News | Tameside South & Longdendale

7 Jan 19

Busy Christmas

Thank-you to everyone who gave and volunteered over the Christmas period. Tesco shoppers gave 1.5 tonnes of food to our Christmas collection and we gave out 1.8 tonnes of food in December. We provided 81 parcels in December – 47 of which were for families of primary age children who often struggle during the holidays […]

5 Dec 18

A generous Christmas

Over 3,500 meals donated A BIG thank-you to: All the shoppers at Tesco- who gave so freely Staff at Tesco – who help with boxes (and mugs of tea) British Gas who sent a whole team to help on Thursday Our volunteers – over 20 of them who asked for “an extra tin for the foodbank […]

29 Nov 18

Thank-you to Ashton Christadelphians

Mr D Leech brought a donation from Ashton Christadelphians into our foodbank at Hattersley. We estimate that it was enough food to provide 160 meals to local families in crisis. Thank-you for your generosity and organisation – buying food that we particularly need. To see what we need at the moment click HERE

11 Oct 18

St James’ School Harvest Festival

9th October 2018 Pupils from St James’ Catholic Primary School in Hattersley brought their harvest gift into the foodbank. Pupils and staff gave 98.4kg of tins and packets to help feed local people in crisis. We estimate that this will provide over 230 meals – a big contribution to stopping hunger in Hattersely. Thank-you to everyone […]

10 Oct 18

1 week IT course at the Hub. Complete the course and keep the laptop

A fantastic opportunity at The Hub. Digital Inclusion Level 1 Award in Understanding Enterprise Key topics include Grants, free money and loans Tax and expenses Business planning Creating your offer Selling Formalities of setting up Level 1 Award in Social Media for Business Use Key topics covered: Setting up Social Media Platforms Creating a Facebook […]

3 Oct 18

Filling up the gaps

Thank-you to shoppers at Tesco Extra Hattersley who gave an extra can to the foodbank. They gave us 850kg of food which is over 1,800 meals. Our shelves were looking a bit thin after the summer holidays. Many families struggle when the kids do not get a school lunch. We provided 64 parcels to local families […]

21 Aug 18

Helping Hand from DWP Service Centre

Thank-you to all the staff at the DWP Hyde Service Centre for a really generous gift. They gave 240kg of food – the boxes just kept coming! We estimate that it will provide 570 meals to local families in crisis. We have just given out over 50 parcels as part of our school holiday meals programme […]

15 Aug 18

Findel Education getting kids ready for new school year

Thanks to Claire Woolley and all her colleagues at Findel Education in Hyde. They provided over 70 pencil cases and pens ready for children to go back to school. We added the pencil cases some of the 45 food parcels that we have provided over the school holidays. The kids were really thrilled.

4 Jul 18

Road to Wigan Pier

80 years ago George Orwell set off to explore poverty in 1930’s Britain. He visited Birmingham, Stocke Macclesfield and Manchseter. 80 year latter some journalists have repeated the journey and found disturbing similarities. The website https://www.wiganpierproject.com has some moving stories and video from their journey

11 Jun 18

Active Tameside supports World Hunger Day

Active Tameside supported World Hunger day by donating all the profits from sales of bottled water to Tameside South and Longdendale Foodbank. They gave £240 to help with all our costs like top-up food when we run low and general running expenses. Everyone at the foodbank is a volunteer but….like everyone else…… we still have bills. […]

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