Yearly Archives: 2020

22 May 20

We are incredibly thankful for your support Ocado

We are incredibly thankful for your support Ocado. Your donation will help us cope with the huge uplift in demand we have been experiencing; at the peak of the pandemic it was over 400%. Demand has settled the last couple of weeks at around 200% our normal. These are huge numbers and our volunteers have […]

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21 May 20

Congratulations Lions and many thanks from all of us at the St Albans & District Foodbank

The Foodbank is grateful to the St Albans and Harpenden Lions Clubs. Following prior donations  the Lions offered  further help to the Foodbank  and carried out its own collection on our behalf . We are pleased to record that  the Lions  target of £2,500 was reached which together with Gift Aid and a further one […]

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17 May 20

St Albans, your local foodbank needs your help!

Your local foodbank needs your help! St Albans Round Table will be collecting any non-perishable food, giftcards or donations left on doorsteps using the famous Santa’s Sleigh. Saturday 23rd May – Marshalswick Sundat 24th May – Townsend More routes to follow! Acceptable items include: Pasta Rice Noodles Longlife milk/juice Instant mash Tinned meet, fish or […]

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17 May 20

New foodbank – Caledon Community Centre, every Friday from 10am till 12 noon until further notice

In response to the current challenging times, we at the St Albans and District Foodbank will be opening a sixth foodbank for a trial period From 22nd May 2020 – we will be at the Caledon Community Centre every Friday from 10am till 12 noon until further notice The Caledon Community Centre Caledon Road London […]

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16 May 20

Many thanks to Loreto College in St Albans

We are very grateful to the staff, pupils and parents of Loreto College for their most generous donation to help the St Albans & District Foodbank in delivering essentials to those most in need in the district.

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14 May 20

Well done Harpenden!

Over the weekend of 9 and 10 May and also during the evening of 12 May, Harpenden Round Table carried out a street collection on our behalf. Your generosity has blown us away! Over 8 tonnes of food and essentials were collected together with over £5,000 of cash donations. We cannot express enough thanks to all those […]

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15 Apr 20

Thank you Kundalini Yoga, Harpenden

So many kind people have helped our foodbank’s work during the current Coronavirus pandemic and we struggle to mention all the streets, faith groups, companies and individuals in the district who have combined to donate food, money and time in support of local people in crisis.  We’ll add to this page from time to time […]

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24 Mar 20

Coronavirus / COVID-19 foodbank updates – opening times, what we need, how you can help

The current Coronavirus outbreak is causing understandable concern for our Foodbank clients, volunteers and supporters alike.  We’re working hard to stay in line at all times with operational guidance from authorities in the governmental, health and regulatory areas. Foodbank Distribution Centre Due to the latest Government guidance and the impact of the Coronavirus epidemic on our […]

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4 Jan 20

St Albans & District Foodbank: back to normal 2020 arrangements

Foodbank opening times: back to normal 2020 Monday  – Office: open as usual Tuesday – New Greens Foodbank: open at Christ Church, 3 High Oaks, St Albans AL3 6DJ from 1:00 until 3:00pm Tuesday  – Cunningham Foodbank: open at Cunningham Hub, 207 Cell Barnes Lane, St Albans AL1 5PX from 4pm to 5.30pm Wednesday – […]

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