News
9 Nov 20
Donations!
We’ve had so many incredibly generous donations coming in over the past few months, which is simply amazing! During the first lockdown, despite the disruption to the way we would normally function, we were able to adjust and adapt, and the donations continued to increase; it’s been amazing to watch people pull together to hold […]
6 Nov 20
Reverse Advent Calendar
We’re holding another reverse advent this year starting on Monday 9th November! “What is a reverse advent calendar?” is a question we get a lot around this time of year, so here’s some information to fill you in. Reverse Advent calendars work by each day you putting 1 item aside (whether food or toiletries) into […]
25 Jun 19
Volunteers needed for food collection at ASDA
We will be holding a food collection at ASDA on Aldwarke Lane in Rotherham on Friday 19 July between 9am and 4pm. We are looking for volunteers to help for an hour or two. These food collections are one of the main ways that we boost our food stocks during the year. If you would […]
6 May 19
Record food parcels and donations in 2018-19
Between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019, Rotherham Foodbank provided 2,162 food parcels helping 4,451 people including 1,533 children. This was a 20% increase compared to the previous year. The main reasons for referrals were low income,benefit delays and benefit changes. We could only continue to meet the rising number of referrals for food […]
21 Feb 19
Northern Powergrid Priority Services Register
The Northern Powergrid Priority Services Register is for customers who feel that they need a little extra support during a power cut. This could be for many reasons, for example if you have a medical condition, if you’re elderly or disabled, if you have young children or if you rely on electricity for medical equipment. […]
27 Jan 19
Over 4,000 people helped in 2018
In 2018, Rotherham Foodbank issued 2,016 food parcels from our centres at Hope Centre and Full Life Church Maltby. This helped 4,076 people including 1,401 children and was a 23% increase compared to 2017. The main reasons for referrals to the Foodbank were low income, benefit delays and benefit changes. We could only meet this […]
27 Jan 19
Thankyou
A huge thankyou to the people of the borough of Rotherham and beyond for their incredible generosity. In December 2018, you donated 10.7 tonnes of food and other items to Rotherham Foodbank. This was over 2 tonnes more than had been given in one month before. It includes 4.7 tonnes which was donated at the […]
15 Nov 18
Tesco National Collection 2018 – 29/11/2018 – 01/12/2018
Thank you to those who have signed up to help with the National Collection at Tesco at the end of this month. We still have the following slots available for which we require people urgently: Rotherham: Saturday 11:00-17:00 Wath: Thursday 09:00-10:00, 15:00-17:00 Friday 09:00-10:00, 15:00-17:00 Saturday 09:00-17:00 Please get in touch if you are able […]
14 Aug 18
Stock shortages
Thank you for everything you donate to the Rotherham Foodbank. At the moment we really need more stocks of – tinned meat – tinned fish – rice – tinned mixed vegetables – tinned carrots – long life milk if you can donate any of these items it would really help us to feed more local families […]
14 Aug 18
ASDA Collection thankyou
Our collection at ASDA on 27 July yielded an amazing 600kg of food. Thank you once again to Sam and the team at ASDA for their amazing support, to all of those who volunteered to hand out leaflets and to every person who donated on the day. This collection was critical to our ability to […]