News
6 Mar 18
Making the world a better place, one step at a time..
Hi Everyone! We are so pleased to announce that last month we gave out 4.3 tonnes of food, feeding just over 500 people across the 3 distribution centers in the city. We would like to thank everyone who donated to our foodbank. Thanks to your help we were able to provide for everyone who needed […]
1 Mar 17
Fill up our cupboard!!!
We are currently in urgent need of long-life juice, tinned fruit and jam! Please could you donate these items or spare pennys so we can buy them!
14 Feb 17
Spring Harvest Brainstorm
During the months of April and May, we are looking to launch a spring harvest. You could start creating your own spring harvest boxes now ready to donate during the spring months!! More information will be published on this event later on.
28 Jan 17
Food Operator!
Our final figures for our National Tesco collections in December have been finalised. We collected over 3 tonnes of food- 55 hampers were created from all of this food to give out to families and individuals in need. How amazing is that! Thankyou to all the individuals who gave all this wonderful food at Christmas […]
9 Nov 16
Food Glorious Food
Its harvest festival madness! So far we have collected 6475 kg of food from local churches and schools throughout their harvest festivals. That is 6 and a half tonnes of food! This amount of food will give us food for 270 parcels for families (of 4 people) in crisis! Thankyou for your continued support!
6 Nov 16
Christmas has come early
Portsmouth Foodbank have the Christmas food collection at Tesco coming on the first weekend of December. If anybody would like to donate or support us then you can come to any of the large stores in the area and aid us in our drive on Friday 2nd or Saturday 3rd December. In the spirit of Christmas, […]
6 Nov 16
Harvest Festival Angels!
This week at Portsmouth Foodbank we received a massive 2.6 kg delivery of food from the College Park Infants School from their harvest festival. That generous donation works out at a quarter of a ton of food! We would like to give a huge thanks to the College Park Infants School for their wonderful and […]
6 May 16
East Meon Rough Runner
Martin, Louise and Carly recently ran the 5k rough runner in East Meon. This was to raise money for the new warehouse project which is being built on ground level. The project will cost £6k and they raised over £500 towards that from the run. There are other events coming up to fundraise for this […]
23 Dec 15
6 Unexpected Things Foodbanks Need
A visit to the food bank isn’t exactly a traditional Christmas activity, but one UK charity is asking for a little extra help this month, when demand is at its highest and families are choosing between eating and heating.
8 Dec 15
Why Would a Mum Doing a Business Degree Find Herself Begging on the Streets This Winter?
With Christmas approaching, Michele from Brent Foodbank shares how she’s helping to make the festive season special for those struggling. “For the past few days I haven’t been to the street begging for money to buy food for me and my baby…” This was what a mother at Brent Foodbank told us recently. She was […]