News | Witney Foodbank

24 Mar 20

Witney & West Oxfordshire Food Bank is temporarily closed

24 March 2020 It is with great regret that we have to announce the temporary closure of the Witney & West Oxfordshire Food Bank due to the effects of coronavirus. With immediate effect, we are no longer able to fulfil vouchers and hand out food parcels. All of our referral agencies have been informed, supermarkets […]

23 Mar 20

COVID-19 Updates and our food bank operation

We wanted to post a longer update than social media generally allows to answer a lot of the common questions we are getting recently. There is a lot of information on this website as to how we operate, but the big points we would like to highlight for you during the coronavirus outbreak are below […]

17 Mar 20

Response to COVID-19 and amedned opening hours

Due to multiple issues around coronavirus and COVID-19, we are having to make changes to our opening hours for the foreseeable future. From Wednesday 18th March 2020 our opening hours will be 10:00 – 12:00 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only. Cottsway House itself will be closed to visitors from this date, but we will continue […]

11 Feb 20

1-Day Closure on 25 February.

Due to work within our warehouse facility we find we need to close the foodbank for a day. The Foodbank will close at 1pm on Monday 24th February 2020 and reopen at 10 am on Wednesday 26th February 2020. This means we will be unable to fill any vouchers to anyone on Tuesday 25th February […]

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 […]

1 Dec 15

Emergency Budget gets the food poverty test

David McAuley, Chief Executive of The Trussell Trust said: “We have two simple tests for the budget being delivered today.  Firstly, what does it do to reduce the number of people in poverty and hunger?  Secondly, what does it do to ensure the Government is supporting the work of charities and social enterprise in taking […]

21 Oct 15

Listening to the lives behind the foodbank statistics

MPs and peers discussed tackling UK poverty. The Trussell Trust, along with dozens of representatives from its UK network of foodbanks, were in parliament yesterday speaking with MPs and Peers about the work they do to combat hunger and poverty. Hosting the event, Chris White MP commended the varied work of the Trussell Trust’s foodbanks, […]

1 May 15

Trussell Trust foodbanks gave out over one million three day emergency food supplies to UK people in crisis in 2014/15.

Benefit delays, low income and benefit changes are the primary reasons why people are currently being referred to foodbanks for emergency food. About Our Statistics The Trussell Trust statistics are a measure of volume – they show the number of people to whom The Trussell Trust foodbanks have given three days’ emergency food. These are […]

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