News | Witney Foodbank

27 Dec 25

This is Darryl, a client of the Foodbank. He has given us permission to tell you a bit about his story. He is seen here with Maria, (Chair) and Lyn, Chrissie and Wendy, our volunteers. Earlier this year Darryl had hit rock bottom with his finances and turned to Citizens Advice for help. He said: “I have been […]

4 Dec 25

M&M Waste help us collect our top-up shopping

Fraser and Stuart and the fabulous team at M&M Waste Solutions are now providing incredible support to us, collecting and delivering our top-up shopping each week from wherever we need to go. Another great example of community support from one of our local businesses.

2 Dec 25

The Big Give: Give Now to Double Your Donations!

Between noon today (2nd December) for exactly one week (until 12 noon on the 9th December), any money you give via Witney Foodbank’s BigGive link will attract match funding i.e. will be doubled. People really do need your support coming up to Christmas. If you can spare any cash, please consider donating via the link […]

6 Nov 25

Big Give – doubles our donations

We are over the moon to tell you that we were successful in our application to the `Big Give’ match funding. Huge thanks to Oxford Products for being our main pledger, supporting our campaign. Every penny given between 12pm (midday) 2nd December to 12pm (midday) 9th December, through the Foodbank’s Big Give link will attract match […]

24 Oct 25

Reverse advent calendar launched

We know it’s a bit early to think about Christmas but we need to make sure our stocks are high in readiness for the additional food requests we experience towards the end of the year. Our reverse advent calendar lists items which are staples in our food parcels. We would be grateful if you could perhaps […]

14 Oct 25

‘BanktheFood’ gives up-to-date food needs

As the cold weather sets in, a reminder that there’s a handy way to find out which items our food bank needs by using the ‘BanktheFood ‘ app. The app is free to download and displays our most needed items in real time – whether it’s long life milk or toiletries. You can download the […]

23 Sep 25

A visit from ICE Oxford Ltd

A team of people from ICE Oxford Ltd. popped into our warehouse with a food donation of 81.8kg. Staff at the local company had a collection day for our Foodbank and this is the result. Thank you for your support.

16 Sep 25

Anthony Collins’ team donate to foodbank

people standing in a row with food in front of them

A team of people from Anthony Collins solicitors popped into the Witney Foodbank office today and donated 107.70kg of food. As a company they are committed to supporting social change and felt moved to support our foodbank. We are really grateful to companies and businesses for their support. If you would like more information about […]

10 Sep 25

Incredible amount of food donated at Sainsburys

display of food at Sainsburys food collection

On Saturday 6 September we held our latest food drive at Sainsburys in Witney. It was a huge success and we filled 45 crates and 30 carrier bags of food. Thank you to Sainsburys staff for making it possible for us to hold this food drive and a massive thank you to shoppers who donated […]

5 Sep 25

Food drive at Sainsburys – Witney

We hope to see you on Saturday 6 September between 9.30am-3pm. Our team of volunteers will be there in their green tabards, gratefully accepting your donations. Please stop and have a chat and find out about the work we do and the families we support in West Oxfordshire.

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