News

4 Nov 19

Christmas Donation Reverse Advent Calendar

Camden Foodbank are starting to look ahead to Christmas, and we’d love your help! Here is our Reverse Calendar – with an item you can donate or each day of December. Please drop in with your donations on Tuesdays or Fridays between 11:30-3:30. We look forward to seeing you!  

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4 Oct 19

Christmas Tesco Collection – Volunteers needed!

Every year the Trussell Trust partner with Tesco for a food collection, and this year is no different. Next month, Camden Foodbank will be at Tesco in Colney Hatch from Thursday 21st November until Saturday 23rd November. We will be collecting the food to help our clients throughout the next few months and would love help from volunteers during these […]

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18 May 17

Thank you donors for all the food you collect, and frontline professionals who issue vouchers, and thank you volunteers for all the time you give, and Trussell Trust for your support, we couldn’t do it without you!

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23 Dec 15

6 Unexpected Things Foodbanks Need

A visit to the food bank isn’t exactly a traditional Christmas activity, but one UK charity is asking for a little extra help this month, when demand is at its highest and families are choosing between eating and heating.

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8 Dec 15

Why Would a Mum Doing a Business Degree Find Herself Begging on the Streets This Winter?

With Christmas approaching, Michele from Brent Foodbank shares how she’s helping to make the festive season special for those struggling. “For the past few days I haven’t been to the street begging for money to buy food for me and my baby…” This was what a mother at Brent Foodbank told us recently. She was […]

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1 Dec 15

Emergency Budget gets the food poverty test

David McAuley, Chief Executive of The Trussell Trust said: “We have two simple tests for the budget being delivered today.  Firstly, what does it do to reduce the number of people in poverty and hunger?  Secondly, what does it do to ensure the Government is supporting the work of charities and social enterprise in taking […]

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21 Oct 15

Listening to the lives behind the foodbank statistics

MPs and peers discussed tackling UK poverty. The Trussell Trust, along with dozens of representatives from its UK network of foodbanks, were in parliament yesterday speaking with MPs and Peers about the work they do to combat hunger and poverty. Hosting the event, Chris White MP commended the varied work of the Trussell Trust’s foodbanks, […]

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1 May 15

Trussell Trust foodbanks gave out over one million three day emergency food supplies to UK people in crisis in 2014/15.

Benefit delays, low income and benefit changes are the primary reasons why people are currently being referred to foodbanks for emergency food. About Our Statistics The Trussell Trust statistics are a measure of volume – they show the number of people to whom The Trussell Trust foodbanks have given three days’ emergency food. These are […]

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