News

19 Dec 24

Bloxwich & Blakenall Foodbank opening times over Festive period 2024-25

Bloxwich & Blakenall foodbank will NOT be open  over the 2024-25 festive period. The last day open for 2024 is Thursday 19 December 2024 between 10:30 – 12:30. The foodbank will reopen on Thursday 02 January 2025 between 10:30 – 12:30.  

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18 Jul 24

Donation from B&M

The newly opened B&M store in Bloxwich has selected our foodbank as the local charity they wish to support and invited Carl Bolton our foodbank manager to open the store in Bloxwich on 12 July 2024. We are grateful for their support and their generous donation of £250 to our foodbank to celebrate the store […]

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29 Feb 24

Foodbank Award

Bloxwich & Blakenall Foodbank have received an award from Walsall Council Voluntary Community Sector for the work we are doing to combat food poverty in the Walsall area.

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29 Feb 24

Thank You Walsall Academy

Thanks to the students and staff of Walsall Academy for their collection of money to donate to our foodbank. Their generosity and hard work to collect donations  for those in need in our community is much appreciated. Well done. The money will be used to buy food and other essentials for our foodbank clients.  

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29 Feb 24

Thank You Walsall FC

Thanks to Walsall FC for their kind donations and for visiting our foodbank to show their support for those in need in the local community. Their help and support is much appreciated by all the volunteers and clients of our foodbank.    

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19 Dec 23

Foodbank Open over Festive Season 2023

Bloxwich & Blakenall Foodbank will be open as usual on Thursdays over the Christmas and New Year period. Thurs 21 Dec 2023 Open between 10:30-12:30 Thurs 28 Dec 2023 Open between 10:30-12:30 Thurs 04 Jan 2024 Open between 10:30-12:30

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2 Nov 23

Support from National Lottery

Our foodbank thanks the National Lottery for their support to assist with our ongoing projects.  

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15 Aug 23

St. Peter’s Independent Foodbank.

Please note that the foodbank that currently operates out of St Peter’s RC church in Bloxwich is COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT of Bloxwich & Blakenall Foodbank and the Trussell Trust. Bloxwich & Blakenall Foodbank did operate a foodbank at the same venue but this was closed permanently in mid-2022. We currently operate ONLY from Blakenall Village Centre […]

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11 May 23

We do not give Fuel Vouchers

Bloxwich and Blakenall Foodbank DO NOT give out fuel vouchers. We are a Trussell Trust Foodbank and use their systems, which means that Trussell Trust archived information is sometimes accessible from our website.  Some Trussell Trust foodbanks did offer fuel vouchers in 2016/17 but do not do so now. The news items that were created […]

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23 Feb 23

New Foodbank in Bloxwich

A new foodbank not connected to the Trussell Trust network or the Bloxwich & Blakenall foodbank is now open for clients at St Peter’s RC Parish hall on Harrison Street off Bloxwich High Street. It is open on Mondays between 10:00 – 12:00 hours.

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