News | North Solihull Foodbank

20 Nov 24

Project Manager Vacancy

Friendly and Enthusiastic? A passion to help others in your community? You could be the person to join us in the role of Project Manager. Working with our dedicated team of volunteers and a range of agencies, you will be working with others to alleviate food poverty. This paid role will operate at our two […]

24 Apr 23

Important Notice. Change of Name & Governance.

Kingfisher Foodbank has changed its charity governance structure. Our foodbank became a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) to form a new entity called North Solihull Foodbank with Shard End Foodbank being a satellite foodbank. North Solihull Foodbank Registered charity number 1202316 | Registered in England and Wales. Christian Values St Barnabas Church, Kingshurst has relinquished the […]

15 Aug 22

FIVE REASONS WHY PARTICIPATION IS SO IMPORTANT IF WE’RE GOING TO END THE NEED FOR FOODBANKS

By David Coffin, Head of Participation at the Trussell Trust Our vision is to end the need for food banks in the UK and we believe that participation is a vital and growing aspect of our work at the Trussell Trust. So, what do we mean when we say ‘participation’? At the Trussell […]

5 Mar 22

We Need Your Help With Our Food Shortages

Our foodbank is seeing record numbers of users due to the cost of living crisis Food Shortages Long life Milk Juice/Squash Tinned Fruit Tinned Soup Tinned Tomatoes Tinned Fish & Meat Pasta/Curry Sauce Rice Pudding/Custard Breakfast Cereal Toiletries Shower gel, Shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, toilet roll and soap.

19 May 21

Acceptable? Poem written by a person with lived experience of poverty, read by volunteers and food bank staff

Last year, food banks in our network gave out more than 2.5 million emergency food parcels to people in crisis. Almost a million of these were provided for children. Things like ill health or a job loss can happen to any of us – but if these hit someone when they don’t have enough […]

14 May 21

IT’S TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE ENDING THE NEED FOR FOOD BANKS A PRIORITY

By Tom Weekes, Research Manager Yesterday the Trussell Trust released the second State of Hunger report, a comprehensive study of the scale and drivers of hunger in the UK. The report was launched at the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Ending the Need for Food Banks as part of a wide-ranging discussion of food bank […]

Project Manager Vacancy

Important Notice. Change of Name & Governance.

FIVE REASONS WHY PARTICIPATION IS SO IMPORTANT IF WE’RE GOING TO END THE NEED FOR FOODBANKS

We Need Your Help With Our Food Shortages

Acceptable? Poem written by a person with lived experience of poverty, read by volunteers and food bank staff

IT’S TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE ENDING THE NEED FOR FOOD BANKS A PRIORITY

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