News | Bradford Central Foodbank

10 Sep 19

Summer Foodbank News

I hope you had a nice summer! Unfortunately poverty doesn’t take a holiday so we were busier than ever. During the school holidays we fed 630 people – 248 of them children. We also ran a Healthy Holidays program where Angel (pictured above) came. Her Mum, Evelyn, said “School holidays have been a nightmare – […]

3 Sep 19

We were on BBC Radio Leeds

We were recently on The Richard Stead Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Leeds. Thank you to everyone who donated as a result. Listen online here from 1hr 6mins / 1:06:30 (link opens new tab/window)

2 Sep 19

What we think about Universal Credit (Independent Online)

Check out our article on the Independent Online (link opens in new tab/window)

20 Aug 19

Healthy Holidays at foodbank – July Update

Children enjoying a hot meal and free activities at Bradford Central Foodbank

We hope you’re having a relaxing summer. In July we had another record breaking month – feeding 239 families: 243 children and 310 adults. We are also providing a holiday program for hungry children. Thank you for supporting us – you are making this possible! We know that many families depend on free school meals […]

13 Feb 19

4638 people helped in 2018

Light Centre - Bradford Central Foodbank

We had a big year in 2018 and thanks to your support and help together we fed 4636 people with 3 day emergency food parcels a 25% increase on 2017! We had a massive 43 tonnes of food donated which has made all this possible. With a huge week of collecting at Tesco, with Asda coming on board […]

12 Sep 18

Linzi Thanks Foodbank

This is what Linzi told us when she came into Foodbank a few weeks ago: ‘I’ve been six weeks without money because I was transferred from income support to universal credit and then the money was stopped. Foodbank has saved us both today, we haven’t eaten for 3 days again, it’s saved us from doing […]

27 Mar 18

Girls miss school as can’t afford sanitary items

Poverty not only means that families go hungry but also women and girls have to live without sanitary products. One teenager told the BBC she taped toilet roll to her underwear and missed school “every month” because of her period. Two teenage girls spoke to BBC Radio Leeds about how they tried to cope without […]

27 Mar 18

BBC piece on Food poverty

‘How are you going to get food?’ – the children in poverty in Oldham Official figures show a rise in the number of children living in relative poverty in the UK. 4.1 million children now live in families earning less than £16,380 a year – or 60 per cent of the median UK income. More […]

23 Dec 15

6 Unexpected Things Foodbanks Need

A visit to the food bank isn’t exactly a traditional Christmas activity, but one UK charity is asking for a little extra help this month, when demand is at its highest and families are choosing between eating and heating.

8 Dec 15

Why Would a Mum Doing a Business Degree Find Herself Begging on the Streets This Winter?

With Christmas approaching, Michele from Brent Foodbank shares how she’s helping to make the festive season special for those struggling. “For the past few days I haven’t been to the street begging for money to buy food for me and my baby…” This was what a mother at Brent Foodbank told us recently. She was […]

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