News | Bloxwich & Blakenall Foodbank

29 Sep 22

Foodbank at St Peter’s RC Church, Bloxwich Closed

Please note that our foodbank at St Peter’s RC Parish Hall is no longer open. Our Blakenall Village Centre venue remains open on Thursdays 10:30 -12:30.

25 Apr 22

Closed May Bank Holiday

Please note that our facility at St. Peter’s RC Parish Hall in Bloxwich will be closed on Monday 2nd May, Bank holiday Monday.

31 Mar 22

Closed for Easter Monday

Please note that our facility at St. Peter’s RC Parish Hall in Bloxwich will be closed on Monday April 18th. Bank holiday Monday.

6 Jan 22

Additional Opening of the foodbank

*IMPORTANT NEWS* WE ARE HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT EVERY MONDAY FROM 17 JANUARY 2022 WE ARE OPENING AN ADDITIONAL SESSION AT ST PETER’S CHURCH, BLOXWICH (JUST OFF THE HIGH STREET) BETWEEN 10am – 12 noon The foodbank will open in the Parish Hall behind St Peter’s RC Church, 208 High St, Bloxwich, Walsall […]

4 Oct 21

Harvest Festival Request

Dear Foodbank Supporters Over the past year we have seen a tremendous rise in people asking for our assistance. The need for local organisations & individuals to donate items of non-perishable food & toiletries has never been greater. We are appealing to our local churches, & schools, to consider giving us the food donated to […]

15 Jul 21

Tesco Collection – flyer

For the Tesco collection event 15-17 July 2021 at Tesco Extra Walsall, Littleton St W, Walsall WS2 8EQ, Bloxwich & Blakenall Foodbank welcomes all donations but at present we are particularly in need of the following items: Tinned Fish / Tuna / Sardines etc. Tinned meat and vegetables/ stew / pasta sauce. Puddings including sponges and tinned […]

10 Jun 21

Lola lends a helping hand

Kindhearted Lola decided to request donations for our Foodbank, from her family & friends, as part of her Community Badge at Brownies. She is pictured, with our volunteer Jools, dropping off the items she had collected. Well done Lola, & many thanks for the lovely card you sent, thanking our volunteers.

21 May 21

State of Hunger report

The Trussell Trust latest State of Hunger research report shows the worsening poverty and the increased use of food banks in the UK.

2 May 21

whg Easter donation to our foodbank

whg gives cracking Easter donation to Walsall food bank whg has collected hundreds of Easter eggs this March to donate to struggling families. The leading Midlands landlord joined forces with its contractors to donate more than 300 chocolate treats, along with toiletries and other essentials, to Bloxwich and Blakenall Food Bank. Sarah Jukes, whg’s Customer […]

21 Dec 17

Food banks in 2017: Change is Possible

Read the new report Emergency Use Only II Three years ago, CPAG and the Trussell Trust were among the organisations who published Emergency Use Only, one of the first pieces of research to shed light on the drivers of the enormous increases in food bank use that we have seen this decade. We found that the […]

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