News

24 Aug 24

Boston Foodbank 2024 Crowdfunder Appeal

Boston Foodbank has launched its 2024 Crowdfunder Appeal supported by Corio Generation. We’ve seen record demand for the foodbank this year, and have provided food parcels to 2,658 people (including 919 children) since the beginning of January. At the same time are seeing fewer donations of food as more people struggle due to the increased […]

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22 Jun 24

Thank you to Downtown Boston

We’d like to say a big thank you to the staff and customers of Downtown Boston who chose Boston Foodbank as their ‘charity of the year’ and raised £2878.66 to help users of the Foodbank.

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22 Jun 24

Foodbank Update

2023 was our busiest year ever and we fed over 4,500 people, including 1,601 children. This represented over 36 tons of food and toiletries; a 47% increase on 2022 and this year (2024 ) is predicted to be even higher. We would sincerely like to thank everyone who supports us with donations and, of course, […]

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19 Mar 20

Foodbank Update March 2020

Thank you everyone for your continued support of the Boston and Sutterton Foodbanks. With the advent of the coronavirus to our country, and the  related restrictions to our lifestyles, the Boston Foodbank will be moved to the Blenkin Memorial Hall, Wormgate, Boston, PE21 6NP until further notice. We will endeavour to continue our services during […]

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20 Nov 19

Forthcoming Collections and News

Hello supporters. After a busy autumn period during which many schools, churches, companies and individuals kindly donated to food bank, we are looking to the lead up to Christmas. The donations received during the Harvest Festival period were significantly higher in weight when compared to last year’s collection, and we heartily thank all who have […]

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8 Sep 19

Autumn Update

Autumn is here. The summer  period at the Boston Foodbank has been busy, and we thank our volunteers and donors for their support.  The Foodbank, in partnership with the Parish of Boston, issued lunch boxes to children over the summer period during which time school meals were not available for children.  Currently we are witnessing […]

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14 May 19

Items Needed

Various Toiletries including; shampoo, toilet rolls, shower gel, razors, toothpaste and brushes, deoderants men and women, Food; All types of tinned food, longlife milk, fruit cordials All donations are gratefully received.

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7 Mar 19

Spring time is here!

Foodbank News: The foodbank is still quite busy with an average of 10 foodbank voucher referrals each day. Items we are low on: long life milk, tinned fruit, tinned puddings, fruit squash, tinned meat and tinned fish, sugar. We could also do with some fresh vegetables and fruit to hand out to our clients on […]

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12 Dec 18

Bob and the warehouse

Thanks to our kind and generous donors, our shelves are looking stocked. Tesco, Asda, Co-op stores, local schools, Pilgrim Hospital, Jerry Green Dog Rescue and personal donations have been gratefully received on the countdown to Christmas.

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6 Dec 18

Foodbank rise in referrals

We have seen a dramatic rise in foodbank referrals over the past 2 months. Since the roll out of Universal Credit, local companies closing their doors, a rise in homelessness, mental health issues and illnesses our numbers have increased from 10-15 per week up to 40 per week. This is a frightening figure as within […]

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