About
About our foodbank
Here is an introduction to our project.
Bradford Foodbank was initially set up by volunteers from St Luke’s Eccleshill, St Cuthbert’s Wrose, Bolton St James, St Andrew’s Methodist Church Undercliffe, Bolton Methodist Church, Calverley Methodist Church, St Francis RC Church Eccleshill, Church on the Way and The Shipley Food Project.
The first Trussell Trust foodbank in Bradford (Bradford Trussell Trust Foodbank) opened in November 2010 and covered all Bradford postcodes. However, demand became so great that a decision was made to become a foodbank for central Bradford postcodes only, with a change of name to Bradford Central Foodbank, starting April 2014.
Bradford North Foodbank was started to cover the northern postcodes no longer served by Bradford Central Foodbank. Initially, we signed up as Bradford Northeast Foodbank. However, we were then approached by The Shipley Food Project with a view to including BD18. After discussions, we changed our name to Bradford North Foodbank and our postcode coverage expanded to include BD18, BD17, BD9, LS19 and LS20.