tamesidesouthlongdendale | Tameside South & Longdendale

4 Aug 17

Extension nears completion

We will soon have a new warehouse and community room for the foodbank. The roof and doors are on; the electrics are almost done; it has been plastered and painted; and we are waiting for the carpet to go down. Thank-you to Michael Forman who made all the grant applications to all the donors and […]

1 Aug 17

Holiday Hunger Halted

This week we are busy providing school holiday meal packages for primary school children. Many families struggle when school dinners stop over the holidays. We work with local primary schools to provide a food parcel for the families most in need. We’d encourage anyone worried they won’t be able to afford food during this school […]

21 Jun 17

Thank-you – every little helps

Thanks to everyone who volunteered and gave at our food collection at Tesco Extra Hattersley on 2nd and 3rd June. We collected over 1.2 tonnes of food which we estimate will provide over 2,800 meals. RossCare used one of their vans to take the food to the warehouse in Trafford Park where TBD Warehouse Training […]

22 May 17

Hollingworth Opening Times changed for Bank Holiday

Hollingworth Distribution Centre will be closed on Monday 29th May 2017. Instead we will be open Wednesday 31st May from 10.00am to 11.00am. If you need help at Hollingworth outside these hours ring 07709 098068 between 9am and 6pm

2 May 17

Co-operative support our foodbank

If you are a Co-op member you can contribute 1% of the money you spend on Co-op brand items to Tameside South and Longdendale Foodbank. Simply log into your Co-op account and then click on the “You’re backing” box. You can select which charity will receive your 1% contribution – we are listed along with […]

27 Apr 17

Start of building on the new extension

Work has started on the new extension to Hattersley Baptist Church. The church has worked hard to raise the money for the extension which will be used by the foodbank and the church. It will add a foodbank warehouse room so that we can store all our food on-site. At the moment food is stored […]

24 Feb 17

Tesco Hattersley Food Collection 17th March

We are having another collection food at Tesco Extra Hattersley from 9am to 5pm on Friday 17th March. This collection comes quite soon after our previous one, but its just how the dates allocated by Tesco have fallen. We will not have another collection until the summer These collections keep the foodbank afloat – over 50% of […]

24 Feb 17

Work on new warehouse to start in spring

Hattersley Baptist Church are hoping that work on the extension to their building will begin in spring and that it should be ready to use in autumn. The foodbank is looking forward to the new building. It will include 55sqm of warehouse space and a community room which we will be able to use for […]

8 Dec 16

Over 3,600 meals collected at Tesco

Thanks to all the shoppers at Tesco last weekend who generoursly donated over 1.6 tonnes of food to help local people in crisis. This will provide over 3,600 meals. Also thanks to the businesses that helped. Tesco let us made the collection and also top-up with cash which helps with petrol and other costs […]

9 Nov 16

Our new warehouse is on the way thanks to Trusthouse

Trusthouse have kindly donated £30,000 to help build an extension for Hattersley Baptist Church. This gift takes us to our target of £80,000 and will provide a A community room for confidential discussions with clients A warehouse for the foodbank – so we no longer have to move food between Broadbottom, Ashton and Trafford Park […]

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