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27 Sep 24

Christmas Opening Times

North Solihull Foodbank Christmas Opening Times Friday 20th OPEN 12.30-2.30pm – LAST DAY OPEN BEFORE CHRISTMAS We are then closed until after Christmas Tuesday 31st OPEN – 12.30-2.30pm  

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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.          

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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 […]

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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 […]

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