News
29 Oct 18
A marvellous evening of brass band music
Poynton Brass Band, in conjunction with Vernon Building Society, gave everyone a marvellous evening of music and entertainment – with hundreds of brass band enthusiasts supporting Stockport Foodbank with their attendance. Thanks to everyone who was involved in putting on the concert – it was a great evening and “here’s to the next one!”
23 Oct 18
Reverse Advent now launched
For the vast majority, Advent is a time of opening windows on a calendar and watching the children’s faces as they devour the piece of chocolate! And it’s great to see the excitement build as they get closer to the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day windows. However, rather than Advent being a season of ‘taking’, […]
11 Oct 18
New menu cards sponsored by Mossbank Homes
To help our clients get maximum befit from the food provided to them, we have produced a new set of menu cards for tasty main corses and deserts, which can be produced from the food handed out in the food parcels. We know how helpful these are to those who come to our Foodbank and […]
20 Sep 18
New Foodbank opens in Belarus after visit to Stockport
After a visit to Stockport Foodbank where Alena saw a foodbank in operation first hand, she went back to her home town in Belarus and started one there. We believe this is the first in Belarus. She set up a trial scheme first, and it was so successful that the new foodbank is now supporting […]
12 Sep 18
A full trolley every week from Waitrose
Every week Waitrose in Cheadle Hulme has a trolley full of donations for us to collect – our thanks goes to the store as well as all the donating customers. Thank you to everyone – you are making a real difference.
30 Aug 18
5K runs are over until next year
Our thanks goes to all the organisers, runners, marshals and helpers at the recent series of 5K Foodbank races which brought in a great deal of financial support to the Foodbank as well as a massive food collection – thank you to everyone who took part in any way. See you all next year.
4 Aug 18
Call for donations as charity reveals rise in food for children is behind increased foodbank need during holidays
An increase in demand for emergency food for children drove increased foodbank need during the summer holidays last year, new data published by anti-poverty charity The Trussell Trust shows today. Last year the number of supplies given to adults decreased slightly in the summer months, whereas the level of support needed for children was markedly […]
18 Jun 18
Bramhall Runners’ Foodbank (slightly longer than) 5km races are back in 2018.
There are three events planned for 2018, all taking place in Happy Valley, Bramhall. These are on the last Wednesdays of June and July and on Wednesday, 22nd August. Enter all three events in 2018 by clicking the relevant link below. Online entries are priced as follows: £13.00 affiliated £18.00 unaffiliated Maximum entries for each event 150 If children under 11, […]
3 Apr 18
Milk, Orange, Tomatoes, Coffee and tinned fruit
We are always welcoming donations of these items so that our shelves can always be topped up and ready to meet the needs of our community. If you can make a donation, please do get in touch, thank you.
14 Dec 17
Thank you for all your donations!
Our grateful thanks goes to everyone who has donated to Stockport Foodbank in the last couple of weeks. It’s been humbling to see the massive support from our donors for those within our community who need help at this time. Thank you so much.