News | Crowborough Foodbank

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 […]

22 Oct 20

Help a local family this Christmas with a “Reverse Advent Calendar”

**PLEASE NOTE: Revised instructions below for delivering reverse advent calendars. Foodbank supporters who want to help a local family this Christmas are being encouraged to take part in the Crowborough Foodbank “Reverse Advent Calendar” during November. In recent years a large number of people have chosen to do a “Reverse Advent Calendar” to support local […]

8 Oct 20

Foodbank – Newsletter October 2020

We’ve just issued our newsletter for October 2020. It includes updates on our new warehouse, clients figures for 2020, the visit of our MP, an appeal for more volunteers, and more. Read it here: https://mailchi.mp/f0d1bf4f1a5e/foodbank-october-newsletter-2020

7 Oct 20

MP thanks Crowborough Foodbank “heroes”.

Wealden MP, Nus Ghani, has presented “Wealden Hero” certificates to the four team leaders who manage foodboxes for Crowborough Foodbank. The certificates were presented to Nicky Tierney, Lin Arney, Iain Luxford and Carol Roberts at the Croft Road Church base of Crowborough Foodbank recently. The awards are part of a scheme set up by Ms […]

6 Nov 19

Reverse Advent Calendar

A festive request! In previous years we have been so grateful to the families who have done Reverse Advent calendar collections for us. It’s a fantastic way of giving and supporting others. However, as Advent doesn’t finish until just before Christmas, we have had difficulty getting the gifts and food to those in need in […]

4 Jun 18

Increased use of Foodbanks

The need for Foodbanks shows no sign of abating, nationally or locally. Between April 2017 and March 2018 Foodbanks up and down the country provided more than 1.3million three-day emergency foodboxes to families in crisis. The greatest need in the south east region was in East Sussex, with 27,374 three day foodboxes given out to […]

27 Apr 17

We need a new home…

We need a new home… …and we need your help! Operating out of the United Church in Croft Road, our storage facilities are far from ideal. The food has to be stored in three different places, including a private garage and a shed. This means the sorting and distributing of the food is really difficult […]

20 Dec 16

Christmas and New Year Opening

Crowborough Foodbank will be open as usual every Friday over the Christmas and New Year holiday. Come to the United Church, Croft Road, at the following times Friday 23rd December Friday 30th December Friday 6th January 2017 anytime between 2.00pm and 4.00pm

1 Dec 16

Reverse Advent Calendar

December is upon us and if you would like to do something to help a family in crisis, why not set up a reverse Advent Calendar for Foodbank? Simply donate one food item each day (see the list on our website), then on Christmas Eve take your gift to one of our collection points – […]

1 Dec 16

Harvest Festival Generosity

Crowborough Foodbank is once again amazed at the generosity of local schools and churches who collected over a tonne of food for families in crisis at the various Harvest Festivals held recently. We are very grateful for all the donations which will provide over 1300 meals.

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