News | Crowborough Foodbank

6 Nov 24

Join Our Reverse Advent Calendar This November

Join our “Reverse Advent Calendar” and help bring a bit of festive cheer to local families in crisis this Christmas! Instead of receiving a gift each day, we’re inviting you to give one. Collect one essential food item or seasonal treat each day in November, and by the end of the month, you’ll have a […]

13 Sep 24

A Huge Thank You to Our Supporters

We just want to say a huge thank you to some of the organisations that have offered amazing support to the Crowborough Foodbank in August. 1. Leppards Butchers in Crowborough serviced our 1000th household meat & veg coupon in August. They have been so helpful and caring in enabling our Foodbank households to have fresh […]

1 Feb 23

Fund-raising thanks to Beacon Academy

Donation from Beacon Academy presented to Mike Cooke

We want to say a massive thank you to everyone at Beacon Academy in Crowborough who took part in the festive fund-raising for Foodbank. Pupils and staff dressed up in Christmas jumpers to get into the seasonal spirit and made a donation to Crowborough Foodbank and the Crowborough Hygiene Bank. More than £1,000 was raised […]

21 Dec 21

Losing and raising pounds

Members of three East Sussex slimming groups who have shed hundreds of pounds during the year have celebrated the festive season by raising thousands of pounds for charity. More than 70 members of Slimming World groups in Crowborough and Hailsham held their Christmas party at the end of November. Entry to the event was a […]

7 Jul 21

Official visit

We recently played host to a visit by two of the Deputy Lord Lieutenants of East Sussex, Chantal Wilson and David Tate. They spent time with each team to understand the process and also the level of local need. Following the visit they said they were “HUGELY impressed by all you do and the staggering amount of […]

22 Apr 21

Record year for the Trussell Trust

The Trussell Trust, our parent charity, has announced that more than 2.5 million food parcels were issued by our network of food banks last year. Food banks in our network experienced a 33% increase in need during the past extraordinarily difficult year (April 2020-March 2021) – with a 36% rise in parcels given for children compared with 2019/20. And the Trust has warned that with need for emergency food […]

21 Apr 21

We need your help!

We are supporting more and more families in serious need – but we need your continued help! Each week we are now delivering food to 30-40 local families who, for a variety of reasons, need support. So if you’re shopping in Morrisons, Waitrose or Tesco this week please, please donate if you are able. A […]

27 Jan 21

Christmas cheer for families in crisis

Anybody fancy some good, heart-warming news? Well, people of Crowborough and surrounding villages, we need to thank you for your festive generosity. Thanks to donations from the local community we were able to deliver food and festive treats to 45 local families in crisis for the Christmas and New Year period. On the doorsteps we […]

7 Nov 20

All is safely gathered in!

Crowborough Foodbank has thanked all the local schools and churches who have been donating their harvest gifts to help local families in crisis. Over the past few weeks a staggering total of more than 1.5 tonnes of food has been donated by the school and church communities and this will all go to helping local […]

6 Nov 20

Fruity treat for Foodbank families

Families receiving foodbank boxes this week have an extra treat in store – fresh local apples. A bumper box of the fruit has been donated by the Oast Farm Shop & Cafe at Buxted and has been split into bags to go to families in crisis receiving support this week. Iain Luxford from the Crowborough […]

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