News and Events | Rochdale Foodbank

23 Nov 18

Belfield School – Harvest Donation

Pictured alongside pupils are Iain Wight and Margaret Ogden of Rochdale Foodbank. Congratulations to pupils and their families from Belfield Community School who supported Rochdale Foodbank during harvest time by donating a massive amount of food for the desperate people who need our help at this time of the year. A big thank you from […]

20 Nov 18

Rochdale Foodbank Celebrates 6 Years

Rochdale Foodbank celebrated 6 years of operation at Rochdale Town Hall on Wednesday 14th November joined by Trussell Trust and dignitaries from the borough including the Mayor of Rochdale Mohammed Zaman. We have now been going for 6 years and although we hoped that we would see an end to food poverty, sadly this year […]

1 Oct 18

Rochdale Foodbank Newsletters

As part of our initiative to share more information with our community about what we are doing, we are now releasing quarterly newsletters. Written and put together by our publicity co-ordinator Mr John Rowe. We will keep you updated with all that Rochdale Foodbank have been doing and how we are managing the donations that […]

27 Sep 18

Local Girls Help Out for Duke of Edinburgh Award – Fundraising

Over the school holidays Rochdale Foodbank received generous help from three local schoolgirls taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. This is the testimonial that the girls together wrote:- This year our chosen charity is the Rochdale Foodbank. We (Ellie, Amy and Becky) are doing our Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award and for our […]

2 Sep 18

Mauser UK presentation to the foodbank – Fundraising

Mauser UK presenting Rochdale Foodbank with food and a cheque for £500. Pictured: Andrew Beardmore, Margaret Wight, Andy Smith, Ellie Barham and Iain Wight. A quote from Andy Smith: “I have had so much satisfaction on getting this project off the ground because you do so much good work for the community and a well deserved cause. On […]

8 Jan 18

Rochdale – You Have Done Us Proud

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22 Dec 17

Ravilo Capital – Fundraising

A big thank you to Ravilo Capital who donated food and a very generous gift of £1,000 to help Rochdale Foodbank over the Christmas period. Kind regards for your thoughts. Rochdale foodbank

22 Dec 17

A Thank You Letter to Hamer Community Primary School – Fundraising

18 December 2017 Mr Simon Moore Headteacher Hamer Community Primary School Albert Royds Street Rochdale OL16 2SU Dear Mr Moore On behalf of Rochdale Foodbank, please pass on our thanks to parents, children and staff for their generous ongoing support. The food donated from your Care Week (a fantastic 307.05 kg) is a very […]

27 Nov 17

Coop Community – Fundraising

We’ve had great support from the Coop this year – from the Community Fund and with Collection Boxes in Cutgate, Littleborough and Milnrow Coops and surplus fresh food from Milnrow. Photos were taken at Cutgate Coop with Iain Wight and Neil Williams receiving the donation from the fund. A big thank you to all from […]

25 Nov 17

Falinge Park High School – Harvest Donation

Many thanks to all the young people and families who contributed to the harvest food challenge that was organised by students from the Archbishop of York Young Leaders group in school. These students created an assembly, presented their ideas to all students and promoted the foodbank challenge amongst their peers and in their community groups. […]

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