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31 Dec 23
Happy New Year and Thank you all for your support
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26 Sep 23
Harvest Festival Donations, Please
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Schools and churches, have you held your harvest festival yet? Whilst we all enjoy seeing those colourful baskets of fruit and vegetables, this is more our sort of thing: Your Braintree Area Foodbank needs you. Food and toiletries with a shelf-life of at least six months is what we are looking for. We sent our […]
8 Sep 23
Braintree Area Foodbank – Our 2023 AGM
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11 Aug 23
Rothcock Festival 27th August 2023
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This year the Rothcock festival is being held at the Hare and Hounds pub in High Garrett in aid of Braintree Area Foodbank. Vanessa Green, part of our PR team asked Craig Rothwell about the event and why it is so important to them. VG – What is the Rothcock Festival? CR – ROTHCOCK Festival […]
25 Jul 23
Two Year Braintree District Council Grant Awarded
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Braintree Area Foodbank are pleased to announce that they have been awarded a share of the Braintree District Council’s New Homes Bonus scheme to deliver three key projects. This grant of £98,951, delivered over two years, will enable them to: Create new distribution centre in Braintree Braintree Area Foodbank are to open up a new […]
14 Jul 23
Recruitment opportunity – Community Outreach Officer
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Braintree Area Foodbank are currently recruiting for a Community Outreach Officer Hours: 22 per week, to be worked flexibly over Monday – Friday, occasional and pre-planned weekend working may be required. Pay: £21,808 (Pro rata £12,794) Travel: Braintree based but travel necessary in and around the Braintree District 2 year fixed term contract Application closing date: 4 […]
13 Jun 23
Drivers and Driver Co-Pilot Volunteers Needed
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Would you be able to support our new home delivery service as a volunteer driver or a driver co-pilot? Training on using our Foodbank vans would be given. (You would not be driving your own vehicle, for insurance reasons.) You would? Please telephone Lee Ranson, our Project Manager, on 01376 330694, for more information. For […]
6 Jun 23
Destituition – The real cost of living crisis
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The national picture of food parcel distribution via the Trussell Trust network showed an increase of 37% in the 2022/2023 year compared to the same 2021/2022 period. The network distributed just under three million parcels with a worrying increase of over one million of these parcels being distributed to children. These statistics continue to reinforce […]
16 May 23
The cost of living effect has Foodbank visitors increase by 66%
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Braintree Area Foodbank has seen an alarming increase of 66% in the number of people requiring food parcels in the last year* highlighting the desperate situations that individuals and families are finding themselves in. The increase in fuel bills, the overall increase in food prices and the cost of living are clear causes for this […]