News
30 Sep 16
Father and Mother Christmas celebrity appearance
We were privileged to have visit from Father and Mother Christmas with their friend the Snowman. Beautiful knitted figures donated by SANDRA – thank-you. If you want to give them a cuddle – or know someone who would then buy some raffle tickets 50p each or £2 for five. Call the foodbank on m:07901 786905.
28 Sep 16
Generous harvest at St James’ Catholic Primary School
Many thanks to all the children and staff at St James’ Catholic Primary School. They donated an amazing 104kg of food from their harvest festival. It will go a long way to hep feed families in the local area
16 Sep 16
Tesco Collection September
We collected over 240kg of food in the collection on September 9th at Tesco Extra Hattersley. Thanks to every who stood for hours handing out leaflets, smiled and said thank-you, got green ink on their hands doing the sorting, stacked and lifted boxes, sorted tins and drove the van. You are stars and your effort […]
13 Sep 16
Carillion and TBD Training take the heavy load
Thanks to Carillion who transported 14 boxes of food from Tesco Hattersley to our warehouse at TDB Training in Trafford Park today. TBD Training are also stars. They provide logisitics training. They had empty space in their warehouse and so they offered foodbanks in the Manchester area storage space for free. They spend a lot […]
11 Sep 16
Tesco collection
Thanks to all the staff and customers at Tesco Extra at Hattersley who helped with our food collection on Friday 9th September. Volunteers from British Gas, St Mary’s Hollingworth, St Michael’s Broadbottom and the foodbank helped out between 9am and 5pm. They asked shoppers to donate an extra can and you were generous……again. We collected over […]
1 Sep 16
Give 2 hours to help the foodbank
We are doing a tin rattle collection at Manchester Piccadilly Station on Friday 28th October between 7am and 7pm. Please come and help – the station is very busy on Fridays. Hundreds of commuters pass through and many of them support what we do. Hopefully we will be able to collect money to support our […]
15 Aug 16
BIG thank-you from a mum
Tameside South and Longdendale Foodbank got a big thank-you from one of our clients this month … “Hi, Can i just say how grateful i am for the food bank rescuing us this week, we’ve made shepherds pies chilli and bolognese with a lot of the ingredients we were given. Many many thanks”
15 Aug 16
School holiday meals project
At Tameside South and Longdendale Foodbank we are concerned that kids do not get a school dinner in the holidays. So we have started a scheme with local primary schools, with help from new Councillor Chris Buglass. Families in need are offered a voucher for food to cover lunches and breakfasts in the holidays. So […]
23 Dec 15
6 Unexpected Things Foodbanks Need
A visit to the food bank isn’t exactly a traditional Christmas activity, but one UK charity is asking for a little extra help this month, when demand is at its highest and families are choosing between eating and heating.
8 Dec 15
Why Would a Mum Doing a Business Degree Find Herself Begging on the Streets This Winter?
With Christmas approaching, Michele from Brent Foodbank shares how she’s helping to make the festive season special for those struggling. “For the past few days I haven’t been to the street begging for money to buy food for me and my baby…” This was what a mother at Brent Foodbank told us recently. She was […]