News

6 Sep 16

Harvest Festival Appeal 2016

Every year in September and October schools, churches, nursery’s and many other organisations come together to celebrate the food gathered from that year’s harvest.   Harvest time is an important time to feel blessed with the food that has been gathered in, but it can also be a time when food poverty is highlighted.   In […]

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19 Aug 16

September’s Shopper List

Our September shopping list is now available. With the summer holidays comes increased food poverty especially for children who may not receive a hot meal.  By donating items from our shopping list you will be helping someone in crisis and your donations are gratefully received. The above link will take you to our online list […]

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5 Jul 16

Tesco collection update and our summer appeal

Friday 30th June to 2nd July 2016 saw Braintree Area Foodbank take part in the national Neighbourhood Collection Days at Mark’s Farm Tesco in Braintree.  We collected 1.69 tons of food and we would like to say a huge thank you to both donors and volunteers who made this possible. Unfortunately we are still giving out more […]

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3 Jun 16

Summer Collection – Can you help?

We are pleased to announce the dates for our Tesco, Marks Farm, collection weekend. Since November 2015 we have given out more food than we have received, so we urgently need to stock the warehouse and without your generosity we would not be able to continue our hard work, feeding those in need. The collection […]

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