News
1 Jul 22
Out Now: Issue 12 of our newsletter for summer 2022
In Issue 12 of our Foodbank Newsletter, we’re considering the difficult choices that people are having to make as a result of the cost of living crisis. In this issue you will find: Our cover story reports on the choices households are having to make between putting food on the table or staying warm. However, […]
21 Jun 22
Cirencester Foodbank releases its South Cotswold Food Poverty Report for 2021/22
The issue of food poverty in the South Cotswolds has never been more prominent than it is right now. The global pandemic, followed by the war in the Ukraine and rising costs in food, fuel and energy has create a storm which impact everyone. For a decade, Cirencester Foodbank has been describing the growing issue […]
10 Jun 22
Cirencester Foodbank Bean Trail returns from 11th – 17th June!
The Cirencester Bean Trail is back for a limited time! As part of Cirencester Health & Wellbeing week, which is running in Cirencester Marketplace from Monday 13th – Friday 17th June, we are pleased to be running our bean trail in Cirencester once more! From the Saturday 11th to Friday 17th, download our interactive map, […]
1 Jun 22
A huge thank you to our volunteers, this volunteers week 2022
We can never shout it loud enough: what an amazing team of volunteers we have at Cirencester Foodbank! Together they helped distribute over 4400 parcels to people last year. This volunteers week we wanted to, again, thank our volunteers for their incredible contribution helping provide support to people right now, and helping us to come […]
11 May 22
New Volunteer Opportunities on our Pathfinder Team
In 2021 Cirencester Foodbank became part of the Pathfinder Project – an initiative of Trussell Trust working with a small number of local Foodbanks across the country. The Pathfinder programme aspires to a vision of the future where we can see the possibility of stopping or even reversing the increase in food bank use and, […]
29 Mar 22
Download the BanktheFood app today to easily see our shopping list of needed items.
We are extremely pleased to announce that you can now easily find out what items we need, and what we have lots of, by simply downloading and using the free ‘BanktheFood’ app for Android and IOS. BanktheFood shared: ‘We are on a mission to ensure food banks always have exactly what they need, when they […]
28 Mar 22
We have a new number!
In order to help clients, referral agencies, donors and volunteers more efficiently, we have implemented a new phone system. As part of this our number has changed and you can now reach us on 01285 896360. When you call you’ll be presented with a few options before your transferred to the correct team who can […]
14 Mar 22
A visit from the Cadbury Easter Bunny
We had an early visit from the Easter bunny! However, they needed a little support from Cadbury’s to deliver to us, as they dropped over 200 Easter Eggs to our door. These Easter Eggs are now all ready for the Easter rush. With over 50% of food bank donations supporting to children in families, these […]
17 Jan 22
We are recruiting: Part-Time Warehouse Manager Vacancy
Cirencester Foodbank is looking to recruit a part-time Warehouse Manager to help support the day-to-day operations and management of our Cirencester warehouse. Are you looking for an exciting new challenge? Are you interested in helping alleviate food poverty in the south Cotswolds area? Are you looking to work part-time with flexible hours? Cirencester Foodbank was […]
21 Dec 21
Out now: Issue 11 of our Newsletter for Winter ’21 / Spring ’22
In Issue 11 of our Foodbank Newsletter, we’re looking back over the year, and thinking about how we will be moving forward as we look to the future. In this issue you will find: Our cover story features Henry (6) and Verity (4) who rode over 100 miles to raise money for Cirencester Foodbank Ann […]