News
2 Mar 22
40p for 40 Days This Easter?
Hi. Would you like to support Bedford Foodbank by joining the 40p for 40 days collection campaign and sending the money by bank transfer or cheque to Bedford Foodbank? Please see the attachment below for full details. 40for40 Poster 40for40 Form and Gift Aid
28 Jan 22
Recruiting for a new Assistant Project Manager
Dear All. We are currently looking to employ a new Assistant Project Manager. If you are interested please email [email protected] for either a job advert or a full job description and application form. Kind Regards, Bedford Foodbank Management Team
4 Jan 22
Thank You to All Our Supporters
Thank you to everyone who has donated support to Bedford Foodbank through the past year, and particularly in December. This has been schools, local businesses, churches, Bedford Blues, Rotary Club, Masonic Lodges, and many, many families and local community groups throughout Bedford. Thank you also to all the supermarket customers who have donated into the […]
14 Dec 21
Thank You To All Sainsburys Customers
Hi to all Sainsburys customers and all volunteers involved with the Sainsburys (Fairfield Park) collection last Saturday. We collected an impressive 478kg of food and toiletry donations. This is an excellent total and will go a long way in refilling our shelves with the items we were running short of. All these donations will be […]
23 Nov 21
Thank You to all Tesco Customers
Hi to all Tesco customers and all volunteers involved with the Tesco collection last weekend. Across the three days and two Tesco stores, we collected an impressive 3,675kg of food and toiletry donations. This is an excellent total and will go a long way in refilling our shelves with the items we were running short […]
23 Nov 21
Thank you for the Christmas Advent Calendars
Thank you to all donors, including Bedford Kindness and Sainsburys staff (Fairfield Park) for all the Advent Calendars donated this week and last. We are handing them out to our clients as quickly as we can this week, to ensure as many as possible receive one by the start of December. Thank you for your […]
26 Oct 21
Christmas Closures
At Christmas, as in past years we wish to give our hard-working volunteers a break over the holiday. Therefore the last Foodbank distribution sessions before Christmas will be Thursday 23rd December (Woodside church and Scott Hall). Following this the Foodbank will be closed for Christmas and New Year, with first opening on Wednesday 5th January […]
14 Oct 21
Christmas Reverse Advent Calendar Collections
If you wish to make a collection for Bedford Foodbank this Christmas please have a look at the Reverse Advent Calendar below. Using this you or your family, class or work group can contribute something each day of December. We are asking that your collections are delivered to the warehouse (Manton Lane Industrial Estate) from […]
18 Jun 21
Wonderful Donation from SS Philip + James Golf Society
We are very grateful to members of the SS Philip and James Golf Society for organising their annual charity golf day recently and presenting Bedford Foodbank with a very generous cheque for £2,500. The Foodbank continues to give out over 9.5 tonnes of food and toiletries every month, as part of over 400 emergency food […]
8 Apr 21
Recognition from the High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
Many thanks to the High Sheriff in recognising the hard work and dedication of our volunteers with an award and visit this week.