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16 Jan 18

Thank you for your support at Christmas

It was a busy December at the Andover foodbank with volunteers using donations from across the community to help reduce the financial pressure on local people and to make Christmas happy. The foodbank distributed nearly 680 Christmas gift boxes full of toys and gifts to care workers at agencies and schools including Childrens Services, the […]

20 Dec 17

Christmas and New Year opening hours

The Andover foodbank will close at 12pm on Friday December 2017 and reopen at 9 30am on Wednesday 3 January 2018. We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

15 Dec 17

Generosity of Dawnbreakers

As a result of the fabulous DB-athon in September 2017 the Dawnbreakers raised an amazing £10 000 for the Andover foodbank. Bonny and Andy Lavery presented the cheque to Chris Howard, Treasurer, and Deborah Howard, Operations Manager, on 15 December 2017. Thank you to all the Dawnbreakers for their hard work. .

14 Nov 17

Christmas supermarket collections

We have lots of supermarket collections coming up to collect food for Christmas and the New Year. We will be collecting at Asda – Saturday 25th November 2017 between 10am and 4pm Tesco – November 2017 to 2 December 2017 between 10am and 4pm Asda – 7 December 2017 between 10am and 4pm Please come along to donate or find […]

9 Nov 17

Give a foodbank gift this Christmas

You can support your local community by buying and giving a ‘foodbank gift’ this Christmas. Whether it is helping us provide food and other essential items to people in crisis, providing that extra treat at special times of the year or teaching the next generation about helping their community, these gifts are a great way to make […]

31 Oct 17

12 Days of Christmas – how you can fill a Christmas hamper

Every year the foodbank gives Christmas hampers to families and individuals who are struggling. These hampers make an enormous difference to the festive season, helping alleviate the many financial pressures and allowing people to celebrate the season rather than exist through it. This year we would like you to help us by donating items for […]

17 Oct 17

Quiz night – Friday 10 November 2017

Come along and exercise your brains on behalf of Andover foodbank! Our quiz night is on Friday 10th November 2017 at St John the Baptist RC Church Hall 7pm for a 7:30 start. Tickets are £10 per person which includes a meal with pudding and soft drinks. Please bring your own alcohol. There will be […]

28 Sep 17

Christmas giftboxes for local children

With only 12 weeks to go until Christmas we are launching our giftboxes project for Christmas 2017. We need you to help make this Christmas happy for a local child by donating a gift box or by donating money. Click here for full details of the Christmas giftboxes and to see our updated leaflet with […]

19 Sep 17

Harvest donations

We are delighted to have received planning permission to build a small extension at our premises in Alexandra Road and hope to start building in November 2017. In the meantime we are working out of a very reduced space and as a result we cannot accept Harvest donations this year. We still need […]

19 Sep 17

The Lake Run!

The Andover foodbank Lake Run took place on Sunday 17 September 2017. The 10k, 5k and 2k fun runs started and ended at Charlton Athletics centre, passing through the beautiful scenery of Anton Lakes. Nearly 320 people ran the 10k, 80 the 5k and there were over 40 in the fun run with Bertie North […]

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