News | Epping Forest Foodbank

1 Nov 21

New Donation Point

We are pleased to announce a brand new donation point located within the Epping Forest district council offices, which are open Monday – Friday 9 am to 5 pm; Epping Forest District Council, Civic Offices, 323 High Street, Epping, CM16 4BZ Find the full list of our donation points on our Donate Food page. If […]

1 Nov 21

Trustee’s Week

Trustees’ week is an annual event to showcase the great work our trustee’s do. For this year’s celebration, we asked Chris, our chair of trustees, to write about his role at the foodbank. There are lots of different reasons people have for volunteering. Mine were pretty simple – I’d worked for a bunch of different […]

10 Oct 21

World Mental Health Day 2021

Today is World Mental Health Day. For this year’s World Mental Health Day the Better Health – Every Mind Matters campaign is focusing on “What works for me”, demonstrating how different actions can help us with our mental wellbeing. These simple tips are designed to show that ‘there are little things we can all do […]

16 Sep 21

#KeepTheLifeline

How would you feel if your income was suddenly cut by a fifth overnight? This October, more than 9,000 people in Epping Forest could lose “lifeline” funding as the UK government are planning to cut Universal Credit by £20 per week, the biggest overnight cut to benefit payments since the modern welfare state began. Data […]

8 Sep 21

Change to Monday Distribution Centre

From Monday 13th September EFFB’s Monday Distribution Centre session in Epping has been permanently moved to: Community Hub Epping Forest District Council Civic Offices 323 High Street Epping CM16 4BZ We will be open between 15:30 – 17:00 to redeem referral vouchers. There is limited parking available on site. If you are in need of […]

2 Jul 21

Winner of Disney’s Kindness Quest Competition shows their support for foodbank

2021 has been an exciting year for local young artists Sarah, 7, as she wins her second art competition of the year with her artwork supporting our foodbank’s work. For her entry into Disney’s Kindness Quest Competition, she drew a picture of her donating items to us, something she does every Friday. Her colourful picture […]

22 Jun 21

It’s our 8th birthday!

Epping Forest Foodbank started 8 years ago today as Loughton Foodbank to help support those in our community who are struggling. Since opening in 2013, we have distributed over 110,000 meals to local people in crisis. The last year has been challenging, as we adapted our service to continue providing support to our clients over […]

2 Jun 21

Epping Forest District Council Civic Awards 2021

We are extremely pleased to have been awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in the ‘Volunteer Team of the Year’ category at this year’s Epping Forest District Council Civic Awards! The District Council has said; All the Foodbank Volunteers in our district [have] worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic. Each and every Foodbank volunteer has stepped up to ensure […]

29 Apr 21

End of Year Report 2020

Today we are publishing our second End of Year Report, 2 years after we became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) in February 2019. In 2020, we supported more people in crisis than ever before, increased our number of volunteers, extended our reach across the district with doorstep deliveries. moved to a bigger warehouse, distributed more […]

27 Apr 21

Captain Tom 100

From Friday 30th April to Monday 3rd May a very special nationwide campaign will take place in honour of Sir Captain Tom Moore. Starting on what would have been his 101st Birthday, The Captain Tom Foundation is encouraging people to raise vital funds for charities across the UK with events and challenges focused around the […]

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