News
9 Oct 18
Harvest collections boost food supplies
It has been an amazing start to the ‘Harvest’ season at Lichfield foodbank. Thank you very much indeed to everyone who has donated so far. Stocks of food were very low in September but are now starting to build towards a point where we can be confident of having enough food to feed everyone until our […]
16 Aug 18
Latest Waitrose collection
Another successful collection took place last week, organised in partnership with Waitrose. Volunteers from Lichfield foodbank were in store on Friday 10th August encouraging shoppers to donate to the foodbank. In just one day, the generous shoppers of Waitrose donated almost a tonne of food and supplies (945.10kg to be precise) to support people in crisis – a fantastic effort […]
23 Jan 18
Recipes
Here are some tasty easy recipes that give an idea of what you can make with the ingredients you are given in a foodbank box. Foodbank recipe ideas
15 Jan 18
Latest Tesco collection
A big thank you to Tesco, all our volunteers and the teachers and pupils from Saxon Hill Academy who all helped to collect nearly two and a half tonnes of food in three days atthe beginning of December – but the biggest thank you goes to all the customers of Tesco who astounded us with […]
27 Dec 17
Amazing generosity
In the week leading up to Christmas the wonderful people of Lichfield and the surrounding area donated 3 Tonnes of food to the foodbank. That’s right – 3 Tonnes, and that did not include any special supermarket collections arranged by us. Thank you all so much!
24 Dec 17
A milestone passed
As of 30 November Lichfield foodbank has distributed over 252,000 meal equivalents since it was formed. This is a very significant milestone for us. Thank you so much to all the volunteers and to all those who have supported us with donations of food and money.
21 Dec 17
Christmas food parcels
Some of the 260 Christmas bags put together on 20 December 2017 for Lichfield foodbank clients. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped with this task.
26 Nov 17
A record breaking start at Morrisons.
A record breaking start at Morrisons! Lichfield foodbank held their first food collection at Morrisons on Saturday 18th November – and what a start! Morrison’s generous customers donated an incredible 939kg of food – the highest one day total at a supermarket since the foodbank started in Lichfield. This will certainly go a long way […]
1 Aug 17
Wedding fundraiser for Lichfield foodbank
Lichfield foodbank recently benefited from a donation of over £74 made by generous wedding guests. Emily and David Weeks were married in June and at their wedding provided all food and drink for their guests, thoughtfully asking for donations to their local foodbank instead of the bar. They said “food is a big part of our lives, and […]
11 Nov 16
‘Chocs away’ for Reverse Advent Calendars!
Lichfield foodbank is suggesting a new spin on an old festive tradition to help people in food poverty after Christmas and into the New Year! With a food collection at Tesco on 1st to 3rd December, and 200 festive food bags already in the making, we hope to be able to ensure that no-one in […]