News
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 […]
21 Nov 18
New Second Storage Facility in Ely
Thanks to the generosity of Glovers Autocentre at Chettisham (https://www.ggvs.co.uk/) we have secured the rental of a new storage unit. This gives a much needed second facility in Ely, since our current back-store will not be available to us for much longer.
28 Sep 18
September newsletter now available
Lots going on at the Ely foodbank, read on to find out more! If you want to read/download this as an A4 newsletter, please click here.
25 May 18
May newsletter now available
It’s been a busy start to the year for the Ely Foodbank! See our latest newsletter for more information:
18 May 18
New Ways to Donate
Facebook users can now support Ely Foodbank by making donations directly from our Facebook Page – simply click the ‘Donate’ button. Amazon shoppers can now choose Ely Foodbank when they shop via Amazon Smile – Amazon will donate 0.5% of the net cost of your shopping to us! Remember also other donate while you shop […]
24 Apr 18
Relocation of Soham Distribution Centre to Millbrook House
With the closure of the Salvation Army facility in Soham, a new home is needed for distribution of emergency food to local residents by the Ely Foodbank partnership, as part of its network of distribution centres across the region. Ely Foodbank is pleased to announce that Sanctuary Housing have generously offered to accommodate our Soham […]
21 Mar 18
Ely Foodbank consolidates effort to maintain provision of vital help
Ely Foodbank’s centre in Sutton will close this week in order to consolidate efforts more effectively when providing help for those in need.
1 Feb 18
January Newsletter
All our exciting news from the Christmas period and New Year is in our latest newsletter – which you can read here: Ely Foodbank – January 2018 Newsletter issue 1.0
15 Dec 17
Christmas Opening Arrangements
All our Distribution Centres will be open at their normal times, except: Haddenham – closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day Ely – closed on Boxing Day Cottenham – closed on 27th December We are pleased to be able to support people who find themselves in crises through the Christmas and New Year period. […]
20 Nov 17
New Twitter Handle @Ely_Foodbank
Please note that we have moved on Twitter – our new handle for Ely Foodbank tweets is @Ely_Foodbank www.twitter.com/Ely_Foodbank