News
16 Mar 20
Lets Pull Together
At Ely Foodbank, across our operations and distribution centres in Ely, Soham, Haddenham, Cottenham, Chatteris and March we are working hard to ensure that we can support those who find themselves in crises need – especially as the impact of the Covid-19 virus gathers pace. We are extremely grateful for all the public support. Although […]
3 Feb 20
Ely Foodbank and Funding Developments with Citizens Advice
At Ely Foodbank we value an extensive range of partnerships with frontline agencies. Right from the beginning we have had an excellent relationship with both Citizens Advice Rurla Cambs (CARC) and East Cambs District Council (ECDC), which continues to this day. Through our years of operating we clearly recognise the wide-ranging and invaluable independent advice […]
22 Dec 19
December 2019 Newsletter
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19 Nov 19
State of Hunger Report
Recent research from Trussell Trust makes for a sad read as usage of foodbanks increases in the last 6 months. https://www.stateofhunger.org/
15 Nov 19
Christmas Opening Times
Most of our Distribution Centres will be open as usual over the Christmas and New Year period, our changes are: Ely – 31st Dec 2019 CLOSED Cottenham – 25th Dec 2019 and 1st Jan 2020 CLOSED If there are any emergencies during this time, please call 01353 468626 and be prepared to leave a message. A response […]
24 Jul 19
New Premises for Ely Foodbank
The Ely Foodbank are delighted to be in new premises. From 23rd July, the new warehouse site will be at Century Park, Chettisham. This moves brings a larger space for the many donations received for the work of Foodbank. The opening times are Tuesdays 9-1.00pm for donations. As people struggle more with Universal Credit and […]
3 Jun 19
June 2019 Newsletter
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12 Jan 19
January 2019 newsletter now available
So much seasonal generosity, read on to find out more! If you want to read/download this as an A4 newsletter, please click here.
11 Dec 18
You Give £10, We Get £20 !
Ely Foodbank is taking part in localgiving.org’s Grow Your Tenner match-funding campaign. From today Tuesday 11th December the deal is that you sign up for a monthly £10 direct debit donation through our localgiving page, and six of your donations will be matched by £10 each. After your first six donations, the following six donations […]
6 Dec 18
Bumper supermarket collection in lead up to Christmas
Tesco’s annual Food Collection campaign (29th November to 1st December) contributed a massive boost to our supermarket donations. We received 1,686.4 kg at the Ely store and 2,357.8kg was donated at the March store. In total we received 4,355.9kg in food donations from our supermarket collection points in November: March Sainsburys 195.7 March Tesco 352.2 Ely […]