News | Braintree Area Foodbank

24 Oct 24

Winter Fuel Advice – Could this booklet help you?

With the winter months fast approaching Braintree District Council has put together a Winter Fuel Allowance Guidance Booklet that may be able to help you or someone you know. Included within is advice about Information about Pension Credits and if you are eligible to apply Useful telephone numbers of organisations that may be able to […]

18 Sep 24

New research published on Universal Credit as the Household Support Fund is extended

Almost half of people receiving Universal Credit ran out of food within the last month, the Trussell Trust reports The anti-poverty charity is calling on the Government to take urgent action to tackle hunger and hardship 68% of working households in receipt of Universal Credit have gone without essentials in the last six months. Almost […]

28 Aug 24

Braintree District Council provides further funding to Braintree Area Foodbank

Braintree District Council has awarded further funding to Braintree Area Foodbank from its £1m Cost of Living Fund. The Council have provided one year grant funding of £88,900 towards the cost of procuring food and essentials, delivering a lived experience project and the provision of technology for signposting clients to support. Over the past two […]

2 Jul 24

Our Engagement Event With Parliamentary Candidates

We were pleased to host our first parliamentary engagement event with prospective candidates from across the Braintree & Witham constituencies. The event was held at our warehouse on the 25th June 2024, where we covered a wide range of topics including: An introduction to Braintree Area Foodbank Our work with the council and our […]

15 May 24

Shocking rise in the number of Foodbank users

On Wednesday 15 May 2024, we released our stats on the number of emergency food parcels that we have Foodbank provided within our local community between April 2023 and March 2024. The worrying new figures reveal that we have provided over 12,500 emergency food parcels to people who couldn’t afford the essentials in the Braintree […]

13 Mar 24

Braintree Area Foodbank receives grant from Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund

Braintree Area Foodbank is delighted to receive a grant from the Governments Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund. This is being delivered by The National Lottery Community Fund. Set up in 2023 the Fund aims to help those organisations that are on the front line delivering much needed services to their local communities. Obtaining a […]

31 Jan 24

New centre opening in Braintree town centre

An exciting new opportunity is available to join the Braintree Area Foodbank team. We are openinng a new centre on Market Street in Braintree town centre on a Saturday from 10am until 1pm. We are looking for volunteers to fill these roles Centre Manager Deputy Centre Manager Signposters General Centre Helpers Driver to support the […]

31 Dec 23

Happy New Year and Thank you all for your support

19 Dec 23

Christmas Opening times

5 Dec 23

Thank you for your Harvest donations

Braintree Area Foodbank would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all the churches, groups and schools for all their efforts in donating just over 5 tonnes of food for Harvest Festival. Harvest Festival is one of the main sources of food donations that Braintree Area Foodbank relies on each year to replenish its […]

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