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End of Year Figures 2020/2021

The Southwark Foodbank supported 18,978 people (7,089 children and 11,889 adults) from April 2020 to March 2021, a total increase of 289% from 2019/2020. To put it in perspective, we supported more children in 2020/2021 than the combined number of children and adults in 2019/2020. This isn’t right. The Southwark Foodbank gave out 8,043 parcels […]

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The Big Church Leaders’ Breakfasts

Churches play a vital part in our work, as they do across the Trussell Trust’s food bank network. We’re grateful for all that local churches contribute to what we do, whether that’s by providing volunteers, venues, leadership, or donations – or in other ways. We have a number of churches in Southwark that support us […]

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Lent 2021

Today marks the start of Lent, a time for reflection and preparation before Easter.   Many people chose to give something up and some supporters chose to put aside money or food for the 40 days to support people in crisis. How can you support Southwark Foodbank this Lent? 1. Set aside a 40p every […]

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Christmas Opening Hours at the Southwark Foodbank

The Southwark Foodbank will be closing over Christmas and New Year. The 23rd December 2020 is our last working day before Christmas and we will not be taking any more referrals after this. Our last deliveries go out on the 24th December and we will reopen our offices and welcome centres again on Monday the […]

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Feed a Family Christmas 2020

No one should face hunger at Christmas or wonder where their next meal is coming from. 2020 has been a hard year for many, exposing the true number of people in our community who live on insecure, low income and rely on foodbank support to keep themselves and their families fed. Support our Feed a […]

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National Collections with Tesco 19th – 21st November 2020

From the 19th – 21st November 2020, we are holding our annual National Collections with Tesco. Unfortunately due to the 2nd national lockdown, we are unable to have our wonderful volunteers in store manning the collection points. You can still donate and make a difference and help us stock up ahead of the busy Christmas […]

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2nd Lockdown, Thursday 5th November

The Southwark Foodbank will continue to support people with emergency food parcels throughout the 2nd national lockdown. Our 5 centres are open for appointment-only collections. People in need of foodbank support will still need to be referred with a voucher from a referral agency and will be contacted with an appointment time. Anybody wanting to […]

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Prudential My Ride London 15th – 16th August. Take part and support the foodbank!

This weekend, the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey was due to take place but had to be cancelled in its usual formThe good news is that the organisers of the event have replaced it with a virtual event called Prudential My RideLondon. Similar to the 2.6 Challenge back in April, which was in place of the 40th London […]

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Where can you donate food to the Southwark Foodbank?

There are a number of ways you can donate food to the Southwark Foodbank. Donate direct to the warehouse You can donate directly to our warehouse at 121A Peckham High Street, SE15 5SE. Monday – Friday 9:30am – 1pm. If it is a larger donation, please email [email protected] to give us a heads up so […]

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How to get help from the Southwark Foodbank during COVID-19

How to get help from the Southwark Foodbank during the Coronavirus outbreak Our delivery process The Southwark Foodbank is making contact-free deliveries to people’s homes instead of hosting face-to-face sessions. This support is for people who are unable to afford to buy food. If you can afford to buy food but cannot leave your home, we recommend you […]

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