Bounds Green Food Bank

by | Sep 3, 2024 | Charity | 0 comments

We are an independent community-based charity run entirely by volunteers. Serving over 1,300 people, we provide our neighbours in need with a range of fresh & tinned food, cupboard staples, toiletries, clothes & other much-needed supplies. Help us build a healthy, hunger-free tomorrow!

How can you help?

Donate cash

Financial donations go straight towards restocking supplies, every

£ helps! Head to www.boundsgreenfoodbank.org/donate

Donate food & supplies

Staples such as cereal, tinned meat/fish/tomatoes, soap, clean clothes, household items etc. (full list on our website!) Drop at St Michael’s Hall, Bounds Green Rd, N22 8HE (Tues & Thurs, 11am – 4pm)

Volunteer

We have lots of varied roles to suit your schedule: fund raising, food service, communications, advice & support, drivers & more!

Email volunteersupport@boundsgreenfoodbank.org

Find Us

www.boundsgreenfoodbank.org

FB: Bounds Green Food Bank

@boundsgfoodbank

 

 

Hornsey Food Bank

by | Oct 25, 2022 | Community | 0 comments

Hornsey Food Bank

Our Mission

Hornsey Food Bank started in July 2020 as a temporary food bank feeding those in need in Hornsey over the summer, funded by grants from Hornsey Parochial Charities and money raised by the Hornsey Mutual Aid Group. It soon became clear that a longer-term project was needed, as the Covid pandemic both highlighted and heightened food insecurity in our community. In September 2020, the food bank moved to Middle Lane Methodist Church, where it is still based.

 

The food bank grew out of the mutual aid groups that were set up to help neighbours during the pandemic. We remain an independent, community-based and community-led project. We work on the principle that we all need help at some stage in our lives, and we are here – as neighbours helping neighbours – to offer that support.

From the start, we have been supported and sustained by community members – with generous donations and offers of help from faith groups, local businesses, allotments, schools and individuals. All of our work is coordinated and performed by a team of committed and enthusiastic volunteers.

Our mission is to offer food and essential household items alongside fresh bread, fruit and vegetables to anyone who needs them. We aim to provide a warm, friendly and non-judgemental welcome to anyone who needs to visit the food bank.

Our goal is to live in a society where food banks are no longer needed and where good food is available to all.

How you can help us:

Volunteering

Volunteers are the lifeblood of the food bank, and there are lots of ways to get involved. We’d love to hear from you if you think you can help out – you can offer as much or as little time that works for you.

Our main days of operation are Wednesdays and Thursdays each week. We set up on Wednesdays and have teams of volunteers who help to unpack deliveries and set up the hall from 11.30-2.30 pm. This involves moving crates, so it can be heavy work. We also set up tables on Wednesdays and get ready for service the next day.

The food bank is open on Thursdays from 10.30 am to 1 pm. Volunteers help to serve our guests during service and keep the tables stocked. A separate team helps to clear up after service (1-2 pm) – this involves a mix of carrying and tidying up.

If you are interested in volunteering with us and would like some more information, please email us at Wearehornsey@gmail.com and we will get back to you.

Donating Food, Toiletries and Cleaning Products

We would welcome your donations of food and household items.

Please drop off your donations at Middle Lane Methodist Church on Wednesdays between 9.30am-2pm or on Thursdays between 9.30am-10.30am and 1pm-2pm.

Alternatively, the following estate agents are very kindly acting as drop-off points for donations.  Items can be left with them during business hours.

Philip Alexander 52 High St, London N8 7NX

David Astbury 15 Park Rd, London N8 8TE

 

 

Hornsey Food Bank

07940 030 353

 

Middle Lane Methodist Church

Lightfoot Rd, London N8 7JN

Barnet Food Hub

by | Jun 15, 2021 | Community | 0 comments

 

The Barnet Food Hub is a community-based project run out of the Old East Barnet Library. We work to provide additional food and resources to the boroughs most vulnerable residents by supporting 17 of our local foodbanks and various other community groups.

Our aim is to ensure that foodbanks have the ability to provide sufficient, safe and nutritious food to all who use their services. The project, run by Barnet Together, is a collaboration between Inclusion Barnet, Volunteering Barnet, Groundwork London, the Young Barnet Foundation and is part of our response to the pandemic.

We are delighted to announce that on 1st April 2021, The World Memon Organisation (WMO) joined as one of our supporting partners. The partnership will support the Barnet Food Hub through the supply of food and other essential items that are distributed to our 17 foodbank partners across Barnet for an additional 3-6 months. This will allow our team to purchase more items that are harder to source through food waste redistribution, allowing for a better supply of items such as eggs, cooking oil and culturally specific items.

Mr Mahmood Shaikhani, Deputy President of WMO said “The WMO Food Program is yet another global initiative that firmly underlines the evolution of WMO from an organization that was founded to uplift the Memon Community to an institution that Serves all Mankind.  We transcend countries, boundaries, religion, community, caste, colour, race and creed. We Serve Humanity and this is the time for everyone to come together to heal the nation as it continues to reel under the Corona pandemic. At a time, when the World needs healing, our compassion must lead the way'” concluded an emphatic Mahmood Shaikhani 

The Worshipful Mayor of the London Borough of Barnet, Cllr Caroline Stock said “ It has been really heartening to watch how in these exceptionally difficult times communities have come together from all faiths and backgrounds to ensure that Barnet’s most vulnerable residents are supplied with essential food items. I have had the privilege to visit a number of the food banks over the last year and on each occasion have come away feeling humbled. I am delighted that the WMO Food Program have come on board to help with supplies for the next 3-6 months. Can I also take this opportunity to thank all the amazing people involved with ‘Young Barnet Foundation’ especially Janet Matthewson and Barnet Together, for all they have done to get Barnet through this horrendous pandemic.”  

If you would like to learn more about the project or get involved, please check out the following:

Donate or volunteer at your local foodbank

www.youngbarnetfoundation.org.uk/foodbanks

Connect with us:

Janet Matthewson, Young Barnet Foundation,

Barnet Together Strategic Lead