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Case Study: Why people need the food bank 3

We have begun a new series of articles in the Epping Forest Guardian, chronicling the real lifes stories of people who use our Foodbank. You can read the third installment here: https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/23905512.personal-story-epping-forest-foodbank-user/  

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Case Study: Why people need the Foodbank 2

We have begun a new series of articles in the Epping Forest Guardian, chronicling the real lifes stories of people who use our Foodbank. You can read the newest installment here:   Lucy’s story

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Case Study: Why people need the Foodbank

We have begun a new series of articles in the Epping Forest Guardian, chronicling the real lifes stories of people who use our Foodbank. You can read the first one here:   David’s story

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Financial year 2022-2023 stats

1976 Emergency food parcels provided to people facing hardship by Epping Forest Foodbank in the past 12 months Alarmingly nearly half of the parcels were provided for children. The charity is calling for a stronger social security system that ensures we can at least cover life’s essentials, like food, heating, and clothes. New figures released […]

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Holiday opening hours

Please find below our opening and closing dates over the next few days. Please note, 24th December & 31st December, are based at our hubs in St. John’s On The Broadway, Debden. Our other hubs are closed.  

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Goodbye & Good Luck!

  After 6 years, our volunteer warehouse coordinator Jackie is hanging up her tabard. Since joining for “an afternoon a week”, Jackie has been at the heart of all things Epping Forest Foodbank. Her hard work and dedication has been a massive part of getting Epping Forest Foodbank through the Covid pandemic, switching everything to […]

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New Chair of Trustees

After 3 years as EFFB’s Chair of Trustees, we are bidding a fond farewell to Chris Blackham and welcoming Julian Dutnall as the incoming Chair. After studying Law at Exeter and qualifying as a barrister in 1996, Julian qualified as a teacher and has been in education ever since. Julian has taught in 5 state […]

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Why do people come to Epping Forest Foodbank?

At Epping Forest Foodbank, we believe everyone who comes through our doors is an individual. We do not believe there is a blanket reason which explains why people find themselves in crisis. However, one thing that we can be sure of, is that the need for our Foodbank’s services has been rising dramatically and shows […]

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Easter Opening Times

With the Easter Holidays approaching, we wanted to make you aware of our distribution centre and donation point opening times. Distribution Centres; Thursday 14th April (St Martin’s Church Rooms) – OPEN AS USUAL Saturday 16th April (St John’s on the Broadway)- CLOSED Tuesday 19th April (Community Hub, Epping) – OPEN AS USUAL Warehouse Donation Sessions; […]

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End of Year Report 2021

Today we are publishing our third End of Year Report, 3 years after we became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) in February 2019. We have a great team of committed volunteers, support of the local community and Trussell Trust to work with our network of referral agents to identify and support people in crisis with […]

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