2023 | Cirencester Foodbank

1 Dec 23

Christmas 2023 – Opening Times

Christmas – opening times We are closed weekends and Bank holidays. Our warehouse and centres will be closed from Wednesday 27th Dec 2023 to Tuesday 2nd January 2024 During the Christmas period, our phone lines will be open for emergency referrals and parcel deliveries on Wed 27th Dec: 10am – 4pm Thurs 28th Dec: 10am […]

13 Nov 23

12 days of Foodbank Christmas

Cirencester Foodbank Reverse 12 Days of Foodbank Christmas Campaign. As a Foodbank, we see referrals for emergency support increase significantly over the winter and especially around Christmas. Each year we add some Christmas items to our emergency parcels to ensure local families in hardship can find some joy in the season. If you are interested […]

13 Nov 23

New Research Published on Universal Credit

A new YouGov poll, commissioned by the Trussell Trust, has today revealed the true and devastating consequences of the inadequacy of Universal Credit – including the impact on working households and disabled people. The shortfall is not only forcing people to go without food and heating, but also essential healthcare like dental treatment and over […]

8 Nov 23

2,376 emergency food parcels provided to people facing hardship by Cirencester Foodbank in the past six months

On Wednesday 8 November 2023, we released our stats on the number of emergency food parcels that Cirencester Foodbank provided within our local community between March and September 2023. The figures reveal that we have provided 2,376 emergency food parcels* to people who couldn’t afford the essentials in Cirencester,Tetbury, Fairford, Lechlade and the surrounding areas, […]

28 Oct 23

Hunger in the UK

Trussell Trust’s latest and most in-depth study to date on hunger reveals its causes, impacts and who is affected. With record numbers of people across the country already forced to turn to food banks, Trussell Trusts’s Hunger in the UK reports starkly reveal this is just the tip of the iceberg, with millions more struggling […]

27 Oct 23

Harvest Donations

Harvest Donations Harvest festivals in the UK usually take place during the Autumn, to mark the end of the main harvest season. It is traditionally a time to give thanks for the crops that have been grown and to celebrate the end of the hard work involved in gathering them. Most churches and schools throughout […]

13 Jun 23

2023 Food Poverty Report

The Cost-of-Living crisis has, over the past year, pushed new people into food poverty. It has also seen people who had overcome crises and not needed to use foodbanks for the past year, to return to needing their support. As Cirencester Foodbank works, with it’s partners, towards ending the need for foodbanks, it’s South Cotswold […]

26 Apr 23

End of Year Statistics 2022/2023

Startling new figures show that the Trussell Trust network provided almost 3 million (2,986,203) emergency food parcels to people experiencing hardship over the past 12 months – with over 1 million parcels going to children across the UK. On Wednesday 26 April 2023, we released our stats on the number of emergency food parcels that […]

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