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10 Sep 17

New Foodbank Centre Coming Soon!

We will be opening a new foodbank Centre at Christ Church, Windhill (opposite Windhill Community Centre) during October or possibly November.  Increased demand at our Shipley Foodbank Centre led us to the discovery that around 50% of the people attending come from Windhill.  A new foodbank centre means that the people of Windhill will have emergency food […]

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27 Apr 17

76% Increase in Emergency Food Parcels Issued During Past Year

New figures show 1,323 emergency food parcels were given to local households by Bradford North Foodbank during 2016 – 2017.   Over 3,000 people ate breakfast, lunch and dinner for three days after receiving emergency food supplies from our foodbank. 40% of the beneficiaries were children. Latest statistics published by The Trussell Trust foodbank network […]

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16 Jan 17

New Foodbank Centre Opened Today (16/1/2017)

Trinity Rawdon Foodbank Centre went live today, Monday January 16th 2017.  After weeks of preparation, with an intensive training day last week, seven new volunteers and one experienced volunteer opened the doors at 11am. The Trinity team have set up a welcoming, warm, cafe-style foodbank centre, where local people with one of our orange food vouchers […]

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17 Nov 16

New Foodbank Centre Coming Soon

Trinity church in Rawdon have supported us with food, finance and volunteers since we started.  Now they plan on opening a weekly foodbank centre on Mondays 11am – 1.30pm, starting on January 16th 2017.  Trinity have been looking for new ways to serve their local area and research has shown that there are people in […]

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26 Sep 16

Chosen for Co-op Community Funding

Do you shop at Co-op Food?  Become a Co-op member (costs £1), choose Bradford North Foodbank as your local cause and you can donate to us at no additional cost to yourself when you shop at Bolton Road Co-op and Eccleshill Co-op or use the Co-op Funeral Service at Five Lane Ends over the next six months […]

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21 Jul 16

Shipley TSB Now Supporting Our Foodbank

This week we heard that Shipley TSB has chosen to support our charity over the coming months.  We look forward to working in partnership with them, as we seek to give a helping hand to Shipley people who are facing a crisis in their lives.  People in receipt of a food voucher, who visit our Shipley […]

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