News
3 Nov 18
Twelve Days of Christmas 2018
This Christmas we would love anyone that would like to support our work to join in our Twelve Days Of Christmas campaign. Please take a moment to enjoy our Christmas video We have listed twelve of our most popular items below and we would love it if you could collect one for each day of […]
6 Sep 18
Donation guidelines
Here is a quick overview of the rules: Food Must be unopened Must be within date Must be non-perishable, ie. doesn’t need a fridge or freezer Must not contain alcohol Non-food Nappies, sanitary towels and tampons – must be unopened All toiletries must be unopened Washing tablets – box can be opened if the tablets […]
26 Jun 18
2018 Update so far…
So much has happened at the foodbank over the last few months; here is a quick round up: Milestones March 2018 saw us mark three years since opening in 2015. During that time our numbers have grown steadily but we have also increased the provision of advice services available; Money Advice Plus, CAP, BHESCO and Home […]
18 Dec 17
Christmas Gifts
As we prepare for the final foodbank session before Christmas, we wanted to take the opportunity to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has supported us; throughout the year and also over the last few weeks. Your generosity this year has enabled us to feed over 1,100 people in 2017. The response to […]
30 Nov 17
Our current shopping list
We always appreciate donations of any of the following items. A list of our donation points across the city can be found here. Thank you.
13 Nov 17
November News Update
Donation News We have benefitted from some wonderful donations during October. Whitehawk FC held a collection day for us and collected nearly 190 kilos of food – amazing result! The foodbank team really enjoyed the game (shame about that result) and the warm welcome they received at the Enclosed ground. Here’s Steve, Vicar of St […]
9 Nov 17
Reverse Advent Calendars – How to help at Christmas
We are so grateful when people and businesses want to help those in our community in food poverty. Christmas is our busiest time of year and we also see an increase in people wanting to donate which is wonderful! Thank you. There are a couple of ways you can help: We always welcome financial contributions. This allows us […]
7 Nov 17
Local Foodbank demand soars 62% in one year
The Trussell Trust released its mid-year statistics today and reported a 13% rise in numbers based on the same period in 2016. In areas where Universal Credit has been rolled out, the average increase in uptake was 30%. In Whitehawk we have seen an increase of 62% over the last six months compared with 2016, […]
2 Oct 17
News Update – 2 October 2017
Increasing numbers at the foodbank August 2017 saw a sharp rise in the number of people being served by our foodbank compared to August 2016. In the month of August 2016 we fed a total of 117 people, of which 59 were children. In August 2017 we fed a total of 246 people, of which 71 […]
18 Sep 17
Tesco Collection Day – Breaking Records!
On Saturday 16th September 2017 we had our first in-store collection day at the Tesco Superstore in Hove. Tesco allow foodbanks to collect in their stores twice a year and also offer a 20% cash top up on the donations received – we are tremendously grateful for their support. We had a wonderful team of […]