzedown. But while our centres are closed and we’re doing home deliveries, Sue is using her skills as a retired hospital consultant and retired vicar […]

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